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MQ-25 Project Management Specialist

Hazelwood, Missouri; Mascoutah, Illinois Job ID JR2025456162 Category Program Management Role Type Onsite Post Date Jun. 10, 2025 Security Clearance Required
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Job Description

At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. We’re committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that’s welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us.

Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) has an exciting opportunity for a MQ-25 Project Management Specialist (Level 3 or Level 4) supporting our MQ-25 Program Integration Office (PIO) team in Hazelwood, MO and Mascoutah, IL.

In this role, you will be part of a high-performing, cross-functional team operating on an accelerated schedule while building state-of-the-art capability.

A successful candidate will have experience integrating technical and business inputs and implementing systems thinking/solutions, utilizing program management best practices across a diverse and challenging execution portfolio. Resilience and aptitude for problem-solving are a must, with the selected candidate being biased toward action, finding solutions, and enabling the rest of the team to execute efficiently and effectively.

Position Responsibilities:

  • Lead program-level special projects and risk mitigation plans across the MQ-25 lifecycle, coordinating across functional disciplines to drive execution
  • Collaborate across multiple engineering teams and integrators to resolve process gaps and implement process efficiencies
  • Provide project management analysis in support of program management, business, and engineering functions
  • Support program leaders in managing statement of work, baselines, and execution
  • Perform risk, issue, and opportunity management
  • Support execution of Program Management Best Practices (PMBP)
  • Coordinate with Navy stakeholders to resolve technical issues
  • Perform other tasks assigned by the manager, product lead, or program leadership

Additional Responsibilities to include:

  • Independently develops, coordinates, integrates, analyzes, and maintains an integrated plan and schedule to meet program and/or project requirements in accordance with project management industry standards.
  • Performs studies, analysis (trend, variance, impact), risk assessments to determine impacts, and constraints involving product development, production rates, process improvement, program initiatives.
  • Creates schedule, reports, metrics, change activity, communicates and updates plan regularly throughout lifecycle of program or project.
  • Works to improve project management processes, business systems, and implement best practices that support project decision makers.
  • Directs all phases of projects or subsystems of major projects from inception through completion.
  • Acts as primary project contact to establish key stakeholder requirements and project objectives.
  • Assists customers to develop performance recovery plan and ensure all project control systems are in place to support ongoing support to stakeholders.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

  • 3+ years of experience in change management, program planning, project management, integrated scheduling, Engineering, or Business Operations
  • 3+ years of experience in team schedules, resource management, earned value management, risk management, and project management

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

Level 3

  • Bachelor’s degree or higher in engineering, business, or technical degree
  • Experience using Boeing Program Management Best Practices (PMBP), processes, and method
  • Good verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to work with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Experience working closely with multiple functions, engineering skill codes, product types

Level 4

  • 5+ years of experience in change management, program planning, project management, integrated scheduling, Engineering, or Business Operations
  • 5+ years of experience in team schedules, resource management, earned value management, risk management, and project management

Travel:

Position may require travel up to 10% of the time.

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. 

Total Rewards:

At Boeing, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent.  Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.  

The Boeing Company also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.  

The specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

Summary pay range:

  • Level 3: $87,550 - $118,450
  • Level 4: $107,950 - $146,050

Applications for this position will be accepted until Jun. 20, 2025


Export Control Requirements: This position must meet export control compliance requirements. To meet export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.15 is required. “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.

Export Control Details: US based job, US Person required

Relocation

This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.

Security Clearance

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.

Visa Sponsorship

Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Shift

This position is for 1st shift


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.

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