Senior Business Operations Specialist

Senior Business Operations Specialist

Company:

The Boeing Company

The Boeing Company Government Operations is looking for a Senior Business Operations Specialist to join the State Advocacy and Global Engagement Team (SAGE) based out of North Charleston, South Carolina or Arlington, Virginia.

State Advocacy & Global Engagement (SAGE) advances Boeing's business through advocacy, building trusted relationships, and making investments to improve communities for our stakeholders. SAGE is seeking a professional with a track record of streamlining operations and improving business processes.

This role suits someone who excels at solving problems, builds efficient systems, and will shape enterprise-wide processes that help ensure the integrity and impact of external investments.  The Senior Business Operations Specialist will define, control, and manage program operating rhythm and management systems that are required for operational excellence in executing a grant and sponsorship investment portfolio. The team is open to both level 4 and 5 Senior Business Operations Specialist.

Position Responsibilities: 

• Lead the design and implementation of continuous improvement strategies to eliminate waste, increase efficiency, and ensure accuracy in grantmaking and sponsorship operations.

• Use lean practices to support improvements to critical processes such as budget review and allocation and grant review and approval.

• Assist in the development and integration of programs, plans, strategies, and processes to meet business goals. 

• Drive process stability to enable quality deliverables and informed leadership decision-making.

• Ensure accurate, transparent, and timely disbursement of charitable and sponsorship funding.

• Oversee system-integrated quality checks, reporting, and confirmation of receipts for charitable contributions and sponsorships.

• Support the coordination with business partners to validate results and determine scope to ensure alignment across portfolio.

• Serve as the primary point of contact for updating and managing supplier profiles.

• Coordinate commitments with internal and external organizations to fulfill strategies. 

• Meet with leadership to gain approval and share project status. 

• Collect, organize, and provide data according to established processes within the management system to maintain the status of programs, customer and supplier commitments, and compliance. 

• Ensure follow-up action for issue resolution. 

• Provide mentoring and guidance to less experienced personnel. 

• Develop and maintain relationships and partnerships with customers, stakeholders, peers and partners. 

• Provide support for emergent Program requirements as well as sustaining business management actions. 

• Use Boeing Problem Solving Model to find solutions and process that supports cross-functional teams. 

 Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience): 

• 5+ years of experience performing in change management, program management, or similar role 

• 5+ years of experience collecting, interpreting data, and/or managing projects for Executives or Senior Leadership 

• 3+ years of experience successfully managing projects 
    

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience): 

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher 

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

• 7+ years of experience performing in a change management, program management, or business operations role 

• 7+ years of experience collecting, interpreting data, and managing high level projects for Executives or Senior Leadership 

• 7+ years of experience successfully managing multiple high-volume, complex, concurrent projects 

• 2+ years of experience in Boeing Commercial, Boeing Defense, and Boeing Global Services

Drug Free Workplace:

Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies. 

At Boeing, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent. Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.

The Boeing Company also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spendin