IMS Scheduler

The Department of the Air Force (DAF) Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) Program Management Office delivers decision superiority to DAF warfighters, operators, and program offices by enabling secure, timely information sharing across the battlespace. Phalanx Griffon (PG) is a platform-agnostic Aerial Networking capability within the DAF Battle Network and the DoD's CJADC2 framework. PG enables secure data exchange between airborne assets in contested and communication-limited environments, integrating with the DAF Digital Infrastructure to support long-range fires and mission execution across all security levels. This program directly supports operational users, airborne platforms, and joint partners by improving decision-making and mission effectiveness at the tactical edge.

Essential Job Functions:

Responsible for applying scheduling theory/practice to develop the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) and related artifacts in compliance with applicable standards and policies.

Responsible for implementing practices to align the time phasing and plans for resources with the IMS to provide an integrated technical, schedule, and resource/cost baseline and forecast/ ETC for programs.

Responsible for generating and maintaining a program-level detailed IMS capturing each LOE discrete subtasks.

Responsible for coordinating with customer and peer-teaming stakeholders to compile multiple stakeholder IMSs into one Master Program Schedule.

Participate in new business proposals through scheduling functional support.

Serves as a scheduling leader in assisting programs with issue identification & resolution solutions.

Implement program scheduling business rhythms & controls.

Develop scheduling artifacts to meet contractual/project requirements.

Monitor, analyze, and report performance against baseline schedules to ensure that contractual, cost, and schedule objectives are met.

Significant interface with Program Managers, Contracts, and Senior Technical Personnel, as well as other organizations.

Required Skills:

Due to the sensitivity of customer related requirements, U.S. Citizenship is required.

Bachelor's degree and 8-12 years of prior relevant experience or a Master's degree with 6-10 years of experience in the respective technical/professional discipline being performed, 3 of which must be in the DoD.

Must have an active DoD TS clearance with the ability to obtain TS/SCI.

Must have advanced expertise using Microsoft Project scheduling software.

Must possess an understanding of advanced scheduling theory including experience with:

* Schedule status processes

* Schedule health assessment (e.g., 14-Point/DECM Analysis)

* Resource loading/management

* Cost and schedule integration

* Baseline change control processes

* Schedule execution metrics (BEI, CEI, CPLI, SV, SPI etc.)

* Schedule Risk Assessment (SRA)/Monte Carlo Analysis and tools

* Critical Path Method (CPM) and Margin/Float management

* Requires a high-level understanding of programmatic scheduling theory and practice.

* Ability to create "what-if" scenarios within the schedule that inform program leadership.

* Strong desire to grow and learn new technologies.

* Ability to communicate effectively in writing and verbally from informal one-on-one discussions or in a small group environment.

* Ability to work within a dynamic work environment, ability to handle multiple tasks at once (multi-task)

Preferred Skills:

Active DoD TS/SCI clearance.

Familiar with Agile Methodologies, preferably SCRUM or Kanban.

Experience with Atlassian tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Bitbucket.

Intermediate to advanced expertise using Structured Solutions Inc. (SSI) Tools for Microsoft Project.

Program Management Professional (PMP) certification.