Experienced or Senior Project Management Specialist

at  Boeing

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Spectrolab, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, has an exciting opportunity for an Experienced or Senior Project Management Specialist to join our dynamic team in Sylmar, California.

Position Responsibilities – Experienced Level 3:

• Independently develops, coordinates, integrates, analyzes, and maintains an integrated plan and schedule to meet program and/or project requirements in accordance with project management industry standards.
• Performs studies, analysis (trend, variance, impact), risk assessments to determine impacts, and constraints involving product development, production rates, process improvement, program initiatives.
• Creates schedule, reports, metrics, change activity, communicates and updates plan regularly throughout lifecycle of program or project.
• Works to improve project management processes, business systems, and implement best practices that support project decision makers.
• Directs all phases of projects or subsystems of major projects from inception through completion.
• Acts as primary project contact to establish key stakeholder requirements and project objectives.
• Assists customers to develop performance recovery plan and ensure all project control systems are in place to support ongoing support to stakeholders.
• Leads programs and integrated product teams (IPTs) to ensure focus on program performance, situational awareness, risk and opportunity management.
• Responsible for customer interactions and engagement.
• Manages program Estimates at Completion (EAC), Earned Value, maintain program schedule, and ensure programs are in compliance with quality and contractual requirements.
• Partners with business development and marketing on short and long-term customer strategies and proposals, to keep current business sold and enable new business wins.
• Coordinates across functions on cost and margin improvement, holding team members accountable to commitments and ensuring successful, timely outcomes.
• Focus on lean, continuous, measurable improvement to achieve delivery certainty on high-quality products to customers.

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.
• Leads studies/analysis (trend, variance, impact), reports, risk assessments and planning efforts to determine impacts, constraints involving product development, production rates, process improvement, 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.
• Leads programs and integrated product teams (IPTs) to ensure focus on program performance, situational awareness, risk and opportunity management
• Responsible for customer interactions and engagement.
• Manages program Estimates at Completion (EAC), Earned Value, maintain program schedule, and ensure programs are in compliance with quality and contractual requirements.
• Partners with business development and marketing on short and long-term customer strategies and proposals, to keep current business sold and enable new business wins.
• Coordinates across functions on cost and margin improvement, holding team members accountable to commitments and ensuring successful, timely outcomes.
• Focus on lean, continuous, measurable improvement to achieve delivery certainty on high-quality products to customers.
• Provides role modeling and mentoring for team members, encourage knowledge sharing and skill growth.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS (REQUIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE):

• More than 3 years managing project schedules and managing programs and projects.
• More than 3 years of experience leading cross functional teams.
• Experience with critical business and financial acumen including risk, issue, and opportunity management to drive performance.
• More than 3 years of experience developing and maintaining relationships and partnerships with stakeholders (i.e. customers, suppliers, peers and/or partners).
• More than 3 years of experience with developing and executing operating rhythms, integrated program schedules, project plans, and/or metrics.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS (DESIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE):

• Experienced Level 3: More than 3 years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Senior Level 4: More than 5 years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher.
• Experience working in the space photovoltaics industry.
• Experience in Operations and/or Production.

TYPICAL EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

Experienced Level 3: Education/experience typically acquired through advanced education (e.g. Bachelor) and typically 6 or more years’ related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience (e.g. Master+4 years’ related work experience, 10 years’ related work experience, etc.
Senior Level 4: Education/experience typically acquired through advanced education (e.g. Bachelor) and typically 10 or more years’ related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience (e.g. Master+8 years’ related work experience, 14 years’ related work experience, etc.

Position Responsibilities – Experienced Level 3:

• Independently develops, coordinates, integrates, analyzes, and maintains an integrated plan and schedule to meet program and/or project requirements in accordance with project management industry standards.
• Performs studies, analysis (trend, variance, impact), risk assessments to determine impacts, and constraints involving product development, production rates, process improvement, program initiatives.
• Creates schedule, reports, metrics, change activity, communicates and updates plan regularly throughout lifecycle of program or project.
• Works to improve project management processes, business systems, and implement best practices that support project decision makers.
• Directs all phases of projects or subsystems of major projects from inception through completion.
• Acts as primary project contact to establish key stakeholder requirements and project objectives.
• Assists customers to develop performance recovery plan and ensure all project control systems are in place to support ongoing support to stakeholders.
• Leads programs and integrated product teams (IPTs) to ensure focus on program performance, situational awareness, risk and opportunity management.
• Responsible for customer interactions and engagement.
• Manages program Estimates at Completion (EAC), Earned Value, maintain program schedule, and ensure programs are in compliance with quality and contractual requirements.
• Partners with business development and marketing on short and long-term customer strategies and proposals, to keep current business sold and enable new business wins.
• Coordinates across functions on cost and margin improvement, holding team members accountable to commitments and ensuring successful, timely outcomes.
• Focus on lean, continuous, measurable improvement to achieve delivery certainty on high-quality products to customers

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.
• Leads studies/analysis (trend, variance, impact), reports, risk assessments and planning efforts to determine impacts, constraints involving product development, production rates, process improvement, 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.
• Leads programs and integrated product teams (IPTs) to ensure focus on program performance, situational awareness, risk and opportunity management
• Responsible for customer interactions and engagement.
• Manages program Estimates at Completion (EAC), Earned Value, maintain program schedule, and ensure programs are in compliance with quality and contractual requirements.
• Partners with business development and marketing on short and long-term customer strategies and proposals, to keep current business sold and enable new business wins.
• Coordinates across functions on cost and margin improvement, holding team members accountable to commitments and ensuring successful, timely outcomes.
• Focus on lean, continuous, measurable improvement to achieve delivery certainty on high-quality products to customers.
• Provides role modeling and mentoring for team members, encourage knowledge sharing and skill growth