Senior Program Scheduler

Summary

Join Accenture Federal Services as a Program Scheduler to support a large program team. You will oversee program schedules using Microsoft Project, coordinating with clients and partners, and supporting program delivery. Responsibilities include creating work breakdown structures, tasks, and resource assignments. The ideal candidate is energetic, communicative, and collaborative, comfortable working with various team members and management levels. This is a remote position. The role requires experience with MS Project, coordinating with program participants, validating schedule logic, and creating reports. A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience is needed, along with the ability to obtain and maintain a clearance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree; 8 years of additional relevant experience may be substituted for education
• 5 years of relevant experience using MS Project
• Experience coordinating with various program/project participants to gather schedule data, including individual discrete events, relationships (dependencies) among events, and actual schedule progress
• Ability to validate schedule logic following data input and have the ability to create standard report formats and ad hoc reports as directed by senior staff
• Ability to obtain and maintain a clearance
• Availability to work flexible hours, including some evenings and weekends as required
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook, Visio, etc.)
• Open to occasional travel (~10% to VA)

Responsibilities

• Oversee program schedules using Microsoft Project
• Coordinate with strategic customers and partners
• Support a program delivery vision
• Provide technical support to the program team by creating work breakdown structures, tasks, and resource assignments following program policies and processes
• Build strong relationships across multiple teams and with our client
• Work with junior to senior team members and multiple levels of managers and executives within AFS, our client, and our partners

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of scheduling best practices (e.g., DCMA’s 14 Point Assessment, GAO Schedule Assessment Guide, etc.)
• Experience supporting programs for a Federal Government Agency or Department of Defense
• Familiar with Jira or willing to learn and integrate agile work into MS Project
• Familiar with Earned Value Management as it applies to schedules

Benefits

Remote work, flexible hours