Senior Principal Program Planning Analyst/Scheduler

Bachelor’s degree with 8 years professional related experience -OR – a Master’s degree with 6 years of professional related experience.
Will consider 12 years of applied experience in lieu of degree requirement.
4 years of program scheduling experience using Microsoft Project, Oracle P6, Deltek Open Plan or other related scheduling tool.
Experience using MS Office Suite, specifically Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
Ability to travel domestically 10% of the time.
The ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret level security clearance.

Apply knowledge of product development planning to establish and control the program schedule baseline; coordinate with a multifunctional teams to update status for management decision making on complex development and production programs.
Coordinate with business management and project management staff to develop an integrated program measurement baseline to manage cost, schedule and technical performance of the program.
Use project scheduling software to plan and gauge progress against the plan. Identifies performance variances to facilitate focus and intervention on critical areas with the technical (engineering and operations) leads. Works with the program team to develop courses of action and risk mitigation strategies to address performance issues.
Perform thorough project analysis through metrics reviews and predictive analysis to enhance cost, schedule and technical performance.
Perform Schedule risk analyses and works with the program manager to resolve risky schedules, critical path issues and network logic conflicts.

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Business Management, Industrial Engineering, Finance, Operations Management, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field
6+ years of program scheduling experience
Experience with Schedule Analytics and Schedule Risk Assessment tools.
Working knowledge of EVMS guidelines and processes.
Current, active Secret level security clearance