About the position
Boeing Global Services is currently seeking a highly motivated C-17 Training Systems Product Manager (Mid-Level or Senior) to become part of the Government Training Engineering team in Hazelwood, Missouri. C-17 Training Systems currently supports multiple concurrent contracts (foreign and domestic) and continues to grow. The C-17 Training Systems Program operates in a SAFe Agile environment utilizing cross-functional teams (Software, Systems Engineering, Integration) all executing toward a common trainer delivery. As a Product Manager, you will be responsible for managing the entire product life cycle. Your role includes project management, technical leadership, and system requirements definition. You will be collaborating with the engineering team and the program to maintain a common vision and deliver winning products.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical, business, and integration leadership to engineering projects
- Support proposal development and lead engineering execution by identifying activities, resources, and tasks required to complete the work statement
- Develop and manage C-17’s statement of work (SOW)
- Manage scope and any changes to project baselines
- Define plans for risk mitigation and opportunity
- Maintain Earned Value Management Metrics and manage project performance to plan
- Investigate, analyze, and recommend opportunities that drive quality and process improvements
- Collaborate with agile teams to build and manage new features and capabilities while delivering the desired business impact
- Define high-level features based on business stakeholder priorities and architectural changes recommended by engineering
- Manage product release schedules and release activities
- Assure the development team’s products effectively address program priorities while maintaining technical integrity and cost and schedule targets
- Advocate, recommend, & champion process improvements and corrective actions to address lessons learned
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology (including manufacturing engineering technology), chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science.
- 5+ years of experience in project management
- Experience with product development in an Agile environment
Nice-to-haves
- 8+ years of experience in project management
- Experience as an agile Product Manager, Product Owner or Scrum Master
- Experience with aircraft platforms, aviation, simulation, and training systems is beneficial
- Experience with agile workflow tools such as VersionOne or JIRA
- Experience with proposal development and contract negotiations
- Familiar with Microsoft Project Software Engineering
- A collaborative team player with a transformative mindset that takes the initiative, while driving quality and technical excellence
Benefits
- Competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities
- Health insurance
- Flexible spending accounts
- Health savings accounts
- Retirement savings plans
- Life and disability insurance programs
- Programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work
