Senior or Lead Project Management Specialist

Boeing; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 193,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aerospace company seeks a Senior or Lead Project Management Specialist to join their Satellite Factory Integration team in El Segundo, California. The role involves leading complex projects, coordinating with stakeholders, and ensuring project objectives are met. Candidates should have a strong background in project management and leadership, with a focus on aerospace or military hardware. This position requires onsite presence and the ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance.

Qualifications

• More than 5 years of experience in program or project management.
• More than 5 years of experience in a leadership role.

Responsibilities

• Leads and maintains integrated plans and schedules for complex projects.
• Acts as primary project contact to establish key stakeholder requirements.

Skills

Leadership

Project Management

Risk Assessment

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher

Master’s Degree

Tools

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Project Server

Project Web Application

Job description

Senior or Lead Project Management Specialist

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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 Defense, Space & Security (BDS) has an exciting opportunity for a Senior or Lead Project Management Specialist to join our Satellite Factory Integration team in El Segundo, California.

Position Responsibilities – Senior Level 4:

• Leads, develops, coordinates, integrates, analyzes, and maintains integrated plans and schedules for complex projects, programs, and change-driven activities in accordance with project management industry standards.
• Leads studies/analysis (trend, variance, impact), reports, risk assessments, and planning efforts to determine impacts, constraints involving product development, production rates, process improvement, and program initiatives.
• Identifies risk and opportunity potential, develops mitigation planning, and refines the business case.
• Develops and establishes lead time requirements.
• Facilitates and ensures integration of project/program plan, schedules, change and baseline management, processes, techniques considered to be best practice across the industry.
• Acts as primary project contact to establish key stakeholder requirements and project objectives.
• Directs all phases of projects or subsystems of major projects from inception through completion.
• Coordinates commitments with internal and external stakeholders to fulfill strategies.

Position Responsibilities – Lead Level 5:

• Oversees, develops, coordinates, integrates, analyzes, and maintains integrated plans and schedules for highly complex or difficult projects, programs, and change-driven activities to execute in accordance with project management industry standards.
• Directs and provides high-level studies/analysis (trend, variance, impact), determines scope, reports, and oversight of planning requests.
• Identifies risk and opportunity potential, develops mitigation planning, and refines the business case.
• Develops and executes the process and strategy for the integration of plans and schedules.
• Consults and recommends integrated planning, scheduling, change and baseline management, processes, techniques, and tools to management considered to be best practices across the industry.
• Recognized as primary project contact to establish key stakeholder requirements and project objectives.
• Authorizes commitment of resources by obtaining approvals from stakeholders.
• Oversees deployment of approved recommendations at Division, Business Unit, and/or Enterprise levels.

This position is expected to be 100% onsite at one of the listed locations. It is for 1st shift and requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance (U.S. Citizenship required). Special Program Access or other Government Access Requirements are mandatory.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher
• More than 5 years of experience in program or project management
• More than 5 years of experience in a leadership role, leading teams or projects to successful completion
• More than 5 years of experience working on space flight and/or military hardware
• More than 5 years of experience managing projects and utilizing standard project management tools

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree
• Active Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance
• More than 5 years of experience in finance, scheduling, industrial engineering, change management, strategy, or project management roles
• Experience developing and maintaining integrated resource-loaded project schedules
• Experience in a fast-paced aerospace production environment with cross-functional teams
• Experience in Microsoft Project, Microsoft Project Server, and/or Project Web Application
• More than 5 years working in ambiguous and fast-changing environments

Additional Information:

• Relocation assistance is not provided; candidates must live nearby or relocate at their own expense.
• Travel up to 25% may be required.
• Boeing is a Drug-Free Workplace. Post-offer testing applies.
• Pay ranges:
• Senior Level 4: $115,600 - $156,400
• Lead Level 5: $141,950 - $192,050

Applications are accepted through May 20, 2025.