Sapphire Integrated Planning & Scheduling Team Lead

Sapphire Integrated Planning & Scheduling Team Lead

Company:

The Boeing Company

The Boeing Company is currently seeking a Sapphire Integrated Planning & Scheduling Team Lead to join the team in Berkeley, MO; Hazelwood, MO; Saint Charles, MO; Everett, WA; Huntsville, AL; Long Beach, CA; Mesa, AZ; Tukwila, WA; or North Charleston, SC. 

Boeing Defense, Space and Security (BDS) is modernizing its foundational product lifecycle management (PLM), manufacturing operations management (MOM), and enterprise resources planning (ERP) systems; enhancing its data strategies; and improving alignment of its execution processes via a program called Sapphire that is a joint effort between BDS and Boeing Information Digital Technology and Security (IDT&S).

The Senior Sapphire Integrated Planning & Scheduling Team Lead is the technical authority for Program Sapphire’s integrated schedule, bringing deep scheduling expertise and toolset mastery. This role owns the integrity of the Information Management System (IMS) and subordinate schedules, leads complex critical‑path, scenario and resource analyses, directs schedule recovery and change control, mentors the scheduling team, coordinates cross‑Integrated Project Team (IPT) integration and dependency resolution, prepares executive‑level briefings and escalations, and drives continuous improvement and automation of scheduling processes and tools.

Position Responsibilities:

• Develop, coordinate, integrate, analyze, and maintain plans and schedules for very complex programs, and change-driven activities

• Provide analysis and product development initiatives for information technologies Integrated Planning teams and Bedrocks

• Support program planning requests for the development of new statement of work

• Lead, direct, facilitate, and ensure integration of program plans and schedules, horizontally and vertically, across company functional, product groups, suppliers, and partners

• Develop and maintain the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS)

• Develop and maintain lower-level schedules

• Manage baseline and forecast schedule changes

• Lead and chair Brown Room and Green Room Integration activities

• Communicate with technical personnel from multiple skill areas and functions to evaluate technical information and issues impacting design, engineering, or other deliverables

• Provide training, coaching, mentoring, and leadership to lower-level employees

• Serve as the Team Lead for the Scheduling Team

• Provide subject matter expertise in the development, implementation, and training of processes and tools

• Present at Executive Level Meetings

• Oversee Programs Overall Schedule

• Oversee any system transitions

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• Bachelor’s degree or higher

• 10+ years of experience developing and maintaining integrated resource-loaded project schedules, including the use of project management tools and software such as MS Project, Milestones, Primavera, Open Plan Professional, etc

• Experience coordinating the operational aspects of ongoing projects, and serving as a liaison between project and team, finance, planning, scheduling, and management

• Experience performing in a leadership role

• Experience developing and maintaining relationships and partnerships with customers, stakeholders, peers, and partners

• Experience in Open Plan Professional (OPP) and/or Microsoft Project (MS -Project) schedule applications

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• Experience working in a team environment

• Experience adjusting priorities to multiple demands and unanticipated events

• Experience working as a self-starter with a positive attitude, and a track record of working successfully under pressure in a time-constrained environment

• Experience in a Team Lead Role in Integrated Planning & Scheduling Team

• Experience supporting a large complex project

• Experience in Informational Technology

• Experience with Program Planning

• Experience developing and maintaining integrated resource-loaded project schedules

• Experience with implementation of new tool sets and training

• Experience in a role demonstrating strong written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills, proficiency with MS Office tools to prepare comprehensive reports, presentations, proposals, and Statements of Work

• Experience in project