Experienced or Senior Project Management Specialist (General Project Mgmt)

Boeing • North Charleston, SC

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About The Position

Boeing Commercial Airlines (BCA) is seeking an Airplane Level Integration (ALIT) Project Manager to join the Engineering Operations group located in North Charleston, SC. The position requires a candidate with a servant leadership mindset who communicates and collaborates well with others. They need to foster an environment that values inclusion. This role will have an emphasis on mentoring/coaching teammates, establishing positive working relationships, and instilling a culture of engineering excellence, safety, and technical leadership. You will lead cross-functional engineering and technician teams supporting the 787 airplane-level integration efforts. This person synchronizes engineering activities with program and business objectives across development, production, certification and fleet support.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher.
• 5+ years of experience managing projects and using standard project management tools.
• 5+ years of experience communicating with employees, customers, peers, and multiple levels of leadership.
• Proven experience leading complex, multi-discipline engineering projects across the value stream.
• Demonstrated history of servant leadership with experience mentoring and coaching technical teams.
• Extensive experience with Agile project management applied at scale (e.g., scaling frameworks, cross-team Agile coordination).
• Proficient with Jira for backlog management, sprint/release planning, roadmap creation, issue tracking, reporting and large-scale rollout/configuration.

Nice To Haves

• Level 4: 10+ years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Project Management Professional (PMP), PMI-ACP, SAFe Agilist, or equivalent certification.
• Experience working on commercial airplane programs (preferably 787 or similar) or in aerospace systems integration.
• Familiarity with enterprise gated development processes and readiness level frameworks.
• Experience with additional tools such as Confluence, Portfolio for Jira/Advanced Roadmaps, MS Project or Primavera.
• Demonstrated success implementing process improvements and institutionalizing best practices across s IPTs.
• Strong schedule development and analysis skills (integrated master schedules, critical path analysis, variance/trend/impact assessments).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for stakeholder engagement across all levels.
• Risk management and mitigation planning experience with documented successful recoveries.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and integrate project and program plans across functional areas to meet scope, schedule, quality and cost objectives from initiation through closeout.
• Prepare, analyze and report schedule metrics, trend/variance/impact analyses, risk assessments and recovery plans.
• Lead creation and maintenance of integrated plans and schedules for complex programs and change-driven initiatives.
• Manage change control, baseline updates, and ensure consistent application of engineering processes across IPTs and supporting functions.
• Serve as primary project contact for stakeholders; coordinate commitments and communicate status, decisions and best practices.
• Facilitate cross-functional integration, removing impediments and aligning resources to program priorities.
• Apply industry standard project management practices, tools and reports; close out projects and document lessons learned; transition deliverables to customers with full supporting documentation.

Benefits

• 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 insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees