Missiles and Defense is seeking a program management/planning professional to join the Program Planning Department within Raytheon Missiles & Defense (RMD).

The Sr. Technical Planner I position will be a member of the Program Management Excellence organization, supporting the Advanced Technology Mission Area portfolio of programs. The successful candidate will be responsible for the development, maintenance and analysis of the Integrated Master Plan (IMP) and the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) for mid complexity programs.

Ability to understand the program technical and programmatic solution, and partnering with the program team, lead integration of that solution into the IMS baseline plan ensuring the cost, schedule and technical requirements are fully integrated into the execution plan.

Support the creation and maintenance of compliant Integrated Master Schedules (IMS) on requirements provided by the customer that achieve necessary cost and schedule integration.

Support the team to ensure program plan and IMS is developed consistent with IPDS and program life cycle. Must be able to review the IMS planned work for accuracy, identifying missing work or work that is planned improperly.

Understands, can create, use and recommend appropriate alternative/supplemental program mgmt. plans/artifacts (HUM, MPS, First Unit Flow), to help the program team understand and manage to the plan.

Partnering with SMEs, explain Schedule Risk Analysis results to program teams, understands SRA concepts and theory, with ability to interpret results to the program team and integrate mitigation plans into the IMS and schedule risks into the Risk Management process

Provides weekly and monthly planning metrics on schedule status, baseline maintenance, critical path analysis, and schedule variance analysis and network logic validation, employing appropriate Earned Value Management System processes

This position is located in Woburn, MA

• 4+ years of applicable Planner or Program Management experience that included Program Planning and Scheduling
• Experienced development and maintenance of Integrated Master Schedules in a highly matrixed Organization
• Experience using software designed for creating and maintaining industry related schedules. (MS Project, Primavera, Open Plan, or similar scheduling software)
• Experience developing program-level critical and driving paths, followed with validation of the logic/paths with the programs
• Experience managing/leading/integrating scheduling and EVMS techniques, principles for project team
• Required Education: Bachelor degree in STEM Field: Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics

• Ability to facilitate the effective integration and maintenance in the IMS of technical, schedule and cost in an EVMS environment
• Ability to understand the program technical and programmatic solution and support integration and modelling of that solution into the IMS.
• Ability to interpret/analyze SRA results, program schedule risk/opportunity drivers and schedule probability of success
• Ability to partner/collaborate with Planning and functional organization SMEs to support their program teams
• Understanding of hardware and software development life-cycle, exposure to agile methodologies
• Demonstrated ability to manage/lead/teach proper scheduling and EVMS techniques, principles for project personnel or teams of varying size and backgrounds.
• Demonstrate the ability to understand different perspectives and ask right questions ensuring IMS integrity
• Be able to identify and support process improvement, ability to work with the team to develop solutions and solve problems.
• Familiarity with APEX financial systems
• Experience and knowledge of Cost Estimating/BOE generation

• Bachelor degree in STEM Field: Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics