F/A-18 & EA-18G Senior Project Manager
About The Position
The Boeing Defense, Space & Security Air Dominance F/A-18 & EA-18G team is seeking a Senior Project Manager in Berkeley, Missouri. The position manages planning and execution of evolving capabilities supporting the U.S. Navy F/A-18 and EA-18G portfolio, with primary focus on EA-18G Growler development programs and projects. The role also supports service life assessment and modification efforts across the F/A-18E/F and EA-18G portfolio. The Senior Project Manager creates and manages project baselines and works under minimal supervision to identify solutions, build internal and external relationships, collaborate professionally, and help teams meet commitments. The position applies program and project management practices, communication skills, and stakeholder engagement to support customer engagement, program performance, planning, current and future contracts, proposal development, cost and schedule coordination, future execution and stand-up activities, and alignment of work across technical teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent or higher.
- Experience supporting projects or programs using Earned Value management and Risk, Issues and Opportunity (RIO) management to drive program performance.
- Experience working with multiple internal or external stakeholders, such as business partners, customers, Finance, or suppliers, in planning and executing projects or transactions.
- Experience leading through influence and partnering with cross-functional teams on projects, transactions, or initiatives.
- Experience working in ambiguous and fast-changing environments.
- Ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance; U.S. citizenship is required by the U.S. Government for clearance eligibility, and an interim and/or final U.S. Secret Clearance is required post-start.
- U.S. Person status, as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.62, is required to meet export control compliance requirements.
- Position may require domestic travel up to 25% of the time.
Nice To Haves
- Experience as a Cost Account Manager (CAM) using Earned Value Management (EVM).
- Experience developing proposals and negotiating contracts.
- Experience working with military or aerospace applications.
- Experience managing projects and using standard project management tools.
- Three or more years of experience developing and delivering presentations to senior leaders.
- Three or more years of experience providing, developing, and managing resources required for program execution.
- Current Secret Security clearance.
Responsibilities
- Lead, develop, coordinate, integrate, analyze, and maintain integrated plans and schedules for complex projects, programs, and change-driven activities.
- Lead trend, variance, and impact analyses, reports, risk assessments, and planning efforts to determine impacts and constraints involving product development, production rates, process improvement, and program initiatives.
- Identify risks and opportunities, develop mitigation plans, and refine the business case.
- Develop and establish lead-time requirements.
- Facilitate integration of project and program plans, schedules, change and baseline management, processes, and techniques considered industry best practice.
- Act as the primary project contact to establish key stakeholder requirements and project objectives.
- Direct all phases of projects or subsystems of major projects from inception through completion.
- Coordinate commitments with internal and external stakeholders to fulfill strategies.
- Manage customer engagement, program performance, and planning for current and future contracts and efforts.
- Support proposal development, cost and schedule coordination, and preparation for future program execution and stand-up efforts.
- Partner with technical teams to support successful execution of work scope and alignment across dependent efforts.
Benefits
- Competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.
- Eligible employees may enroll in benefit programs generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and paid and unpaid time away from work.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
