Description :
Location
Huntsville, AL
Virtual Office/Telecommute?
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Virtual Work Not Available
Shift
First
Business Unit
Integrated Defense Sys
Division
Networks & Space Systems
Program
Missile Defense Systems
Occupation Title
Engr Multi-Skill Leadership
Skills Management Title
Eng Multi-Skill LDR Management
Job Classification
6C1KMM
Job Type
Management
Experience Level
Senior Manager/Executive
Exemption Status
Management
Union
No
Security Clearance Required?
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No Security Clearance Required
Work Eligibility Required?
Yes
US Person Status Required?
Yes
Export Control Required?
Yes
Relocation Money Available?
Yes
Date Posted
09/16/2008
Closing Date
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10/16/2008
Position Description
The Huntsville Design Center (HDC) consists of various engineering disciplines that support local requirements and other divisions within the Boeing Company. The HDC currently supports several Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA) and Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) programs as a virtual design center and continues to foster relationships to grow the business. The HDC works in a fast paced engineering design environment where demonstration of the six Boeing leadership attributes is paramount. The HDC Senior Manager has responsibility, accountability, and authority for all program operations. This position is responsible for building relationships with customers and ensuring their satisfaction, developing actionable plans and instilling a sense of purpose, and communicating with HDC employees, Boeing management, and external customers. The HDC Senior Manager is responsible for continuing to build a highly successful team that is customer focused, technically savvy, and results driven. The successful candidate must have the ability to communicate with technical personnel from multiple skill areas and functions to evaluate technical information and issues impacting program deliverables. Manages employees and mid-level managers performing activities within multiple (2 or more) Engineering disciplines. Develops and executes integrated organizational plans, policies and procedures and guides the development of business and technical strategies, goals, objectives. Acquires resources for organizational activities, provides technical management of suppliers and leads process improvements. Develops and maintains relationships and partnerships with customers, stakeholders, peers, partners and direct reports. Provides oversight and approval of technical approaches, products and processes. Manages, develops and motivates employees and mid-level managers. Preferred: Previous experience in an engineering design environment, and previous leadership of multi-skilled engineering teams. Demonstrated ability to coordinate and cooperate with people in geographically dispersed areas. Demonstrated ability to use processes and tools to blend people from different skill areas and geographic locations into effective teams. Required: Demonstrated performance in the Boeing Leadership attributes: Charts the course; sets high expectations; inspires others; finds a way; lives the Boeing values; and delivers results.
Competencies
General/Leadership
[ + ] Adaptability
Fully understands and is heavily involved in guiding changes in own and fellow senior managers' work and situations; explains the logic or basis for change to middle managers, fellow senior managers, and employees throughout the organization; acts as an expert resource on information about changes affecting own and fellow senior managers' jobs. Treats changes and new situations as opportunities for learning or growth; focuses on the beneficial aspects of change; speaks positively about the change to fellow senior managers and external customers. Quickly modifies behavior to deal effectively with changes in the work environment; readily tries new approaches appropriate for new or changed situations; does not persist with ineffective behaviors.
[ + ] Build Positive Relationships
Serves as a role model in building effective working relationships with fellow senior and executive managers, employees throughout the organization, and external customers. Solicits and provides information to clarify situations. Seeks and expands on original ideas, enhances others' ideas, and contributes own ideas about the issues at hand pertaining to the organization. Places higher priority on departmental and organization goals than on own goals. Gains agreement from fellow senior and executive managers to support ideas or take partnership-oriented action; uses sound rationale to explain value of actions. Establishes good interpersonal relationships by helping people feel valued, appreciated, and included in discussions.
[ + ] Building Organizational Talent
Determines and advises own team and other senior managers on the mix and level of capability required by the business to support current and future objectives; assesses the key strengths and development opportunities of own and other groups; consistently and proactively identifies developmental assignments and the potential learning within the assignment; consistently and proactively matches assignments with individual developmental opportunities; provides high visibility to individuals with potential; offers challenging managerial assignments that build confidence and credibility; provides such individuals with a personal vision for this future; collaborates with other senior managers in aligning support systems, accountabilities, and incentives, which ensure a learning environment; serves as a role model in supporting and advocating deserving individuals; guides the development of appropriate recognition, rewards, and resources for strong performers; when necessary, defends strong performers, even in the face of challenges; collaborates with other senior managers in establishing organizational systems to encourage talented individuals to remain within the organization; addresses individuals' needs for flexibility within the organizational structure; provides a clear career path for talented individuals that provides challenge and career satisfaction.
[ + ] Business (Operational) Acumen
Serves as a resource for knowledge of how the business and organization operates; knowledgeable in current and possible future policies, practices, trends, and information affecting the business and organization. Understands Boeing products and services and how own organization fits within the larger value stream. Understands the competition; is aware of how strategies and tactics work in the marketplace. Understands how to accomplish tasks both through formal channels and the informal network; understands the origin and reasoning behind key policies, practices and procedures; understands the cultures of organizations.
[ + ] Cross Functional Partnerships
Analyzes the organization and own area to identify key relationships that should be initiated or improved to further the attainment of own area's goals; exchanges information with potential partner areas to clarify partnership benefits and potential problems; collaboratively determines the scope and expectations of the partnership so that both areas' needs can be met; collaboratively determines courses of action to realize mutual goals; facilitates agreement on each partner's responsibilities and needed support; places higher priority on organization's goals than on own area's goals; anticipates effects of own area's actions and decisions on partners; influences direct reports, own manager, and fellow senior managers to support partnership objectives; implements effective means for monitoring and evaluating the partnership process and the attainment of mutual goals.
[ + ] Decision Making
Consistently and proactively recognizes a wide range of issues, problems, or opportunities in own work group, across the organization and with external customers; determines whether action is needed; consistently identifies the need for and collects information to better understand issues, problems, and opportunities; integrates complex information from a variety of sources; detects trends, associations, and cause-effect relationships; creates relevant options for addressing problems/opportunities and achieving desired outcomes; consistently formulates clear decision criteria; evaluates options by considering implications and consequences; chooses an effective option; consistently implements decisions or initiates action within a reasonable time; consistently includes fellow senior managers and employees across the organization in the decision-making process as warranted to obtain good information, make the most appropriate decisions, and ensure buy-in and understanding of the resulting decisions.
[ + ] Leading via Vision And Values
Proactively assists others in understanding the organization's vision and values and their importance. Translates the vision and values into day-to-day activities and behaviors; guides and motivates fellow senior managers and individuals throughout the organization to take actions that support the vision and values. Takes actions, makes decisions, and shapes team or group priorities to reflect the organization's vision and values. Ties the vision and values directly into project framework; demonstrates impact of vision and values on customer perceptions. Recognizes and rewards colleagues whose actions support the organization's vision and values.
[ + ] Project Management
Oversees execution of comprehensive multi-tiered project schedules created by direct reports (middle managers). Supports direct reports in management of complex project schedules requiring interfacing with multi-regional and international activities. Provides guidance to direct reports in identifying project resource requirements and aids in integration of multi project elements into a single collective overall project plan. Provides tools and training to project managers to help streamline project management processes. Ensures collaboration of project managers with others on the most complex projects assigned. Fosters collaboration with fellow senior managers and across work functions to ensure that organizational resources are maximized. Maintains continuous communication with other leaders to identify and resolve any issues to ensure the successful completion of multiple projects.
Technical
[ + ] Engr Knowledge/Comprehension
Advanced knowledge of various engineering disciplines such as electrical, mechanical, and systems. An expert ability to communicate with technical personnel from multiple skill areas and functions to evaluate technical information and issues impacting design, production, and support of products, services, or other deliverables.
[ + ] Influencing Others
Demonstrates proven ability to state what is needed to persuade and convince others without causing defensiveness and to inspire others to take action. Builds relationships to gain support and commitment from others, promotes ideas with enthusiasm, conviction and assertiveness. Provides compelling rationale for arguments and uses appropriate level of persistence on activities requiring ingenuity and innovative solutions. Serves as a mentor to others.
Education and/or Experience
Other Job related information
Preferred: Bachelor, Master or Doctorate of Science degree from an accredited course of study in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics or chemistry and typically 20 years experience or either a Master's degree with 18 years experience or a PhD degree with 14 years experience. ABET is the preferred, although not required, accreditation standard. Boeing offers programs to support career advancement and learning opportunities and technologically challenging assignments. This position offers an opportunity for employees to also enjoy the advantages of living and working in Huntsville. Missile defense and space exploration are at the heart of this community, where there are more engineers per capita than anywhere else in the nation. Huntsville offers a wide range of cultural and recreational opportunities, and the natural beauty of the area provides unlimited opportunities for hiking, biking, golfing, outdoor exploration and water sports on the Tennessee River.
