Lead Microsoft Project Scheduler

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.