Integrated Product Team Leader

Spirit AeroSystems • Wichita, KS

10h • Onsite

About The Position

The Integrated Product Team Leader role is with Spirit AeroSystems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, supporting Spirit’s Commercial Business Units. Spirit Commercial designs and builds commercial aerostructures, including fuselages, pylons, nacelles, and wing components, using composite and aluminum manufacturing solutions. This on-site position is based in Wichita, Kansas.

The leader organizes and guides an Integrated Product Team (IPT), establishes and maintains IPT plans integrated with the program execution plan, and supports program planning and scheduling. The role provides delegated business leadership for the IPT and its statement of work, with accountability for the technical, cost, schedule, and quality performance of team deliverables and end items. It also coordinates lifecycle requirements, configuration, design data, validation, verification, and certification activities; defines build-to and buy-to packages; and maintains budgets and schedules.

The role oversees change control, supplier coordination, material and process qualification, and end-item development and delivery. It integrates standards and best practices across the IPT and supports cross-IPT coordination. The leader works across customer interface, engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, risk and affordability management, product configuration, proposal development, estimating, and integrated program planning and scheduling. The posting requires at least five years of related cross-functional experience and lists aerospace experience, relevant engineering or manufacturing backgrounds, Microsoft Office and PowerPoint, and SAP as basic qualifications.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of related experience working in a cross-functional team.
• Background in engineering, supply chain, tooling, and/or manufacturing.
• Experience in the aerospace industry.
• Experience with Microsoft Office, including presentation skills using PowerPoint.
• Experience with SAP.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Integrated Product Team (IPT) experience.
• Ability to function on a multi-functioning team.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to manage with influence.
• Strong financial, technical, and/or business acumen.
• Interpersonal relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Organize and lead an Integrated Product Team (IPT), and establish, execute, and maintain IPT planning integrated with the overall program execution plan.
• Plan elements in support of the program integrated master schedule.
• Conduct IPT-level change control and RIO boards, integrate with the Program Change Control Board, and control and update IPT technical and non-technical baselines.
• Support the Program Manager in stakeholder needs management.
• Provide delegated business leadership and guidance for the IPT and its associated statement of work.
• Be responsible for the technical, cost, schedule, and quality performance of IPT end items and deliverables.
• Coordinate identification, development, and validation of IPT-allocated lifecycle requirements, including requirements, configuration, data, and contract requirements.
• Define build-to and buy-to packages and ensure affordability to allocated targets.
• Maintain budgets and schedules.
• Maintain requirements compliance and product configuration, including design data delivery, and oversee validation, verification, and certification for responsible end items.
• Coordinate with Supply Chain Management on supplier selection, integration, and statement-of-work oversight.
• Oversee functional efforts to qualify materials, processes, and suppliers, including first-part qualification.
• Oversee overall development and delivery of end items and products.
• Integrate and use standards and best practices for processes and tools within the IPT and in support of cross-IPT integration.
• Direct, develop, align, integrate, implement, and manage IPT plans and processes.
• Ensure disciplined change control by evaluating and managing major and minor product and process changes and customer requests.
• Support customer interface, change management, engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, risk management, affordability management, and product configuration management.
• Contribute to development and sustaining programs, proposals and estimating, and integrated program planning and scheduling.
• Apply cross-functional project management, continuous improvement, Lean, and Six Sigma practices.

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.
• Potential eligibility for a $5,000 State of Kansas Aviation tax credit for up to five years.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed