Business Operations Specialist (mid-level or Subject Matter Expert)

Boeing Boeing · Aerospace · Oklahoma City, OK

Business Operations Specialist role at Boeing Defense, Space & Security, focusing on program management, strategy development, and stakeholder coordination for executive leadership. Requires experience with DoD, cross-functional environments, and strong analytical/leadership skills.

What you'd actually do

  1. Develop, coordinate, and assess architecture of meeting content and leadership briefings.
  2. Lead coordination of commitments with internal and external stakeholders for large-scale, complex plans supporting executive leadership strategies.
  3. Identify risks and opportunities, develop mitigation plans, and refine business cases accordingly.
  4. Present plans and business cases to executive leadership for approval.
  5. Provide direction for implementation of work authorization.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's degree or higher
  • Experience working with Department of Defense and international equivalents
  • Experience functioning in a cross-functional environment
  • Proven experience in business operations, program management, or related fields
  • Strong analytical, communication, and leadership skills
  • Ability to coordinate complex projects and engage multiple stakeholders

Nice to have

  • 3 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience (Level 3)
  • 5 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience (Level 4)
  • 5+ years’ experience collecting and analyzing data from multiple sources, as well as interpreting data and presenting analysis and recommendations to management
  • 5+ years’ experience working on teams and projects that involve cross-functional and/or cross-business domains with executive interface
  • 5+ years’ experience utilizing Microsoft Office applications
  • 5+ years’ experience facilitating the meetings and presenting to senior leaders
  • 5+ years’ experience creating executive level briefings
  • 5+ years of experience coordinating the operational aspects of ongoing projects, and serving as liaison between project and team, finance, planning, scheduling, and management
  • 5+ years of experience with RIO (Risks, Issues and Opportunities) processes and tools
  • 3+ year of experience developing executive level presentations
  • 5+ years of experience developing and executing operating rhythms, integrated program schedules, project plans, and/or metrics
  • Experience in Adaptive Planning

What the JD emphasized

  • Department of Defense
  • cross-functional environment
  • business operations
  • program management
  • analytical skills
  • communication skills
  • leadership skills
  • coordinate complex projects
  • engage multiple stakeholders
  • collecting and analyzing data
  • interpreting data
  • presenting analysis and recommendations to management
  • cross-functional and/or cross-business domains
  • executive interface
  • Microsoft Office applications
  • facilitating the meetings
  • presenting to senior leaders
  • creating executive level briefings
  • coordinating the operational aspects of ongoing projects
  • serving as liaison between project and team, finance, planning, scheduling, and management
  • RIO (Risks, Issues and Opportunities) processes and tools
  • developing executive level presentations
  • developing and executing operating rhythms
  • integrated program schedules
  • project plans
  • metrics
  • Adaptive Planning
  • Conflict of Interest (COI) assessment process
  • U.S. export control compliance requirements
  • U.S. Person