Vertical Lift Senior Integration & Future Programmes Manager

Boeing; Yeovil; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension Plan

BUPA Medical Plan

23 days + UK holidays

Life Insurance

Learning & Development

Job summary

Boeing Defence UK in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Integration & Future Programme Manager to lead a portfolio of complex defence programmes. You will direct a cross-functional team of project managers, drive governance, and ensure performance against customer commitments while advancing improvements across multiple work packages and suppliers. The role requires strong leadership, communication, and international programme experience.

Qualifications

• Extensive programme and project management experience.
• Experience delivering large, international defence/aero programmes.
• Strong leadership and mentoring abilities.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to manage customer relationships and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Leads execution of complex programme management across a portfolio.
• Leads cross-functional leadership team in a matrix organisation.
• Leads programme financial reviews and P&L responsibility.
• Implements and maintains programme management best practices.
• Establishes strong relationships with customers and stakeholders.
• Drives continuous improvement and process standardisation.
• Supports mobilisation of new programmes.

Skills

Programme Management

Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Cross-functional Leadership

Communication

Risk & Opportunity Management

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Project

SharePoint

Job description

Job Description

At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. 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.

Job Description

At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. 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. Boeing Defence UK (BDUK) are recruiting for a Manager to lead a team to deliver key proposals, growth and governance across Chinook and Apache programmes. As the Vertical Lift Senior Integration & Future Programmes Manager you'll lead all aspects of programme performance and have line management responsibility for the core team of project managers and PMO's. The role will support the Vertical Lift Leadership team in the mobilisation of new programmes, drive strong governance and ensure functional excellence and best practices are employed across the growing portfolio. This role also has oversight and accountability to deliver complex improvement projects to ensure sustainment services are executed flawlessly for our front line customers. The ideal candidate will have a track record of successful programme delivery with first-class leadership and motivational skills to deploy programme leadership to a cross functional leadership team. They must be able to inspire outstanding work from team members with a range of experience and technical abilities. Other requirements include excellent interpersonal, communication and time management skills, with a strong knowledge of functional disciplines and experience of managing supply chain partners. This position requires a subject matter expert in programme and project management with extensive experience in leading large, complex international programmes in order to ensure we deliver against our customer commitments. They should have experience in managing a portfolio of projects and demonstrate the detailed prioritization and problem solving in a dynamic programme environment. This position will hold a senior level relationship within the customer community and must be able to set expectations, manage and influence customer stakeholders. A proven work history is required in a programme management environment and in executing complex programmes, ideally with a background in managing programmes within the Defence and/or Aerospace/Training sector and more specifically Rotorcraft. The ideal candidate will already be familiar with a wide range of specialized process tools, and materials, including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, SharePoint and Boeing or industry recognised systems to manage risks, issues & opportunities, contracts, change processing and estimating.

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.

Relocation

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

What Boeing offers you

The Boeing benefits package goes above and beyond, focusing on your physical, emotional, financial and social well-being. Here’s a snapshot of what we offer:

• 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!

Applications for this position will be accepted until Oct. 27, 2026

Export Control Requirements

This is not an Export Control position.

Relocation

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.

Shift

Not a Shift Worker (United Kingdom)

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not accept unlawful discrimination in our recruitment or employment practices on any grounds including but not limited to; race, color, ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military and veteran status, or other characteristics covered by applicable law. We have teams in more than 65 countries, and each person plays a role in helping us become one of the world’s most innovative, diverse and inclusive companies. We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and welcome applications from candidates with disabilities. Applicants are encouraged to share with our recruitment team any accommodations required during the recruitment process. Accommodations may include but are not limited to: conducting interviews in accessible locations that accommodate mobility needs, encouraging candidates to bring and use any existing assistive technology such as screen readers and offering flexible interview formats such as virtual or phone interviews.