Senior Schedule Advisor / Master Scheduler

hatch I.T. is partnering with an IT consulting and professional services company to find a Senior Schedule Advisor / Master Scheduler. See details below:

About the Role:

The company is seeking an experienced Senior Schedule Advisor and Master Scheduler to support one of their Government clients.

In this role, you will guide senior clients and other team members on leading scheduling practices. You will provide hands-on scheduling support to develop, maintain, and analyze the program’s Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), providing alignment across multiple workstreams, teams, and stakeholders. You will work closely with program leadership, technical teams, and clients to maintain an accurate view of program delivery timelines, dependencies, and risks.

About the Company:

The company is a boutique, agile, and digital services-focused coaching and consulting company. They help their clients deliver measurable value to their customers and aspire to bring "good agile" to clients across the public and private sectors.

They hire passionate people who believe in agility, understand how to meet people where they are, and treat them with respect while helping them succeed. And they want to hire people that see their continuous growth and improvement as a way of life.

• Developing and maintaining the program’s Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) using Microsoft Project
• Integrating schedules across multiple workstreams, teams, and vendors to maintain a unified view of program delivery
• Working with project leads and technical teams to capture tasks, milestones, dependencies, and resource requirements
• Serving as a trusted advisor to leadership by translating complex schedule data into clear, actionable insights
• Conducting critical path analysis to identify schedule drivers and potential delays
• Monitoring schedule performance and identifying risk areas, bottlenecks, and dependency conflicts
• Providing regular schedule reports and briefings to program leadership and client stakeholders
• Ensuring the program schedule adheres to established governance, standards, and reporting requirements
• Facilitating schedule reviews and coordination meetings with program stakeholders
• Maintaining schedule baselines and tracking variance against planned timelines
• Supporting program leadership with scenario analysis and schedule forecasting
• Improving scheduling processes and standards to support effective program execution

• To be considered for this role, you must meet the following requirements:
• 10+ years of experience in project management, program management, program scheduling, or program controls roles
• 5+ years of experience building and managing complex Integrated Master Schedules (IMS) for large programs
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Project
• Strong understanding of:
• Critical path analysis
• Schedule dependency management
• Resource loading and forecasting
• Baseline management and schedule change control
• Milestone tracking and schedule variance analysis
• Ability to translate schedule data into clear insights for both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience identifying schedule risks and communicating impacts to program leadership
• U.S. Citizenship

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• Excellent communication and stakeholder coordination skills

• PMP certification

• Experience supporting federal government programs
• Experience integrating schedules across Agile and traditional delivery teams
• Experience coordinating schedules across vendors and subcontractors
• Candidates who live in an SBA HUBZone