Senior Production Project Management Specialist - P-8 FMS

Boeing • Tukwila, WA

198d • $115,600 - $192,050 • Remote

About The Position

Boeing Defense Space & Security (BDS) has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Production Project Management Specialist (Level 4 or 5) supporting the P-8 Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Program in Tukwila, WA. This is a full time onsite role with work from home flexibility. The position is a key member of the P-8 Production Program Management Team responsible for leading the preparation and execution of a new contract award of P-8A Airplane deliveries to the US Navy and their Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers. This role will be pivotal in collaborating with the proposal team to get the final contract fully defined by the end of the year and leading the baselining of cost, schedule, and deliverables leading the cross-functional Control Account Manager (CAM) community and holding the program accountable to delivering on-time, on-cost, and meet or exceed technical performance requirements. This position interacts with senior management and external customers on a regular basis and requires a keen sense of urgency while maintaining a mindset that promotes leadership and first-time quality, emphasizing speed and agility with honesty and candor.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience have with Project Planning, Scheduling, Project Management or related experience.
• Bachelor's degree equivalent combination of education and work related experience.
• 1+ year of experience working with Microsoft Office including Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint, and Teams.
• 3 years of experience in utilizing Microsoft Excel, including formulas, pivot tables, and linking worksheets.
• 3+ years of experience in a customer facing role engaging with internal and/or external customers.

Nice To Haves

• Experience performing with a significant amount of autonomy and exercise good judgment in determining objectives and approaches to assignments.
• Significant aerospace and defense knowledge.
• Bachelor's degree or higher in engineering, business or technical field.
• Active Secret clearance preferred.

Responsibilities

• Build and develop customer relationships both with US Navy and FMS customers as an external spokesperson for the program, while managing export control and data sharing requirements.
• Responsible for developing project plans, advises all project phases, and acting as primary customer contact for project activities.
• Effectively communicates project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion.
• Directs and provides high level studies/analysis (trend, variance, impact), determines scope, reports, and oversight of planning requests.
• Identifies risks, issues and opportunities, leads planning and actively manages cross-functional mitigation plans.
• Skill and ability to collect, organize, synthesize, and analyze data; summarize findings; develop conclusions and recommendations from appropriate data sources.
• Keeps prioritization of quality product delivery and customer requirements in the forefront while executing the process and strategy for integration of plans and schedules.
• Develops and contributes to continuous improvements for both individual work and team processes, develops solutions to complex problems, works independently, and initiates assignments while recognized as a job expert within the team and organization.

Benefits

• Competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.
• Health insurance.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Health savings accounts.
• Retirement savings plans.
• Life and disability insurance programs.
• Programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree