Integrated Product Team (IPT) Lead

Boeing; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 127,000 - 212,000; Full time

Job summary

Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) located in El Segundo, CA seeks an Integrated Product Team (IPT) Lead (Level 4 or 5) to drive program management across multiple projects. You will oversee cost, schedule, technical performance and risk management with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities include coordinating resources, maintaining baselines, leading weekly reviews, and reporting metrics to senior leadership within the Business Transformation Team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher required.
• 5+ years in program or project management.
• 3+ years maintaining integrated resource-loaded schedules with tools mentioned.
• Experience in cross-functional environments.

Responsibilities

• Develops and analyzes integrated cost, schedule, technical, and risk plans.
• Maintain budgets, estimates at completion, and variances.
• Primary contact to identify schedules and updates.
• Lead planning efforts for product development, production rates, and process improvements.
• Coordinate with programs to optimize affordability and participate in weekly reviews.
• Define resources from engineering, operations, and supplier management.
• Drive weekly meetings to review tasks and status reporting.
• Prepare performance charts and post-project lessons learned.
• Provide performance assessments to management.

Skills

Program/Project Management

Cross-functional teamwork

Schedule development

Risk management

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or higher

Tools

Microsoft Project

Milestones

Primavera

Open Plan Professional

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.

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 Defense, Space & Security (BDS) has an exciting opportunity for an Integrated Product Team (IPT) Lead (Level 4 or 5) to join the Business Transformation Team based in El Segundo, CA. In this role as the IPT and Cost Account Manager, you will lead others and direct phases of cross-organizational projects with oversight and management responsibility for multiple projects in support of our organizational goals and objectives. You will need to demonstrate proficiency in all project management areas and will be required to maintain performance management and associated reporting. You will develop program organizational, work structures, top level program and execution plans, facilitate the resolution of program issues. You will support the Senior Leadership, Common Products Managers, Capability Leaders, Subsidiary Leaders, and Program Managers in leading program execution by coordinating program metrics and integrating the implementation of the Program Management Best Practices.

Position Responsibilities

• Develops, integrates and analyzes integrated cost, schedule, technical, and risk management plans for Overhead, Bulk, and Capital
• Maintain Budgets, Estimates at Completion, Weekly status & Variances to Plan.
• Functions as the primary project contact to identify key project schedules and updates
• Leads planning efforts to determine impacts and constraints involving product development, production rates, process improvement and business transformation initiatives
• Coordinate with programs and capabilities to optimize affordability, rate stability, modernizing capital throughout the portfolio and participate in or lead weekly reviews
• Defines required resources from engineering, operations, and supplier management to build cross functional relationships to execute priorities.
• Drives weekly working meetings to ensure assigned individuals are executing the identified and assigned tasks and providing required status, tracking and reporting.
• Develop charts for performance reviews, perform project close-out, culminating with lessons learned return on investment for incorporation across the portfolio
• Provides in-depth analysis of project(s) as well as projected and historical reports for incorporation into future product/project plans
• Provides assessment of team and team member performance to appropriate management
• Cultivates solutions to complex problems that require ingenuity and innovation

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience)

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher
• 5+ years’ experience in program or project management
• 3+ years of experience developing and maintaining integrated resource-loaded project schedules, including the use of project management tools and software such as Microsoft Project, Milestones, Primavera, Open Plan Professional, etc
• Experience working in a cross functional environment

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience)

• Management Professional (PMP/PMI) Certification
• Active Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance
• More than 5 years of experience managing project schedules and utilizing standard project management tools
• Experience in a leadership role
• Experience in a manufacturing/production environment
• Experience managing multiple project schedules simultaneously and prioritizing task

Conflict of interest

Successful candidates for this job must satisfy the Company’s Conflict of Interest (COI) assessment process.

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

Travel: Occasional travel may be required up to 10% of the time.

Shift: 1st Shift

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.

Total Rewards & Pay Transparency

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. The Boeing 401(k) helps you save for your future, with contributions from Boeing that can help you grow your retirement savings. Our best-in-class retirement benefit features: Best in class 401(k) plan: we'll match your contributions dollar for dollar, up to 10% of eligible pay with immediate 100% vesting Student Loan Match: The Boeing 401(k) Student Loan Match allows eligible enrolled U.S. employees to have their qualified student loan debt payments counted, along with any match-eligible contributions they make, for purposes of determining the Company Match to employees' Boeing 401(k) accounts.

Summary pay range:

• Level 4: $126,650 - $171,350
• Level 5: $156,400 - $211,600

Applications for this position will be accepted until Aug. 22, 2026

Export Control Requirements

This position must meet U.S. export control compliance requirements. To meet U.S. export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. 120.62 is required. “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Required

Relocation

Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position.

Security Clearance

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. Top Secret/SCI Clearance Post-Start is required.

Visa Sponsorship

Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Shift

This position is for 1st shift

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.