Project Controls Manager/Master Scheduler

Commonwealth Trading Partners•,

10d

About The Position

CTP, on behalf of Veloxxity, is seeking a Project Management leader to build and own integrated master schedules for complex programs. The role connects technical work—including application development, interfaces, data integration, testing, and deployment—with functional work such as training, fielding, operational transition, and maintenance. The successful candidate will turn separate team plans into a credible, actively managed path to delivery. This is a hands-on planning and execution role working with technical leads, functional owners, subcontractors, and leadership to define and sequence work, identify dependencies, and assess the effects of changes before milestones slip. The role also establishes practical project controls and captures plans, decisions, and lessons that support consistent execution as the organization grows. The position develops and maintains resource-informed integrated master schedules covering contract milestones through design, build, integration, testing, training, fielding, acceptance, sustainment, and closeout. It establishes schedule-update, risk and issue review, change-control, action-tracking, and escalation practices; converts schedules into decision-ready reporting; and supports project startup, approvals, customer reviews, and closeout. It also creates reusable planning templates and standards, maintains an organized knowledge repository, improves recurring workflows, and helps evaluate project, reporting, automation, and AI tools. During the first 90 to 180 days, the role will map active programs and delivery commitments, build and validate an initial integrated master schedule for priority work, establish a baseline and update cadence, provide short-horizon and leadership schedule views, and launch core planning templates and a knowledge repository. The role is based in the Washington, DC area, with local candidates given priority because the company prefers someone who can be in the office as needed. Travel may be required. Salary is based on experience; the role is described as mid-level. U.S. citizenship is required, and the candidate must be able to obtain a security clearance. Sponsorship is not offered.

Requirements

Typically 8 to 12 years of experience in program planning, scheduling, project management, or integrated delivery in a complex environment.
Demonstrated ownership of an integrated master schedule spanning multiple workstreams, including building sound logic, managing baselines, analyzing critical path, and reforecasting from actual progress.
Experience integrating software or technical delivery with operational activities such as training, deployment, fielding, service transition, or sustainment.
Ability to facilitate detailed planning with technical and nontechnical leads and constructively challenge incomplete assumptions.
Strong written communication and analytical judgment, with the ability to turn ambiguous objectives into executable plans.
Working proficiency with a scheduling platform such as Microsoft Project or Primavera P6 and collaborative reporting tools.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
U.S. citizenship is required due to security clearance needs; no sponsorship is offered.
Must have the ability to obtain a security clearance.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting a PMO, systems integration program, national-security mission, or U.S. government contract.
Familiarity with agile software delivery and its integration into contractual milestones and operational deployment plans.
Experience with subcontractor coordination, project financials, schedule risk analysis, and customer acceptance criteria.
Familiarity with Microsoft 365, Teams, SharePoint, Power BI, and practical workflow automation.
PMP or PMP-SP certification.
Familiarity with ISO, CMMC, or DCAA requirements.
Active security clearance; preference is given to candidates with an active clearance.
Location in the Washington, DC area; local candidates receive priority and preferential consideration.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain resource-informed integrated master schedules from contract milestones through design, build, integration, testing, training, fielding, acceptance, sustainment, and closeout.
Work with functional and technical leads to break deliverables into measurable activities with owners, durations, dependencies, entry and exit criteria, and realistic review and approval times.
Link application releases, interfaces, data readiness, cybersecurity and test events to training materials, user readiness, field deployment, operational handover, and maintenance support.
Maintain schedule logic, baselines, critical path, near-term lookaheads, and milestone forecasts; evaluate schedule float and the effects of late decisions, resource constraints, and scope changes.
Run schedule integration sessions to reconcile team plans, resolve conflicting assumptions, and make cross-team handoffs and external dependencies explicit.
Track actual progress against objective completion evidence, reforecast as conditions change, and present recovery options with clear owners and tradeoffs.
Establish a cadence for schedule updates, risk and issue reviews, change control, action tracking, and escalation.
Translate the integrated schedule into decision-ready reporting on upcoming milestones, dependencies, critical-path movement, readiness gaps, and leadership actions.
Support project startup, deliverable approvals, customer reviews, and closeout while aligning scope, staffing, budget, and schedule assumptions.
Coordinate with project managers and workstream leads to resolve bottlenecks and maintain a consistent portfolio view across active programs.
Create and maintain schedule templates, planning standards, work breakdown structures, handoff checklists, and examples that accelerate program startup.
Capture decisions, assumptions, technical approaches, standard operating procedures, and lessons learned in an organized, searchable repository.
Map recurring workflows and improve how teams plan, approve, field, and support deliverables without adding unnecessary process.
Help evaluate and adopt project, reporting, automation, and AI tools that make plans and institutional knowledge easier to use.
Map active programs, stakeholders, contractual milestones, technical delivery cycles, training needs, fielding sequence, and maintenance commitments during the first 90 to 180 days.
Build an initial integrated master schedule for priority work, validate its logic with workstream owners, and establish a baseline and update cadence.
Put in place a short-horizon lookahead and a leadership view of critical milestones, cross-team dependencies, risks, and decisions.
Launch core planning templates and an organized knowledge repository, and improve high-impact handoffs identified through the schedule.