Project Management Specialist

Overview

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.

We are Boeing Global Services (BGS) Engineering team creating and implementing innovative technologies that make the impossible possible and enabling the future of aerospace. We provide engineering design and support, including aftermarket modifications, and are innovating to make product and services safety even stronger. Join us and put your passion, determination, and skill to work building the future! #The Future Is Built Here  #Change The World

Boeing Seattle is seeking a Project Manager in Seattle, WA to guide a team automating flight data translations within the Boeing Global Services, reporting to the Manager of Prognostics Development.

• 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.

• Bachelors degree from an accredited institution and/or equivalent experience is required.

• 15+ years of related work experience

• 9+ years in product management or product ownership for software products, including substantial experience working directly with software engineering teams in Agile/Scrum Methodology. Practical knowledge of SAFe/PMI will be a plus.

• Technical proficiency: familiarity with software development processes, integration patterns, system architecture basics, and modern software delivery standards

• Demonstrated success turning ambiguous customer needs into clear, buildable requirements; expert in breaking work into epics/features/stories

• Proven ability to operate in complex organizations: comfortable navigating hierarchy, engaging the right people, and building influence without formal authority.

• Experience in aviation, aerospace, or other safety-critical domains; familiarity with aircraft performance, operational workflows, or performance engineering concepts.

• Experience supporting programs with infrequent release cadences, including readiness planning, risk management, and coordinated stakeholder communications.

• Analytical and data-driven decision-making; experience using product analytics and operational data to prioritize and measure outcomes.

• Leadership presence with a bias for action: not discouraged by asking questions, pushing for alignment, or initiating the meetings needed to move work forward.

• Comfort with conflict and ambiguity; ability to resolve issues directly and professionally and to escalate thoughtfully when needed.

• Excellent communication skills: able to translate complex technical topics for non-technical stakeholders and synthesize status/risks succinctly for leaders.

• SAFe, SCRUM or scaled agile experience (certifications a plus).

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.

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