Senior Master Scheduler - IT Transformation (Sydney)

Advance Delivery Consulting

Sydney

Hybrid

AUD 150,000 - 190,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

Advance Delivery Consulting in Sydney CBD seeks a hands‑on Master Scheduler to own and evolve a complex scheduling environment across multiple IT and digital transformation streams. You will manage the Integrated Master Schedule, administer Project Server / MS Project Online, and drive critical path and dependency governance with senior stakeholders.

You will design executive reporting, align release plans, and support a hybrid waterfall/Agile delivery model from Sydney, with three days onsite

Qualifications

8–10+ years as a hands‑on Master Scheduler on complex IT transformation or digital transformation programs.
Deep expertise in MS Project and Project Server / MS Project Online — including environment setup, reporting configuration, and ongoing administration.
Demonstrated experience establishing or inheriting and evolving schedule governance frameworks, standards, and controls.
Strong critical path methodology — defining the approach, not just applying one.
Experience designing dependency management frameworks and processes across multi‑stream programs.
Sydney-based with capacity for 3 days per week onsite in Sydney CBD.

Responsibilities

Take ownership of an established scheduling environment and evolve it in line with delivery needs.
Own and maintain the Integrated Master Schedule across all delivery streams.
Manage and administer the Project Server / MS Project Online environment including reporting structures, security models, and data architecture.
Define and implement the critical path management approach and maintain ongoing analysis.
Design and maintain the dependency management process and reporting framework.
Establish and chair schedule governance sessions with stream leads and program leadership.
Develop executive-level reporting including progress trends, schedule performance, and delivery risk visibility.
Maintain the consolidated deployment run-sheet for release coordination across workstreams.
Partner with PMO, project managers, and delivery teams to improve planning discipline and cross-stream visibility.
Identify schedule risks and deviations early; recommend corrective actions.
Support hybrid (waterfall + agile) delivery across concurrent workstreams.
Exhibit strong stakeholder engagement with executives, PMO, vendors, and delivery teams.
Experience with Earned Value Management (EVM) and resource forecasting.
Exposure to Primavera P6 as a secondary scheduling tool.