Senior Executive Assistant

at  Boeing

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The BGS Government Services USAF Bombers, Fighters, and DLA organization has an exciting Senior Executive Assistant opportunity in Berkeley, MO.
This role will directly report to the Vice President of Bombers, Fighters and DLA programs and provide primary executive assistant interface with leadership. The role will lead and integrate aspects of the leadership team’s operations and deliverables, including Operating Rhythm, Org Optimization/Metrics, Performance Metrics/KPI’s, Lean/productivity & Optimization, Investment Integration, and Program Management Best Practices. Additionally, the role will ensure clear communication up, down, and across the organization on important topics, integrate with BGS and BDS programs and functions as required to accomplish all business unit goals, and model the culture of Boeing Global Services as agile and lean, while being deeply committed to the customer and compliance.
The role acquires resources for organizational activities and leads process improvements, monitors business unit work statement to support planning and execution, aligns and integrates management system architecture across programs and business units, and champions change, being intentional and purposeful in communicating a services-first approach. Furthermore, the role evaluates and ensures Program Management Best Practices are integrated into the team’s operating rhythm, and partners with the Office Administrator to mitigate schedule conflicts.
To be successful in this position, the selected candidate must be able to support multiple functions at the executive level, have an agile mindset and exceptional organizational skills, and a positive and flexible attitude. Progressive outlook, problem solving abilities and strong Seek, Speak and Listen behaviors will be required.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS (REQUIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE):

• 3+ years’ experience leading team in a formal and/or informal role
• 3+ years’ experience developing and maintaining relationships and partnerships with customers, stakeholders, peers and partners
• 3+ years’ experience managing in ambiguity and changing priorities in a fast-paced collaborative environment in support of multiple organizations
• 3+ years’ experience leading and managing the development and integration of business plans, strategies, and processes to meet business goals

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS (DESIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE):

• Bachelor’s degree or higher or equivalent military experience
• Ability to lead BGS through change while demonstrating positive mindset about the BGS future and culture
• Ability to manage diversity of complex topics
• Exposure to executive leadership and preparing presentation materials for executive level review
• Experience managing and owning project schedules with accountability for results
• Experience with digital transformation – embracing and promoting a technology focused, digital environment that enables efficient metrics-driven operating model

TYPICAL EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

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.).

• 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