Job Description

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Tapestry Solutions, A Boeing Company, comes with over 30 years of industry experience designing, implementing, training, and supporting logistics information systems.

We have over 800 employees worldwide supporting our customers with high-quality, innovative, and cost-effective information technology and business intelligence solutions. Tapestry Solutions supports 85 defense, commercial and government customers from over 50 US locations and nine countries, including multiple forward operating bases in Afghanistan.

Tapestry Solutions part of Boeing Global Services BGS is seeking a Program Manager F-15 Foreign Military Sales in Maryland Heights, MO.

In this role you will serve as an Integrated Product Team Lead who oversees planning, development and integration activities for all F-15 Joint Mission Planning System (JMPS) projects. Oversees Systems Engineering, Requirements Definition, Software Development, Software Testing, User Evaluations, and Installation and Check-outs. Program management efforts involve utilizing traditional management techniques (Waterfall, EVM) as we transition to Agile software development. Participates in Business Development (BD) tasks as well as proposal preparation regularly in conjunction with contracting officers, both corporate and within the US Government. Applies technical knowledge of product support and Program Management Best Practices to direct program activities. Develops and executes project and process plans, implements policies and procedures and sets operational goals. Accountable to meet cost and schedule goals. Develops and maintains relationships and partnerships with customers, stakeholders, peers, partners and direct reports

Position Responsibilities:

• Provides technical direction and guidance to others regarding approved processes, tools, technology and skills for own projects or processes.
• Achieves goals for productivity, quality and customer satisfaction.
• Develops project and operational plans aligned to team objectives.
• Implements plans to ensure business, technical and customer requirements are achieved.
• Assigns authority and responsibilities to employees to execute the plan.
• Reviews plans\' execution, makes appropriate adjustments, and resolves issues.
• Monitors and reports appropriate metrics to ensure performance to plan.
• Applies in-depth understanding of program budget management principles and practices to develop and administer program budgets.
• Ensures work statement is completed on schedule and budget.
• Coaches, counsels, mentors and provides developmental opportunities and job assignments to enhance employee performance and expand capabilities.
• Recognizes contributions of individuals and teams to improve employee satisfaction and retain a skilled and motivated workforce.
• Develops workgroup, project or operational goals, objectives and related metrics to ensure alignment with Company vision/strategy.
• Measures progress, making adjustments as needed.
• Holds direct reports accountable for achieving goals.
• Systematically evaluates proper job classification of employees, sets employee goals and objectives, manages and evaluates performance to plan on a reoccurring basis.
• Establishes partnerships and relationships with USAF and FMS customers, stakeholders, peers and direct reports.
• Implements policies, procedures and documents to ensure consistent execution of processes within workgroup in support of Company and regulatory requirements.
• Forecasts resource needs and obtains and manages personnel, facilities, services, equipment and tools to meet project and daily operating requirements.
• Evaluates business requirements against cost, schedule and technical constraints.
• Interprets business requirements for complex and multiple project scope determination based on knowledge of the project lifecycle.
• Identifies and documents what is included (and not included) within project scope.
• Manages overall project health (e.g., Cost Performance Index [CPI], Schedule Performance Index [SPI], Earned Value, Common IT Indicators [CITI]).
• Ensures timely and appropriate generation, collection, distribution, storage, retrieval and disposition of information for complex and multiple projects.
• Stakeholder management; engaging with AFLCMC/HBM FMS PM, Boeing OFP to ensure requirements/execution is in alignment with contract and enterprise needs. 
• Manage FMS P&L in coordination with F-15 PM
• Meet with SCRUM teams to ensure productivity and efficiency
• Present FMS portion of PMR to Government 2x per year
• Manage team of 25 employees working FMS efforts
• Participate/attend and facilitate installation and checkout at various international locations as directed by customer
• Conduct process improvement initiatives
• Present information in clear/articulate manner to senior leadership and government customers

This position requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship.

An interim and/or final U.S. Secret Clearance Post-Start is required. 

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• 3+ years of experience as a Manager/Lead for a team of Software Engineer and overseeing multiple projects simultaneously
• 3+ years of experience developing and presenting recommendations to leadership
• 1+ years of experience leading, managing or working within an Agile application development team
• 1+ years of experience with Program Management, including scheduling and Cost Account Manager (CAM) Earned Value Management (EVM)

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• Experience working within accepted project management standards in the industry with any one or a combination of the following: Project management Institute (PMI), Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), Application, Development, & Sustaining (AD&S)
• Active Secret DoD Security Clearance
• Experience with mission planning and Joint Mission Planning Software (JMPS)
• Experience working as a Software, Systems, or Electrical Engineer
• Ability to convey technical design options and mission planning system capabilities to stakeholders
• Experience in Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery
• Experience with implementing automated testing

Relocation:

This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.

Drug Free Workplace:

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.

Shift:

This position is first-shift

Vaccination Requirements:

Boeing is implementing new requirements for employees to be fully vaccinated from COVID-19 or have an approved reasonable accommodation based on local legislation in several countries including U.S.-based employees. Please refer here for current vaccination and/or reasonable accommodation requirements, and timelines based on location.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

Experience Level
Manager

Contingent Upon Program Award
No, this position is not contingent upon program award