Program Planning Professional

Job Description

Program Planner II – Onsite | Raytheon

The Tone:
This is a full-time onsite role at Raytheon, located in Tucson, AZ. Raytheon, as part of RTX, is the world’s largest aerospace and defense company, focused on solving complex global problems and pushing the boundaries of science to connect and protect our world. With over a century of experience, the company delivers solutions that help nations defend freedoms and deter aggression. This role is vital for influencing and developing executable program plans, collaborating with stakeholders, and providing crucial schedule and predictive analytics to ensure the timely delivery of products and services to customers.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Onsite
• Location: In-person, Tucson, AZ, USA
• Pay: $68900–$131100 yearly
• Team: Program Planning Department within the Planning organization, supporting a program in the Naval directorate
• Mission: Develop, maintain, and analyze the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) for complex programs.
• Tech Stack: MS Project, Primavera, Open Plan, Milestones Professional Software, Achieving Process Excellence (APEX) SAP/R3, Microframe Project Manager (MPM), Oracle ERP, Deltek Cobra, Deltek MPM Connect

What You’ll Actually Do
• Development: Provide onsite support for the development and ongoing maintenance of the program’s Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) using MS Project, based on customer requirements and scope.
• Compliance: Detail, plan, and maintain the IMS throughout the program lifecycle, incorporating contractual and programmatic changes to ensure realistic and current contract schedule baselines compliant with government customer requirements.
• Integration: Ensure the IMS is accurately resource loaded for applicable scope with target budgets, demonstrating thorough cost and schedule integration and traceability to production scope.
• Analysis: Conduct detailed analysis of the IMS and supporting documents to verify quality, completeness, and compliance, then communicate schedule status, critical path analysis, and schedule variance results to program management and stakeholders.
• Support: Contribute to EAC and LRE processes as they relate to the Program IMS, and oversee the development and maintenance of the Program Master Phasing Schedule using Milestones Professional Software.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Professional level role requiring a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field of study.
• Experience: Minimum of 2 years of experience in Program Planning, Scheduling, or Project Management, including practical use of industry-standard scheduling software. An active and existing DoD Secret security clearance is required after day 1, for which U.S. citizenship is mandatory.
• Skills: Proficiency in creating and maintaining schedules with software like MS Project, Primavera, or Open Plan; ability to perform detailed schedule analysis; strong verbal and written communication skills for reporting schedule status and analysis results.
• Bonus: A Bachelor’s degree in STEM; demonstrated ability to decompose statements of work into workable program plans; familiarity with government regulations, Earned Value compliance, and Agile SW development principles; experience with EVMS tools such as APEX SAP/R3, MPM, Oracle ERP, Deltek Cobra, or Deltek MPM Connect; Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification.