Senior Compliance Lead

Senior Compliance Lead

Company:

The Boeing Company

The Boeing Company is currently seeking a Senior Compliance Lead to join the team in Berkeley, MO; North Charleston, SC; Dallas, TX; Everett, WA; Huntsville, AL; Mesa, AZ; San Antonio, TX; Seattle, WA; Tukwila, WA, El Segundo, CA; Long Beach, CA; Miami, FL; Ridley Park, PA; Plano, TX; or Arlington, VA.

Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) is modernizing its foundational Product Data Management (PDM), Manufacturing Execution System (MES), and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems; enhancing its data strategies; and improving alignment of its execution processes via the Sapphire program — a joint effort between BDS and Boeing Information Digital Technology & Security (IDT&S).

We are seeking an experienced Compliance Lead to drive consistent, disciplined execution and continuous improvement across this large, complex transformation by ensuring compliance requirements into solution design, development, testing, and deployment activities across Integrated Product Teams (IPTs).

Position Responsibilities:

• Set the strategy, approach, and roadmap for addressing compliance requirements across the BDS Sapphire program

• Identify applicable compliance requirements across key risk domains (Federal Acquisition Regulation/Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations Supplement/Cost Accounting Schedule (FAR/DFARS/CAS), National Institute for Standards and Technology/Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (NIST/CMMC), International Traffic in Arms Regulations/Export administration Regulations (ITAR/EAR), etc.) and translate them into program-level objectives and actionable requirements

• Ensure compliance requirements into solution design, development, testing, and deployment activities.

• Ensure end-to-end requirements traceability

• Coordinate, manage, and track compliance efforts across IPTs

• Maintain a single source of truth for compliance status, gaps, and remediation plans

• Facilitate engagement of compliance Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) across BDS and IDT&S

• Coordinate escalations and decision paths for compliance risk resolution

• Identify and coordinate remediation of downstream compliance impacts (PROs, system descriptions, disclosure statements, trainings, desktop procedures, etc.)

• Ensure compliance readiness across IPTs and facilitate population pulls, define and monitor KPIs, and prepare artifacts

• Support preparation of evidence packages and corrective action plans as needed

• Monitor and report compliance risks, milestones, and remediation progress to program leadership

• Recommend and implement continuous improvement actions

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• Bachelor’s degree or higher

• 5+ years of experience in a compliance related role

• 5+ years of experience leading or managing projects that involved cross-functional or cross-business unit teams

• Experience using excellent verbal and written communication skills to communicate with leaders and colleagues

• Experience with Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation (DFAR) on Material Management and Accounting System requirements as well as general CAS and FAR regulations

• Experience identifying key stakeholder project specific requirements and scope, then building and managing project plans

• Experience identifying and managing risk

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• 10 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience

• Master’s degree or higher

• Completed Certifications including Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Practitioner, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), or equivalent

• 8+ years of experience working on large-scale digital transformation programs within defense or aerospace

• Experience with written and verbal communication

• Experience with Product Data Management (PDM), Manufacturing Execution System (MES), and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementation projects and associated data/integration challenges

• Experience with cybersecurity compliance frameworks (NIST SP 800-171/172, CMMC) and export/trade regulations (ITAR, EAR)

• Experience implementing tooling or automation to support compliance traceability, evidence collection, and KPI dashboards

• Experience supporting De