Project Schedulers

Job Summary Aptive is seeking two Project Schedulers to support the Community Care Network Next Generation (CCN NG) and Veterans Family Member Program (VFMP) under TOPR 0018, a large-scale federal healthcare IT initiative administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). In this role, you will develop, maintain, and integrate project schedules into the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), ensuring alignment across program workstreams that directly impact healthcare delivery for Veterans and their families. You will work closely with cross-functional stakeholder teams to track milestones, surface scheduling risks, and support Agile development, testing, and release cadences within a highly regulated federal environment. The ideal candidate is a detail-oriented scheduling professional who thrives in complex, fast-paced federal IT or healthcare programs and can balance Agile sprint cadences with traditional schedule management rigor. You are a proactive communicator who can translate technical timelines into clear, actionable artifacts for diverse stakeholders at all levels. This is a part time role. Primary Responsibilities Develop, baseline, and maintain comprehensive project schedules using MS Project, ensuring all tasks, dependencies, milestones, and resource assignments are accurately captured and kept current throughout the program lifecycle. Integrate individual project schedules into the program-level Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), coordinating with workstream leads and PMO staff to maintain schedule integrity, identify critical path activities, and flag potential conflicts or delays. Support Agile development cadences by translating sprint planning, backlog grooming, testing cycles, and release events into schedule artifacts that align with both Agile ceremonies and formal IMS reporting requirements. Coordinate with project stakeholders, technical leads, and government counterparts to identify, capture, and sequence tasks, ensuring that resource depende