Senior or Lead Project Management Specialist (Space Electronics Unit IPT)

Senior or Lead Project Management Specialist (Space Electronics Unit IPT)

Company:

The Boeing Company

Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) has an exciting opportunity for a Senior or Lead Project Management Specialist to join our Space Electronics Products team in El Segundo, California.

In this role you will lead others and direct phases of cross-organizational projects with oversight and management responsibility for a portfolio of small to medium size projects in support of our organizational goals and objectives. You will need to demonstrate proficiency in all project management areas in accordance with accepted project management standards in the industry (e.g., PMI, Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), ANSI, and ISO standards) and will be required to maintain performance management and associated reporting.

Position Responsibilities:

• Functions as the primary project contact to Identify key stakeholder requirements and project objectives

• Develops, integrates and analyzes integrated cost, schedule, technical, and risk management plans for high reliability electronic unit hardware development and delivery

• Maintains Earned Value baselines, Estimates at Completion, Weekly status & Variances to Plan

• Leads planning efforts to determine impacts and constraints involving product development, production rates, process improvement and program initiatives

• Coordinates with programs and capabilities to optimize unit hardware production pipelines and deliveries

  • Defines required resources from space electronics engineering, operations, and supplier management to build cross functional unit level teams necessary to execute electronic units design, development, and delivery

  • Ensures assigned individuals are executing the identified and assigned tasks and providing appropriate tracking and reporting per plan

  • Performs unit sell-offs, project close-out, culminating with lessons learned for incorporation into future project plans and unit hardware roadmaps

  • Provides in-depth analysis of project(s) as well as projected and historical reports for incorporation into future product/project plans

• Formulates and maintain statement of work (SOW) for units procured by subcontract and coordinate related make/buy assessments

• Provides assessment of team and team member performance to appropriate management

• Cultivates solutions to complex problems that require ingenuity and innovation

This position is expected to be 100% onsite. The selected candidate will be required to work onsite at one of the listed location options.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• Bachelor’s degree or higher

• More than 3 years of experience managing projects and utilizing standard project management tools

• More than 3 years of experience in a leadership role, leading teams or projects to successful completion

• Experience as a CAM (cost account manager) using EVM (earned value management)

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• Management Professional (PMP/PMI) Certification

• Active Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance

• More than 3 years of experience in a manufacturing/production environment

• Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously, prioritizing tasks, and meeting deadlines in a fast-paced environment

• Experience working in an integrated development environment

• Experience working with military or space electronics

Travel:

Position may require travel up to 10% of the time.

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.

Pay & Benefits:

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 spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability