Project Scheduler

Primary Responsibilities: - Develop, maintain, and continuously improve Integrated Master Schedules (IMS) for multiple concurrent DoD programs. - Author and deliver Integrated Program Management Report (IPMR) or Integrated Program Management Data and Analysis Report (IPMDAR) CDRLs. - Integrate software development, systems engineering, hardware integration, cybersecurity, logistics, test, training, manufacturing, fielding, and operational activities into executable schedules. - Build and maintain resource-loaded schedules that accurately reflect program execution and critical path. - Partner with Program Managers, Technical Directors, Product Owners, Chief Engineers, and Functional Managers to ensure schedules accurately represent current execution status. - Perform schedule health assessments including critical path analysis, float analysis, schedule quality metrics, and risk identification. - Develop schedule recovery plans and recommend executable mitigation strategies when milestones are at risk. - Support proposal development by creating Basis of Schedule (BOS), Integrated Master Plans (IMP), Integrated Master Schedules (IMS), and milestone roadmaps. - Translate Agile software development activities into integrated program schedules that include Sprint planning, release planning, feature development, system integration, formal test events, and customer demonstrations. - Coordinate schedules across Government, Leidos, subcontractor, and team mate organizations to ensure cross-functional integration. - Prepare executive-level schedule briefings, milestone assessments, and portfolio health metrics for internal leadership and Government customers. - Support Quarterly Program Management Reviews (PMRs), Integrated Baseline Reviews (IBRs), customer status reviews, and executive operational reviews. - Establish portfolio scheduling standards, templates, and best practices to improve consistency across programs. - Monitor contractual milestones, deliverables, dependencies, and critical decision points to ensure contractual commitments remain achievable. - Perform schedule risk analysis and support program risk and opportunity management activities. - Develop dashboards and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that provide leadership visibility into portfolio execution. - Support strategic planning efforts by evaluating resource demand, execution timelines, and long-range portfolio planning. Basic Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree and 12 - 15 years of prior relevant experience or Master's with 10 - 13 years of prior relevant experience. - Extensive experience developing and maintaining Integrated Master Schedules for complex DoD acquisition or engineering programs. - Expert knowledge of Microsoft Project. - Experience supporting software-intensive programs utilizing Agile, Scrum, SAFe, DevSecOps, or hybrid Agile/Waterfall execution models. - Experience integrating engineering, software, integration, test, logistics, cybersecurity, manufacturing, and fielding activities into executable schedules. - Demonstrated experience performing critical path analysis, schedule health assessments, and schedule risk analysis. - Experience supporting executive leadership with schedule reporting, milestone planning, and decision support. - Strong understanding of Department of Defense program execution processes and lifecycle management. - Demonstrated ability to coordinate planning activities across multiple organizations and technical disciplines. - Excellent written and verbal communication skills with experience briefing senior Government and corporate leadership. - Active DoD Secret Security Clearance. Preferred Qualifications: - Experience supporting Counter-UAS, C5ISR, tactical networking, autonomous systems, or mission software programs. - Experience supporting rapid prototyping, OTA, Middle Tier Acquisition (MTA), or Army modernization initiatives. - Experience developing schedules for software releases, formal qualification testing (FQT), system integration laboratories (SIL), and fielding activities. - Experience integrating Agile software metrics with Integrated Master Scheduling. - Experience supporting Earned Value Management (EVM) environments. - Experience with Deltek Cobra, Open Plan, Primavera Risk Analysis, Power BI, or advanced schedule analytics tools. - Experience supporting proposal development, Basis of Estimate (BOE), Basis of Schedule (BOS), and Integrated Master Plan (IMP) development. - Project Management Professional (PMP), PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP), or equivalent certification. - Experience supporting Army, Air Force, or Joint modernization programs.