Leader of It Enterprise Applications - Millennium Space Systems

Boeing Boeing · Aerospace · El Segundo, CA

This role leads the IT Enterprise Applications team, focusing on defining and executing the vision, strategy, and architecture for integrating existing and future enterprise systems into a unified, secure IT framework. The responsibilities include developing roadmaps, managing vendors, establishing service delivery models, and ensuring compliance with cybersecurity and regulatory constraints. The role requires extensive experience in enterprise application operations and leadership, with a focus on driving digital transformation and standardizing business processes.

What you'd actually do

  1. Design and maintain an enterprise‑wide applications architecture that integrates home‑grown and third‑party systems, delivering greater efficiency, productivity, reporting, and cross‑functional communication
  2. Create, refine, and own the IT Enterprise Applications roadmap; define project objectives, timelines, prioritization, and implementation plans in collaboration with business partners
  3. Lead RFP/RFI processes, support contract negotiations, oversee vendor performance, and monitor SLA compliance
  4. Serve as the internal SME for enterprise software, guiding the build‑vs‑buy decision process and vetting third‑party solutions to ensure they meet business needs
  5. Develop and maintain SOPs, policies, and procedures for all enterprise systems to guarantee robust operations, consistent training, and regulatory compliance

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field
  • 10+ years of experience planning and leading enterprise-wide programs, service delivery, and IT Enterprise Application initiatives
  • 5+ years of senior-level leadership experience building and managing high-performing application teams
  • Deep expertise in enterprise application operations across multiple domains (e.g., ERP, HRIS/ATS, MES, LMS, Supply‑Chain Planning, SharePoint, reporting/visualization, commercial systems)
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI (or equivalent) security clearance

Nice to have

  • Proven ability to translate business priorities into a cohesive application roadmap and to communicate that vision to senior leadership
  • Strong organizational, verbal, and written communication skills; adept at change‑management leadership
  • Demonstrated track record of driving digital‑transformation initiatives that deliver measurable business value
  • Hands‑on experience leading end‑to‑end implementation of enterprise systems such as Teamcenter, Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), or comparable PLM/ERP platforms
  • Experience designing and operating applications in both open and regulated/secure environments, with an understanding of how to architect solutions across those boundaries

What the JD emphasized

  • TS/SCI
  • regulated/secure environments