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We are a global information technology company that builds high-performance, security-centric solutions that can help change the world. Enhancing people’s lives through secure, reliable advanced technology is our vision.

At Unisys, we believe in better! Here, you have the opportunity to learn new skills, apply your expertise, and solve complex problems with cutting edge technologies and solutions. You are part of a global diverse team that supports you, drives change, and delivers successful results consistently.

Our associates are at the forefront of everything we do, driving our clients’ successes while giving back to communities and making this world a safer and more secure place to live and work. Our success is a direct result of the work of our people who live and breathe our Core Beliefs . Simply put, we believe in better lives. Join us!

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What success looks like in this role:

• Performs detailed planning, project execution management and schedule tracking of moderate or large service transitions with multiple work steams.

• Organize, implement, and maintain scheduling management system supporting identified projects and their plans

• Provide guidance and mentoring for project managers not familiar with MS Project Server to improve individual work steam project plans and to produce an integrated master schedule.

• Evaluates risks and recommends contingency plans.

• Manages quality assurance, resolution of issues, status reviews and reporting.

• Adhere to and ensure compliance with standards, change control, customer support, and compliance with all policies and procedures.

• Provide timely and comprehensive status reports.

• Provide advance notifications regarding potential issues before they occur.

• Ability to effectively facilitate communication with project team members at all levels and management.

• Document issue resolutions clearly and accurately.

• Responsible for collecting and integrating scheduling inputs from the client and program contractors to build and maintain a Master Program Schedule

• Collaborate with the client and Program staff to manage resource loading and leveling in Master Program Schedule

• Interact with stakeholders to define scope of work to develop and update the Master Program Schedule, cost information, and identification of variances from original plan

• Evaluate project schedule progress and performance, and identify developing problem areas

• Analyze critical path and constraints to determine effect of changes to schedule and recommend work-around

• Assist Program and/or Project managers in conducting analysis for determining alternative courses of action or recovery on slipped schedules.

• Responsible for program/project schedule analysis and metrics

• Create informative and visually appealing schedule communications and graphics to present to customers

You will be successful in this role if you have:

• 3-5 years of proven Microsoft Project experience including experience with maintaining multiple sub-projects within a master project.

• 2-3 years of proven experience with Microsoft Project Server.

• Possess a proven track record in maintaining and managing infrastructure services schedules.

• Ability to assist Project Managers with Experience in scheduling roles and resources therefore experience with resource loading and levelling highly desirable.

• Experience creating custom fields, views, tables, and reports.

• Experience using Microsoft Project 2013 and/or 2016

• Experience using Microsoft Visio/Excel in coordination with Microsoft Project to create custom schedule reports desirable

• Demonstrated experience managing multiple schedules with critical dependencies in a program management environment of program and project managers

• Hands-on experience working with project managers to facilitate schedule development

• Preferred experience in IT Services Transition Scheduling

• Innovative self-starter with the ability to work effectively with minimum supervision

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Strong competency with the Microsoft Office suite, particularly Excel and Word.

• PMP Certification – highly desired.

• Bachelor’s degree in a related area, preferably Computer Science or five years of equivalent experience. Relevant certifications for the skills/infrastructure/service area/domain, i.e. PMP certification highly desirable.