Senior Project Management Specialist Lead - Product Security Engineering

Job Description

At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. From the seabed to outer space, you can contribute to work that matters with a company where diversity, equity and inclusion are shared values. We’re committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that’s welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us.

The Engineering Test and Technology (ET&T) Product Security Engineering (PSE) Operating Group and Functional Chief Engineer (FCE) organization seeks a motivated and talented Senior Project Management Specialist Lead. The selected candidate will provide direct support to the PSE Workforce Strategy team and partner to establish and deploy strategies to “Attract, Develop, Deploy, and Retain” a highly skilled and diverse Product Security workforce. This position can be based out of Arlington, VA; Oklahoma City, OK; Berkeley, MO; El Segundo, CA; Huntsville, AL; Ridley Park, PA; or Seattle, WA.

The ideal candidate will have a strong passion for people development and engagement and will collaborate with functional engineering partners in other engineering disciplines, with PSE Business Unit leaders and their Workforce managers, and with Government Operations, Legal, Human Resources and Finance partners to ensure our staffing processes, development resources, manager tools, and engagement materials align with Boeing’s Engineering mission to deliver world class engineering through exceptional talent.

You will have the opportunity to play a key role in various efforts & initiatives including:

• Supporting the company-wide engineering strategy around utilizing External Affiliations (ETAs) and higher education outreach to cultivate and acquire a diverse talent pipeline 

• Integrating enterprise demand forecast, employing key metrics, and utilizing data analysis to identify and deploy actionable plans

• Managing and working projects for monitoring, accessing, anticipating, and meeting PSE staffing requirements across the Enterprise

• Ensuring PSE talent can rapidly gain access to tools and knowledge to help them successfully navigate their career experience at Boeing

• Deploy functional staffing processes, to include keeping a pulse on the external hiring environment in partnership with Business Units to satisfy long range people plans (LRPP)

• Enable engineering career pathing tools and resources aligned to enterprise strategy

Position Responsibilities:

• Lead planning, coordination, execution of detailed workforce strategies across multiple business units to ensure fair and consistent implementation of relevant practices

• Accelerate establishment and implementation of a PSE development strategy that streamlines the growth and learning opportunities across the Enterprise

• Manage learning and training requirements and functional deliverables working with Procurement Agents and Supplier Management

• Help establish and execute the strategy for the PSE global workforce

• Lead the development of project plans and schedules to maintain the PSE skill health and Boeing Designated Expert (BDE) framework

• Establish an operational rhythm for resource forecasting and staffing, ensure planning is complete, and maintain a sourcing strategy for Boeing employees, contract labor, and purchased services

• Build relationships to gain support and commitment from others, promote ideas with enthusiasm, conviction, and assertiveness

• Facilitate recurring meetings, technical exchanges and reviews involving internal and external organizations across multiple business units to fulfill strategies

• Communicate plans and strategies with senior/executive leadership

• Drive results using appropriate processes, tools, schedules, metrics, and data analytics

This position is hybrid. This means that the selected candidate will be required to perform some work onsite at one of the listed location options. This is at the hiring team’s discretion and could potentially change in the future.

This position requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship. An interim and/or final U.S. Secret clearance Post-Start is required.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• Bachelors degree or higher

• 5 or more years’ experience managing or leading teams

• 5 or more years’ experience of working both independently and in a team environment

• Experience preparing and presenting to executives

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• Experience in cybersecurity, security network architecture, embedded systems security, security testing and evaluation, network design, cyber physical systems or PKI infrastructure

• Experience working across a team representing multiple skill areas with internal and external resources and customers

• Experience with leading project execution to complete the work statement

• Excellent decision making, resourcefulness, and accountability

• Global strategy experience

• Procurement or Finance experience

• Talent management experience

• Cross functional experience

Typical Education/Experience: 

Education/experience typically acquired through advanced education (e.g. Bachelor) and typically 10 or more years related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience (e.g. Master+8 years related work experience, 14 years related work experience, etc.).

Relocation:

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

Drug Free Workplace:

Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies.

Shift Work Statement:

This position is for 1st shift.

At Boeing, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent. 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.  

The specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

Summary pay range: $100,300 – $156,400 

Applications for this position will be accepted until April 2nd, 2024

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.