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Responsibilities

• Manage the execution of planning and development of the integrated master schedule, in support of major projects and programs across the portfolio.
• Oversee and manage portfolio and program level schedules, building detailed schedules from inception to completion.
• Develop schedule mitigation strategies, reporting on schedule issues and critical tasks to management, analyzing schedule sensitivity and risk, alerting on issues and recommending solutions for schedule issues and high-risk areas.
• Coordinate with all segments and functional organizations to ensure the execution system is in alignment with the organizational processes and goals through the tactical management of the integrated master schedule.
• Establish and maintain standard detailed project delivery schedule templates with key milestones identified
• Through coordination with other segments, monitor, analyze, and provide direction on the general health, risks, and progress of the schedule
• Advise management of the status of work in progress, critical need by and delivery dates, and potential delays to committed dates.
• You should enjoy working under pressure and deadlines, with a strong ability to manage ambiguity and uncertainty, while driving clarity.
• Ability to work across organizational boundaries to build alignment and drive closure on issues and result

Qualifications

• Expert user of MS Project or Primavera P6.
• Proven success in leading and managing schedule development/management on a portfolio of medium to large scale projects.
• Expert with schedule analysis and CPM methodology.
• Data Analysis experience.
• Creative problem-solving skills and collaboration across global teams within and outside the organization.

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