Project Controls Senior Manager - Scheduler

What you will do

In this vital role you will lead the Planning and Scheduling function supporting Amgen's capital project portfolio. This role provides organizational leadership for a team of planners and schedulers while establishing standardized planning processes, portfolio governance, and scheduling best practices across multiple capital programs.

• Lead the Planning and Scheduling organization and portfolio, ensuring standardized planning practices, portfolio governance, and successful execution across multiple concurrent capital projects.
• Executive and network reporting performance dashboards within capital project portfolio.
• Support the development of integrative master schedules from planning to operational readiness through licensure.
• Establish staffing strategies and optimize resource allocation across multiple projects.
• Champion digital planning solutions including Primavera P6, Planisware, AI-enabled planning tools, and reporting platforms.
• Partner closely with Project Managers and Project Controls teams to support successful project delivery.
• Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders across all organizational levels.
• Develop standard methodology for earned value management and risk management.
• Work closely with various disciplines in project teams to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the schedules.
• Lead planning governance across all assigned projects.
• Mentor planners and project controls professionals.
• Manage contractor scheduling requirements and performance.
• Coordinate with all organizational subject matter experts to ensure accurate reporting.
• Collate project-level schedule reporting to produce program-level schedule reporting.
• Coordinate the alignment of the project-level schedules with the Master Program Schedule.
• Provide data required for Earned Value Management.
• Perform impact analyses and schedule updates as required.
• Oversee and proactively provide guidance to project-level schedule consultants.
• Perform schedule forecasting and predictability.
• Incorporate schedule Change Orders in coordination with Program Change Management.
• Lead implementation of schedule AI-enabled planning tools.
• Drive digital transformation initiatives within Project Controls.
• Develop data-driven planning dashboards using Power BI and Planisware.
• Promote automation and predictive scheduling methodologies.

Basic Qualifications

• High school diploma / GED and 12 years of Engineering and capital projects delivery experience OR
• Associate's degree and 10 years of Engineering and capital projects delivery experience OR
• Bachelor's degree and 6 years of Engineering and capital projects delivery experience OR
• Master's degree and 4 years of Engineering and capital projects delivery experience OR
• Doctorate degree and 2 years of Engineering and capital projects delivery experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in capital project delivery.
• Managing Engineering or Construction in project controls across estimating, cost control, scheduling, and compliance.
• Expertise in planning and scheduling while possessing proven leadership capabilities to execute capital construction projects.
• Experience managing integrated master schedules, developing planning standards, mentoring planning professionals, and leading cross-functional organizations.
• Effective communication, organizational leadership, and executive presentation skills are essential, along with the ability to influence stakeholders across all organizational levels.
• Computer Systems: Primavera P6 expert, MS Project and Planner, Excel, Smart Planning, Smartsheets, Power BI.