Senior Program Manager (Aerospace)

Location: Wichita, Kansas, United States

Salary: $130,600–$200,300 per year

Company

hirify.global, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, designs and builds commercial aerostructures including fuselages, pylons, nacelles, and wing components using composite and aluminum manufacturing solutions.

What you will do

• Provide business leadership for a standalone profit-and-loss program or major business/program element.
• Manage technical, cost, schedule, quality, delivery, and overall program performance.
• Lead strategic planning, customer relationships, program schedules, budgets, affordability targets, and resource allocation.
• Chair program risk and change control boards and manage customer requests and program changes.
• Oversee Integrated Product Teams and coordinate cross-functional planning, execution, governance, and continuous improvement.
• Apply company processes, policies, infrastructure, and business strategies to develop and implement program plans and standards.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an ABET-accredited program, Business, or a related discipline.
• 10+ years of aerospace experience and 5+ years of experience in a management role.
• Knowledge of financial acumen, business acumen, political acumen, managing with influence, interpersonal communication, teambuilding, and continuous improvement.

Nice to have

• Profit-and-loss management and external customer interface experience.
• Experience in change management, engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain.
• Experience with long-range business planning, risk management, affordability management, and product configuration management.
• Experience with development or sustaining programs, Earned Value Management, proposal development, and contract estimating.
• Experience with integrated program planning and scheduling, program scope management, cross-functional project management, and leading Integrated Product Teams.
• Experience with continuous improvement, Lean, or Six Sigma.

Culture & Benefits

• Drug-free workplace with post-offer testing when policy criteria are met.
• Competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.
• Eligible employees may enroll in health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, and life and disability insurance.
• Paid and unpaid time-away programs are generally available, subject to eligibility, location, hire date, and collective bargaining agreements.
• Eligible Kansas employees may receive a $5,000 state aviation tax credit for up to five years.