Sr Lead Program Scheduler

Description

Leidos is seeking an accomplished Senior Lead Program Scheduler to provide strategic scheduling leadership on a high-priority NASA program. This is not a routine scheduling role-it is a senior leadership position that will directly influence program execution, delivery, and business outcomes for the Universal Stage Adapter (USA) project.

In this position, you will provide direct programmatic scheduling leadership. From our Solutions campus in Huntsville Alabama, you will be working with various Integrated Product Teams, key program stakeholders, and EVMS support team to improve program planning and execution while ensuring compliance with contractual requirements and company policy and procedures. This highly visible role is ideal for a senior scheduling professional who thrives in fast-paced, high-impact environments and seeks to apply their expertise to programs that directly support NASA's Space Launch Systems requirement.

This Senior Lead Program Scheduler will be an integral part of the larger enterprise-wide Leidos Corporate Earned Value Management (EVM) Center of Excellence (COE), a team-leading and executing the core responsibilities of scheduling, planning, EVMS, the associated infrastructure and tools, implementations, training, and surveillance for Leidos.

Primary Responsibilities.

• Serve as the primary scheduling leader and advisor for program, shaping program strategies through advanced scheduling practices.
• Partner with executive leadership, program managers, CAMs, and technical SMEs to influence decision-making and optimizing program performance.
• Drive the integration of technical, cost, and resource baselines to establish accurate forecasts, estimates-to-complete (ETC), and actionable insights for leadership
• Responsible for applying scheduling theory/practice to develop the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) and related artifacts in compliance with applicable standards and policies such as EVM standard EIA-748 and industry best practices (e.g., PASEG, NDIA) in alignment with the mission of the EVM COE and in support of programs.
• Requires senior level understanding of project scheduling using MS Project, program management, and Earned Value Management knowledge
• 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
• Ability to create what-if/impact" scenarios within the schedule that inform program leadership
• Serves as a scheduling leader in assisting programs with issue identification & resolution solutions
• 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.
• Provides scheduling support to EVM COE and programs for internal and external audits, reviews, and application of resulting corrective actions.

Basic Qualifications:

• BA degree and 10+ years of prior experience within the Aerospace/Defense Industry
• Recognized expertise in programmatic scheduling and Earned Value Management (EVM) principles, with proven success leading schedule management on large, complex programs.
• Must have advanced expertise using Microsoft Project scheduling software
• Strong command of advanced scheduling practices, including:
  • schedule status processes
  • schedule health assessment (e.g., 14-Point 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

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with NASA customer oversight
• Experience with DCMA audits and surveillance
• Intermediate to advanced expertise using Structured Solutions Inc. (SSI) Tools for Microsoft Project
• Program Management Professional (PMP) certification
• Scheduling Professional (SP) certification
• Utilization of MS Project Macros

Why This Role:

• Executive Visibility: You'll work side by side with program leadership and government stakeholders, influencing strategies that shape delivery of mission-critical systems.
• Impact: Your expertise will directly improve production execution, cost control, and schedule performance on a program central to the Space Launch System requirements of NASA.
• Professional Growth: Join Leidos' EVM Center of Excellence, a corporate-level team recognized across the enterprise for setting scheduling and EVMS standards.
• Compensation & Recognition: This is a senior-level leadership role with compensation structured to attract and retain top talent in the industry.

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Original Posting:
December 11, 2025

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:
Pay Range $105,300.00 - $190,350.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com .

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