Program Scheduling Manager

L3Harris Technologies

Manager leading a team of program schedulers at L3Harris Technologies. Driving improvements in scheduling processes and ensuring compliance across various functional groups.

Posted 6/10/2026full-timeRemote • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $100,500 - $186,500 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead and direct a team of scheduling professionals, providing guidance, mentorship, and performance management.
Foster a collaborative environment and ensure alignment with organizational goals.
Drive significant improvements in scheduling processes and systems.
Develop new concepts and standards to enhance performance and ensure compliance with internal procedures and project control guidelines.
Communicate effectively within and outside the organization, including with customers and vendors.
Influence changes to scheduling practices and policies, and present schedule status and risk assessments to senior leadership.
Establish and implement short-term operational plans with measurable contributions towards departmental and business area results.
Responsible for creating and monitoring departmental budgets.
Manage scheduling projects within defined budgets and contribute to the development of new products, processes, or standards.
Oversee the creation and maintenance of integrated master schedules (IMS) using Statements of Work (SOW) and Work Breakdown Structures (WBS).
Ensure schedules are resource-loaded and compliant with Earned Value Management (EVM) standards.
Conduct and oversee critical path analysis, schedule risk analysis, and schedule metric analysis (e.g., BEI, CEI, CPLI, SPI).
Identify and resolve critical path and network logic conflicts to ensure project milestones are met.
Ensure schedules and plans are integrated across all functional groups and comply with internal program procedures and DECM metrics.
Lead scheduling status reviews and briefings with senior leaders.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years prior related program scheduling experience
Graduate Degree with a minimum of 7 years of prior related program scheduling experience
In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related program scheduling experience
4 years of experience with MS Project or similar software
2 years of experience in a leadership role
Experience creating and maintaining Integrated Master Schedules (IMS) and supporting schedules
Experience with Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS), critical path analysis, and schedule risk analysis
Familiarity with scheduling add-on tools such as OPDEC, Structured Solutions - SSI tools management, and RiskyProject
Strong analytical skills with the ability to perform detailed schedule analysis, including variance analysis and network logic validation
Critical thinking and problem-solving abilities
Attention to detail and quality of deliverables
Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to present complex information to senior leadership and external parties
Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
Knowledge of Planning & Scheduling Excellence Guide (PASEG), EVMS Standard (EIA 748-D), Integrated Product and Process Development (IPPD), and Integrated Program Management Report (IPMR)
Experience with Agile Development methodologies and Monte Carlo Risk Analysis.
Experience in macro development is a plus.

Benefits

Comp & perks

health and disability insurance
401(k) match
flexible spending accounts
EAP
education assistance
parental leave
paid time off
company-paid holidays

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Hard Skills & Tools

program schedulingIntegrated Master Schedules (IMS)Earned Value Management (EVM)critical path analysisschedule risk analysisvariance analysisnetwork logic validationmacro developmentAgile Development methodologiesMonte Carlo Risk Analysis

Soft Skills

leadershipanalytical skillscritical thinkingproblem-solvingattention to detailcommunication skillscollaborationmentorshipperformance managementinfluence