Vertical Lift Senior Integration & Future Programmes Manager

Boeing; West of England; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Learning opportunities

Diverse culture

Pension plan

Medical plan

Sick leave

Job summary

Boeing is seeking a Programme Manager to lead complex programme execution across a portfolio of projects in the United Kingdom. You will manage a cross-functional leadership team within a matrix organisation and own P&L for the portfolio.

You will implement best practices, oversee communications plans, and build high-performing teams to meet customer and business objectives, including the Armed Forces. UK relocation is not offered.

Qualifications

• Demonstrates decision-making across complex issues and stakeholders.
• Drives commitment with clear expectations and goals.
• Works effectively with team members and external customers.
• Builds productive relationships with project leaders and customers.
• Communicates purpose, importance, and major points clearly.
• Frames complex messages to suit audience experience and background.
• Develops and maintains professional relationships with external customers.
• Anticipates customer needs and guides solutions.
• Maintains high levels of customer satisfaction.
• Applies Lean and continuous improvement to address gaps.
• Solves problems requiring ingenuity and creativity.
• Proposes unique solutions for future decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Leads execution of complex programme management across multiple projects.
• Heads cross-functional leadership in a matrix organisation.
• Oversees programme financial reviews and P&L for the portfolio.
• Implements and maintains programme execution processes across work packages.
• Prevents and resolves complex problems.
• Implements programme management best practices.
• Manages customer and programme communications plans.
• Builds high-performing teams to meet objectives.
• Fosters relationships with customers and stakeholders in support of Armed Forces.
• Drives continuous improvement of programme practices.
• Designs and streamlines models and processes.
• Applies company standards and policies.
• Develops professional networks to support objectives.
• Contributes to business unit strategy and long-term goals.
• Leads development of programme architecture and top-level plans.
• Develops organisational structures for programmes.
• Identifies interfaces across activities, teams, suppliers, and customers.

Skills

Decision Making

Gaining Commitment

Collaboration

Relationship Building

Communication

Framing Messages

Developing Relationships

Customer Focus

Customer Satisfaction

Continuous Improvement

Problem Solving

Creative Solutions

Job description

Position Responsibilities

• Leads execution of complex programme management execution activities across a portfolio of projects
• Responsible for leading a cross functional leadership team (PM and Support Functions) in a matrix organisation.
• Leads programme financial business reviews and hold P&L responsibility for assigned portfolio.
• Implements and maintains established processes for executing Programmes across multiple work packages (Technical, AC Maintenance, Material, Training)
• Prevents and resolves complex problems
• Integrates the implementation of the Programme Management Best Practices.
• Implements customer and programme communication and contact plans.
• Builds high performing teams to achieve business and customer objectives
• Builds and maintains strong relationships with key customers and stakeholders, adopting a partnering approach to deliver commitments in support of the Armed Forces
• Leads Continuous Improvement of the Programme Management best practices
• Designs and streamlines models and processes
• Selects, evaluates and applies company standards, policies and procedures
• Establishes high level professional networks and customer / supplier rapport to facilitate company objectives and customer satisfaction.
• Partners in the development of business unit strategy and achievement of long term strategies; reviews business needs identified by business management
• Leads development of the programme architecture and top level plans for a programme.
• Develops programme organizational work structures, top level programme and execution plans.
• Identifies key programme level horizontal and vertical integration interfaces between major activities teams suppliers partners and customers.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience)

• Decision Making – Deals effectively with a wide range of complex, specialized issues, problems, or opportunities in own work group, across the organization and with external customers; and determines action needed.
• Gaining Commitment - Serves as a role model in describing expectations, goals, requests, or future states in a way that provides clarity and excites interest.
• Collaboration - Works effectively and cooperatively with team members and fellow project team leaders, other employees and external customers.
• Establishes and maintains good working relationships by actively involving less experienced employees and/or other project team leaders and external customers and helping them feel valued, appreciated, and included in discussions.
• Communication - Clarifies purpose and importance; stresses major points; follows a logical sequence.
• Frames complex messages in line with audience experience, background, and expectations; uses terms, examples, and analogies that are meaningful to the audience.
• Developing Relationships - Develops & maintains professional & productive relationships as the officially-designated Boeing point of contact to the external customer.
• Customer Focus - Anticipates Customer needs.
• Considers how complex project level decisions/actions/plans will affect customers; responds quickly to meet significant customer needs and resolve complex problems; Provides enterprise level thought leadership on resolving customer concerns and issues.
• Maintains exemplary levels of Customer Satisfaction.
• Continuous Improvement & Lean - Serves as an organizational expert on the review and improvement of complex, enterprise-wide, multi-national processes to correct shortfalls and implement improvements
• Problem Solving - Develops solutions to problems that require a high degree of ingenuity, creativity, and innovation.
• Develops solutions to unique challenges that may serve as precedent for future decisions.

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience)

• Analytical Skills - Skill and ability to collect, organize, synthesize, and analyze data; summarize findings; develop conclusions and recommendations from appropriate data sources at the business unit level.
• Project Leadership - Ability to effectively lead execution of a project (e.g., new business proposal) through tailored utilization and integration of Boeing or industry recognized best practices pertaining to Integrated Business Acquisition, Programme Management, Project Management and Supply Chain Management Best Practices.
• Project & Programme Management - Extensive and specialized knowledge of Programme and Project Management theory, concepts and principles (e.g., risk and opportunity management, change management, critical path methodology, project scope and change management, resource estimating and management lifecycle).
• Programme Management Best Practices - Extensive and specialized knowledge of Boeing or equivalent industry recognized Programme Management Best Practices and theory.
• International Traffic in Arms Requirements - Knowledge of US ITAR requirements.

What Boeing offers you:

• Competitive salary and annual incentive plans
• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the approach and skills to navigate whatever comes next
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs
• 23 days plus UK public holidays and a Winter Break between Christmas and New Year!
• Pension Plan with 10% employer contribution
• Company paid BUPA Medical Plan
• Short Term Sickness: 100% pay for the first 26 weeks!
• Long Term Sickness: 66.67% of annual salary from 27th week 6x annual salary life insurance
• Learning Together Programme to support your ongoing personal and career development
• Access to Boeing’s Well Being Programs, tool and incentives
• Excellent parental leave options are available!

Language Requirements

Not Applicable

Education

Not Applicable

Relocation

This position does not offer relocation. Candidates must live in the immediate area or relocate at their own expense.

Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position.

Security Clearance

This position requires the ability to obtain United Kingdom Security Check.

Visa Sponsorship

Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Contingent Upon Award Program

This position is not contingent upon program award.

Shift

Not a Shift Worker (United Kingdom)

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