Manager of Manufacturing Product Owners - Millennium Space Systems

Job Description

As the Manager of Manufacturing Product Owners, you will lead a cross‑functional team responsible for delivering high‑quality hardware subsystems to meet program requirements on schedule and within budget. This role demands strong leadership across engineering, production, and operations to ensure subsystem delivery, foster a culture of continuous improvement, and drive initiatives that enable scalable, high‑rate production. You will oversee technical execution, capacity planning, and resource alignment to meet the demands of current and future programs.

Additionally, you’ll work closely with internal stakeholders to identify and resolve bottlenecks, mature product designs, and increase manufacturability and throughput across the product lifecycle.

• Lead the day-to-day execution of subsystem deliverables across multiple programs, ensuring alignment with cost, schedule, and technical performance targets.
• Partner with Program Management (including MPMs) to define priorities, understand hardware demand, and align resources to meet key milestones.
• Manage and mentor a team of project engineers responsible for cost and labor estimation, scope planning, risk analysis, EACs, and technical execution.
• Develop and maintain a product roadmap that supports long‑term business goals, in collaboration with Engineering and Strategy teams.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across product design, engineering workflows, and production operations to improve quality, reduce cycle time, and enable scalability.
• Lead efforts to enhance manufacturing readiness and increase production throughput, including capacity and capabilities planning to support high‑rate manufacturing.
• Collaborate with Production Scheduling to ensure shared resources and production lines are aligned to program requirements.
• Use Earned Value Management (EVM), LREs, and key metrics to track performance, manage variances, and drive corrective actions.
• Act as the Control Account Manager (CAM) for assigned accounts, serving as the primary technical and cost performance authority.
• Monitor and report on Technical Performance Metrics (TPMs), identify risks and issues early, and implement mitigation strategies to preserve schedule and quality.
• Oversee closure of subsystem DRs (Discrepancy Reports) in coordination with engineering to avoid production delays.
• Support design‑for‑manufacturing efforts to improve part reliability, testability, and repeatability at high production rates.
• Lead structured retrospectives and implement process improvements based on lessons learned, quality findings, and stakeholder feedback.
• Interface regularly with executive leadership, customers, and program stakeholders to provide status updates and drive resolution of key issues.

• Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, or Manufacturing Engineering, or related technical field.
• Candidates must have at least one year of experience in a leadership role (team leader, temporary manager, large‑scale cross‑functional project/program management, or formal manager experience) OR have completed the Boeing internal course “Exploring Leadership.”
• Working knowledge of satellite systems and subsystems.
• Demonstrated knowledge in cost, schedule, technical, and risk management principles.
• Experience managing engineering or manufacturing teams with a focus on delivery execution.
• Proficiency in project tools such as Jira.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Project, and PowerPoint.
• This position requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship. A final U.S. clearance post‑start is required.

• 5+ years of leadership experience in complex, cross‑functional projects.
• Familiarity with Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid execution methodologies.
• Experience balancing competing priorities across programs with limited resources.
• Demonstrated success in leading high‑rate production transitions and capacity planning.
• Experience with Confluence and collaborative engineering tools.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Active TS/SCI Clearance.