Integrated Scheduler

Job Summary:

The Senior Integrated Scheduler is the lead scheduling professional responsible for developing, maintaining, and optimizing the integrated master schedule for a large-scale, multi-year technology modernization program. This role involves coordinating multiple projects, workstreams, vendors, and stakeholders to ensure schedule integrity, manage dependencies, monitor performance, and provide strategic reporting that supports informed decision-making across the program. Responsibilities:

• Develop, maintain, and improve the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) using Microsoft Project.
• Consolidate multiple project and workstream schedules into a comprehensive program-level schedule.
• Establish and maintain task dependencies, milestones, schedule baselines, and resource allocations.
• Perform critical path analysis and identify potential schedule impacts and bottlenecks.
• Monitor schedule performance and recommend corrective actions as needed.
• Facilitate schedule update cycles and maintain schedule governance processes.
• Produce weekly integrated schedule reports and dashboards, tracking milestones, variances, and forecasts.
• Analyze schedule trends and provide actionable recommendations to program leadership.
• Prepare executive-level schedule presentations and briefing materials.
• Identify and document schedule-related risks, assumptions, constraints, and dependencies.
• Maintain program-level schedule risk logs and mitigation plans.
• Collaborate with project managers and workstream leads to address schedule challenges and escalate critical issues.
• Coordinate planning activities across multiple program workstreams and support governance reviews.
• Provide Microsoft Project training and mentoring to project managers and team members.
• Develop scheduling best practices, templates, and user guides.
• Engage with stakeholders including program leadership, vendors, and external partners to communicate schedule status and recommendations.

Required Skills & Certifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Project Management, IT, Business Administration, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 10 years of progressive experience in project or program scheduling and controls.
• At least 5 years supporting large-scale IT modernization, digital transformation, ERP, cloud migration, or enterprise technology programs.
• Experience managing Integrated Master Schedules for complex multi-project environments.
• Experience within a Program Management Office (PMO) and matrixed organizations.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent.
• Advanced expertise in Microsoft Project scheduling and integrated schedule management methodologies.
• Strong skills in critical path methodology, baseline management, schedule variance analysis, resource leveling, and milestone management.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 tools including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Teams, and SharePoint.

Preferred Skills & Certifications:

• Microsoft Project certification or PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP).
• Experience supporting public-sector, government, or highly regulated organizations.
• Familiarity with program management tools such as ServiceNow, Azure DevOps, Jira, Power BI, Smartsheet, and Visio.
• Coaching and mentoring experience in schedule management best practices.
• Strong communication and leadership skills to influence and collaborate across diverse stakeholder groups.

Special Considerations:

• Must coordinate with multiple teams and stakeholders in a matrixed environment.
• Role may require supporting governance reviews, executive steering committees, and legislative reporting.
• Ability to manage schedule risks and escalate critical path delays promptly.
• Responsible for promoting schedule management maturity within the program.

Scheduling:

• Full-time role supporting a large-scale, multi-year program with ongoing schedule update cycles and reporting deadlines.
• Work schedule aligned with program governance and planning activities, including annual, quarterly, and release planning.