Enterprise Master Scheduler: Strategy & Delivery Leader

Jenny Barbour IT & Project Recruitment; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Jenny Barbour IT & Project Recruitment is seeking a Master Scheduler to lead end-to-end scheduling for a large-scale program in Melbourne. You will oversee the enterprise-level master schedule, manage dependencies, and deliver on-time outcomes with senior stakeholders.

You will drive schedule discipline, identify risks, and surface optimisation opportunities across delivery teams, partnering with program and delivery leaders to ensure alignment with governance and reporting requirements.

Qualifications

• Experience building integrated master schedules in portfolio/program level contexts.
• Strong grasp of dependency management and milestone tracking.
• Ability to translate complex delivery data into actionable insights.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and govern an enterprise-level master schedule across portfolios and delivery teams.
• Align timelines with milestones, funding profiles and operational dependencies.
• Maintain baselines and manage controlled changes per governance.
• Provide critical path, dependency and scenario analysis for decision making.
• Identify risks, constraints and interdependencies; escalate impacts and mitigation options.
• Monitor schedule performance, trends and variances across reporting.
• Collaborate with Portfolio Managers, Program Managers and Delivery Leads to embed scheduling practices.
• Facilitate schedule reviews and cross-portfolio dependency forums.
• Produce schedule insights, dashboards and executive-level reporting.
• Support governance forums with clear schedule information.

Skills

Integrated master scheduling

Dependency management

Schedule forecasting

Critical path analysis

Stakeholder influence

MS Project proficiency

Delivery planning discipline

Tools

MS Project

Job description

Jenny Barbour IT & Project Recruitment is seeking a Master Scheduler to lead end-to-end scheduling for a large-scale program in Melbourne. You will oversee the enterprise-level master schedule, manage dependencies, and deliver on-time outcomes with senior stakeholders.

You will drive schedule discipline, identify risks, and surface optimisation opportunities across delivery teams, partnering with program and delivery leaders to ensure alignment with governance and reporting requirements.