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Senior Program Schedule Lead

SAIC

El Segundo, CAJob$160–200K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago

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Compensation
$160–200K/yr
Location
El Segundo, CA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

T5 Or SSBI InvestigationBachelor's degree

Job overview

SAIC seeks a Senior Program Schedule Lead for its Horizon 2 program, supporting the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command Space Combat Power Program Office. The role manages and analyzes a consolidated Integrated Master Schedule for complex programs, integrating schedules and plans, assessing schedule risks and impacts, and providing analysis to inform leadership decisions. The position is based in El Segundo, California.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

SchedulingPlanningProgram ManagementMicrosoft ProjectMicrosoft Office SuiteQuantitative AnalysisSchedule ModelingData InterpretationCommunicationAnalytical SkillsProblem SolvingIndependent WorkTeamworkDoD Acquisition ProgramsPrograms of RecordSpace Systems Command

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree10 Years Applicable Experience10 Years Scheduling Planning and Program Management ExperienceT5 or SSBI InvestigationSCI EligibilityContinuous Evaluation EnrollmentWilling to Consent to Polygraph

Full job description

Description

SAIC's Horizon 2 program is seeking a Senior Program Schedule Lead to support the U.S. Space Force’s mission of delivering warfighter capability via the Space Systems Command Space Combat Power Program Office. You will perform a variety of scheduling, planning, analysis, and business operations duties to include the management and analysis of a cohesive, consolidated Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) for a portfolio of complex, high-visibility programs. This position is based in El Segundo, CA .

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop an Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) to track milestone events and tasks (i.e., document coordination for major deliverables to align to required submission dates and track to required reviews and approvals).

  • Review and integrate multiple diverse schedules and plans into a single, cohesive Integrated Master Schedules in Microsoft Project.

  • Support analysis to identify critical paths, risks, opportunities, and potential downstream impacts of schedule changes, providing schedule/predictive analysis to inform leadership decisions.

Qualifications

This is you:

  • Bachelor’s degree, preferably in math, engineering, business, or the sciences with 10 applicable years of experience.

  • Expert-level scheduling with at least 10 years of experience performing scheduling, planning, and program management activities in the government, federally funded research and development center (FFRDC), or profit/ non-profit government support arena.

  • Organized, detailed-oriented individual with strong customer-oriented communication skills, and expertise in Microsoft Project, MS Office Suite (e.g. Excel, Word, and PowerPoint).

  • Knowledge of various quantitative techniques used to analyze scheduling data, develop models, interpret results, and brief senior-level DoD leadership.

  • Must be able to work independently, as well as with a team, on time-sensitive high-visibility tasks.

  • Exceptional written, verbal, and visual communication skills, with demonstrated ability to convert complex program information into concise, polished products for technical teams, Program Managers, and senior leadership.

  • Strong analytical skills and problem-solving abilities.

  • Must have an in-scope security background investigation (T5 or SSBI), adjudicated for SCI eligibility and enrolled in the Continuous Evaluation program (if applicable).

  • Must be willing to be nominated for access to Sensitive Compartment Information and Special Access Programs and willing to consent to a Polygraph examination.

You will wow us even more if you have these skills:

  • Experience supporting DoD acquisition program and Programs of Record within the DoW and more specifically, Space Systems Command.

Target salary range: $160,001 - $200,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

REQNUMBER: 2618626

SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability

How this job compares

Set against the 10,895 open Program Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 8, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$160–200K/yr
  • California median$146–220K/yr1,134 salary ranges
  • US median$126–203K/yr8,234 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $180K, is 3% below the California median midpoint ($187K) — in the middle half of Program Management salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 1,394 open Program Management jobs in California and 10,895 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience; Program Management postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years at the median (9,308 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 3,991 of the 10,895 open Program Management jobs (37%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 8, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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