Director, Program Scheduler

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Harris is the Trusted Disruptor in defense tech. With customers’ mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.

Serve as the senior Program Planning & Scheduling functional leader for the Space Sector, providing technical direction, workforce leadership, and functional oversight across a large portfolio of programs and scheduling professionals. This role is the senior scheduling subject matter expert and advisor to Sector Program Management and business leadership on schedule strategy, execution, risk, forecasting, Earned Value Management (EVM), and integrated program performance.

The position is responsible for driving consistent scheduling standards, practices, tools, analytical methods, and quality expectations across the Sector. It also strengthens integration between schedule, cost, EVM, technical performance, risk, supply chain, and resource information while supporting complex program activities including baselines, replans, proposals, recoveries, schedule risk assessments, and independent reviews. The role also leads development of the scheduling discipline through mentoring, workforce planning, succession planning, training, certification, and career development, while representing the Space Sector scheduling function in broader enterprise initiatives.

• Provide senior technical and functional leadership for the Space Sector scheduling organization supporting multiple programs and scheduling teams
• Establish and reinforce Sector-wide scheduling standards, best practices, analytical methods, and schedule quality expectations
• Advise senior leadership on schedule performance, critical-path drivers, forecast credibility, EVM indicators, schedule risk, and recovery strategies
• Lead complex scheduling activities including baselines, replans, proposals, schedule risk assessments, independent reviews, and recovery planning
• Strengthen integration of schedule, EVM/cost, technical performance, risk, supply chain, and resource information
• Drive effective use of scheduling tools, enterprise analytics, and digital capabilities to improve schedule quality, visibility, and decision support
• Lead workforce planning for the scheduling function including staffing strategy, resource balancing, succession planning, capability development, and identification of critical skill gaps
• Provide functional leadership, mentoring, coaching, and technical development to Schedule Managers, senior schedulers, and emerging leaders
• Partner with Sector Program Management and program leadership to align scheduling capability with business priorities and program execution needs
• Identify systemic schedule-performance issues and trends across the Sector portfolio and lead corrective actions and process improvements
• Represent the Space Sector scheduling function in cross-Sector, Segment, and enterprise planning and scheduling initiatives
• Influence development of organizational policies, processes, standards, tools, and operating practices…