Senior Project Management Specialist

at  Boeing

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Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA) is looking for a Senior Project Manager Specialist (Level 4 or 5) to join the Portland Business Operations team based out of Portland, Oregon.
In this role, you will play a crucial part in the development and integration of programs, plans, strategies, and processes to meet our business goals. Responsibilities include assisting in the sourcing strategy for commitment of work, analyzing costs, and mitigating any potential impacts. You will collaborate with business partners to validate results and determine the scope needed to achieve long-range business goals, while also coordinating commitments with internal and external organizations. Additionally, you will identify potential risks and opportunities, develop mitigation plans, and refine the business case.
Your role will involve collecting and organizing data to maintain program status, customer and supplier commitments, and compliance within our management system.
As a Senior Project Management Specialist, you will also provide coaching and guidance to less experienced personnel. If you have a strong background in business operations and enjoy working in a dynamic and challenging environment, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS (REQUIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE):

• 3+ years of experience in a finance, scheduling, industrial engineering, change management, strategy, program management, or project management role
• 3+ years of experience managing project schedules and managing programs and projects
• 3+ years of experience developing presentations for and presenting to executive leadership
• 3+ years of experience leading projects using Project Management Best Practices and tools

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS (DESIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE):

• Experience interfacing with senior and executive leadership
• Experience in facilitating meetings and presenting to senior leaders
• Experience with Work statement Control, Work Movement, and other business operations related processes
• Strong verbal / presentation skills, Strong written communication skills including the ability to synthesize data into Executive level presentations
• Experience working in a dynamic work environment, to include managing multiple priorities

• Assists in the development and integration of programs, plans, strategies, and processes to meet business goals for authorization, such as sourcing strategy for commitment of work, cost imperatives, deployment analysis and impact mitigation.
• Supports the coordination and clarifies the analysis with business partners to validate results and determine scope to meet long range business goals and develop business case.
• Coordinates the commitments with internal and external organizations to fulfill strategies.
• Identifies risk and opportunity potential, develops mitigation planning, and refines the business case.
• Meets with leadership to gain approval.
• Collects, organizes, and provides data according to established processes within the management system to maintain status of programs, customer and supplier commitments and compliance.
• Ensures follow up action for issue resolution.
• Provides coaching and guidance to less experienced personnel.