Senior Integrated Planning & Scheduling Specialist

Senior Integrated Planning & Scheduling Specialist

Company:

The Boeing Company

Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Integrated Planning & Scheduling Specialist to join the MQ-25 Program as the IP&S Team Lead reporting to the MQ-25 IP&S Manager, located in Hazelwood, MO!

In this role, you will be part of a high-performing, cross-functional team while building state-of-the-art capability. Embedded within the Program Management organization, IP&S is responsible for program plans and schedule. Using standard planning and scheduling processes, IP&S enables performance and delivers value through prospective focus, actionable analysis, and solution-oriented advice.

A successful candidate will have experience integrating technical and business inputs and implementing systems thinking/solutions, utilizing program management best practices across a diverse and challenging execution portfolio. Resilience and aptitude for problem-solving are a must, with the selected candidate being biased toward action, coordinating solutions, and enabling the product teams to execute efficiently and effectively.

Position Responsibilities:

• Leads the Integrated Planning & Scheduling (IP&S) team in the development, coordination, integration, analysis, and maintenance of plans and schedules for very complex projects, programs, and change-driven activities in accordance with program management standards
• Engages in studies/analysis (trend, variance, impact), reports, risk assessments, and planning efforts within and/or across programs/projects, organizations, or business units to assess/determine/mitigate program impacts
• Leads and trains the IP&S team to identify risk and opportunities, develop mitigation planning, and engage with Integrated Product Team (IPT) focals for integration into the program IMS
• Provides program planning and Request for Proposal (RFP) support as required for new program phases, Obsolescence, and Engineering Change Proposals
• Leads, directs, and facilitates the integration of project/program plans, schedules, change and baseline management, processes, techniques considered to be best practice across the industry
• Provides training, coaching, mentoring, and leadership to teammates, Control Account Manager (CAMs), and program focals as needed
• Provides subject matter expertise in the development, implementation, and training of IP&S processes and tools
• Partners with cross-functional teams on projects and initiatives to provide solutions to program and/or organization
• Ensures compliance with BDS IP&S Processes and Procedures and Program Management Best Practices  
• Engages with program Senior Leadership team, BDS IP&S Core team, and Earned Value Management (EVM) Core team on behalf of IP&S team

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 must meet export control compliance requirements. To meet export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.15 is required.  “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee. 

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• Bachelor’s degree or higher
• Experience in finance, scheduling, industrial engineering, change management, strategy, program management, or project management role
• 5+ years of experience in change management, program planning, project management, integrated scheduling, Industrial Engineering, or Business Operations
• 5+ years of experience in team schedules, resource management, earned value management, risk management, and project management

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• Experience leading an Integrated Planning & Scheduling team and/or other Integrated Planning & Scheduling team members in the execution of the planning & scheduling responsibilities on a large development program
• Experience with Department of Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) requirements
• Experience developing and maintaining integrated resource-loaded project schedules, including the use of project management tools and software such as MS Project, Milestones, Open Plan Professional, etc

Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position. Candidates must live in the immediate area or relocate at their own expense.