Program Planning & Scheduling Analyst, ALG Scheduling & Risk Mgmt

Description

Are you ready to get in on the ground floor of Amazon’s long-term initiative to design, launch and maintain a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites to provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world?

It’s Day 1 for Amazon’s next billion-dollar business and the Amazon Leo for Government business is looking for an entrepreneurial minded Program Planning & Scheduling Analyst to work in a start-up environment who is passionate about technology, who thinks/acts globally, and has the ability to create and implement solutions, processes and controls with a focus on the public sector.

The ALG team is focused on Government customers around the world, including U.S. DoD and other national security customers.

The successful candidate will be responsible for executing day-to-day program planning & scheduling tasks within ALG, providing qualitative and quantitative data analysis for program performance management, ensuring the business meets critical deliverables, program schedules (Integrated Master Schedule), as well as risk and opportunity tracking, management, and mitigation.

This leader will work cross-functionally alongside the program finance team, as well as the program management and engineering teams to ensure Government-funded programs are tracked and performed on cost and schedule.

While still in the start-up phase, ALG will be tracking performance metrics from an internal management perspective for program performance.

The program planning organization will have responsibility for aligning our product roadmaps with ALG availability, ensuring we have products Government customers can use when Amazon Leo service comes online.

The Program Planning & Scheduling Analyst will also be responsible for creating integrated schedules that lay in both government program commitments as well as internal deadlines, and then align with Leo commercial on product availability and dependencies.

Key job responsibilities

Work with ALG program managers, engineering staff, and finance to standardize development of ALG program schedules (resource loaded)

• Support ALG program managers and capture managers on development of proposal schedules in an ambiguous environment (outlining tasks, milestones, dependencies, and deliverables).

• Work with ALG program managers and engineering staff on scheduling approaches for program dependencies

• Maintain processes that automate program planning & scheduling in support of RFx responses, new program stand-up, and annual budget submission

• Maintain integrated ALG portfolio schedule that tracks key milestones and dependencies across all ALG programs

• Support building “what-if” scheduling tools/processes that support ALG program risk and opportunity assessments and program trade studies

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, accounting, tax, economics, or a related analytical field

• Can meet export control requirements by being a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum

• 3+ years of applying key schedule indicators to analyses experience

• 2+ years of US Government contracts in the Aerospace/defense industry performing program planning and scheduling and Risk & Opp Mgmt experience

• 3+ years of hands on experience with program planning/scheduling tools (i.e. Cobra, Open Plan, Microsoft Project, Primavera, etc.)

• 3+ years performing Critical path analysis, generating schedule analysis to advise Program managers on options to improve schedule performance and managing schedule metrics

• Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting program managers and capture managers on development of proposal schedules in an ambiguous environment (outlining tasks, milestones, dependencies, and deliverables).

• Experience working with program managers and engineering staff on scheduling approaches for program dependencies

• Experience dveloping processes that automate program planning & scheduling in support of new program stand-up, and annual budget submission

• Experience maintaining integrated portfolio schedule that tracks key milestones and dependencies across all programs

• Experience building “what-if” scheduling tools/processes that support program risk and opportunity assessments

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits .

USA, CA, El Segundo - 72,600.00 - 117,100.00 USD annually