Immediate and Fully Remote opening for a Lead Microsoft Project Scheduler to support State Government multi-year initiative. This person will own two highly complex Microsoft Project schedules and serve as the primary scheduling resource for project leadership and client stakeholders.
*This role is Fully Remote*
Responsibilities
Own and maintain integrated Microsoft Project schedules containing thousands of activities.
Lead client-facing schedule reviews and working sessions.
Gather and validate updates from project leaders, workstream owners, vendors, and SMEs.
Monitor critical paths, milestones, dependencies, baselines, and schedule variance.
Identify delays, conflicts, and downstream impacts and communicate them to leadership.
Coordinate schedules across multiple teams and workstreams.
Provide guidance and oversight to a Junior Scheduler.
Requirements
5+ years of hands-on Microsoft Project scheduling experience.
Experience owning complex, integrated project or program schedules.
Strong knowledge of critical-path analysis, dependencies, milestones, baselines, resource planning, and schedule variance.
Experience leading scheduling meetings and presenting to client stakeholders.
Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
Experience supporting large transformation, implementation, PMO, or project-controls environments.
Ability to consistently work 8:00 AM 5:00 PM Pacific Time.
Big Four, consulting, or government experience is highly preferred.