Senior Project Management Specialist

Senior Project Management Specialist

Company:

The Boeing Company

Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Project Management Specialist to join the Advanced Communications, Computing, Cyber, Command and Control (AC5) team within the Phantom Works Tech Base Program.  This position can be located out of Berkeley, MO or Colorado Springs, CO.

You will lead an IPT spanning multiple functions including: supply chain, IP&S, Quality / Supplier Quality, Production Engineering, Design Eng , Liaison Eng, Operations Eng, and Materials & Processes to develop hardware and software prototypes conducting advanced mission planning and decision-making across air, space, maritime, and land domains.  As an example of one program, you will be overseeing our Infrared Management Aid (IRMA) program.  

As the IPT leader, you will provide rudder for the other members, ensure timely hand-offs across functions, and maintain consistent priorities. Your coordination and influence will be a key lever to grow Boeing’s presence within the Mission Planning and Combined Joint All Domain Command and Control (CJADC2) markets.

This role is an excellent opportunity to hone program management skills and demonstrate an ability to lead a team in successful execution of a long-term objective. You will gain valuable experience working with the various functions who all support production of major aircraft assemblies as well as interacting and managing large external suppliers. You will be called upon to brief and provide status to program executive leadership team and the United States Air Force (USAF) customer.

This individual will need to have strong communication, collaboration, and analytical skills. This position requires collaboration between multiple sites and with multiple technical disciplines. Skill and ability to: establish & evaluate project plans and baselines; collect, organize, synthesize, and analyze data; summarize findings; develop conclusions and recommendations.

Position Responsibilities:

• Leads, develops, coordinates, integrates, analyzes, and maintains integrated plans and schedules for complex projects, programs, and change-driven activities within the PIO

• Leads studies/analysis (trend, variance, impact), reports, risk assessments, and planning efforts to determine impacts, and constraints involving product development, production rates, process improvement, program initiatives

• Facilitates and ensures integration of project/program plan, schedules, change and baseline management, processes, and techniques considered to be best practices across the industry

• Acts as primary PIO point of contact for an Integrated Product Team to support key stakeholder requirements and project objectives

• Conduct Right Start program activities to ensure and maintain our focus on program execution.

• Responsible for maintaining team’s program focus on successful cost, schedule and performance execution

• Directs all phases of projects or subsystems of major projects from inception through completion

• Coordinates commitments with internal and external stakeholders to fulfill strategies

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

This position requires an active U.S. SECRET Security Clearance (U.S. Citizenship Required). (A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active). Ability to secure a Top Secret (TS) with Special Compartmentalized Information (SCI) clearance is required.

Basic Qualifications (Required):

• Bachelor’s degree or higher

• 5+ years of experience in project management, project administration (contracts, integrated planning and scheduling), or business development

• Experience working with U.S. Department of Defense contracts and customers

• Experience with supporting projects and programs utilizing risk, issue, and opportunity (RIO) management

• Experience managing projects and utilizing standard project management tools (e.g., MS Project, Gantt charts, MS PowerPoint, status charts, resource load charts)

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• Master’s degree or higher

• Active Top Secret Clearance

• Experience working on Special Access Programs

• General knowledge of uncrewed (autonomous) systems, fixed-wing aircraft, and/or prototype development and testing

• 5+ years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of educatio