Vehicle Management System (vms) Senior Manager

Boeing Boeing · Aerospace · Hazelwood, MO

Senior Manager for Vehicle Management Systems (VMS) in the aerospace defense sector, leading a multi-disciplined team in defining, developing, integrating, and testing VMS for air vehicles. Requires extensive experience in aerospace engineering, VMS, and management, with a focus on technical oversight, team development, and stakeholder partnerships.

What you'd actually do

  1. Manage employees and managers performing engineering and technical activities in vehicle management
  2. Develop and execute integrated departmental plans, policies and procedures and provide input on departmental business and technical strategies, goals, objectives
  3. Acquire resources for department activities, provide technical management of internal and external suppliers and lead process improvements
  4. Develop and maintain relationships and partnerships with customers, stakeholders, peers, partners and direct reports
  5. Provide oversight and approval of technical approaches, products and processes

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology (including Manufacturing Technology), Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry or non-US equivalent qualifications directly related to the work statement
  • 15+ years of experience in the aerospace industry
  • 5+ years of experience in an engineering discipline related to Vehicle Management Systems
  • 5+ years of experience as manager
  • Ability to travel 10% of time
  • Leadership role experience (team leader, temp manager, large scale cross functional project/program management, or formal manager experience) OR completed the Boeing internal course “Exploring Leadership.”
  • Ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship.
  • Ability to obtain Special Program Access, for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship only.

Nice to have

  • Knowledge of vehicle systems integration and test.
  • Knowledge of lab test processes and procedures.
  • Experience with Project Management and integrated scheduling.
  • Previous customer interface experience on technical issues.

What the JD emphasized

  • Ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship.
  • Ability to obtain Special Program Access, for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship only.