Senior Manager, Proprietary Programs Integrated Planning and Scheduling

Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS), Space Mission Systems is seeking a Senior Manager, Integrated Planning & Scheduling (Level L) to lead a team supporting the Experimental Systems Group (ESG) in either Seal Beach, CA or Kennedy Space Center, FL with travel up to 30% required. ESG supports a variety of government customers spanning various technology domains, and is an extremely fast-paced, responsive development environment delivering new capabilities to customers rapidly and affordably.

The ESG portfolio consists of a range of platforms and technologies including the X-37B, the world’s first fully autonomous reusable space plane, which recently launched its eighth mission. This manager will lead integrated planning and scheduling professionals supporting program execution across development, production, and operations portfolios. Responsibilities include proposal planning, schedule development and integration, change management, critical path and what-if analysis, and Earned Value Management reporting.

The role provides leadership and technical oversight for the scheduling discipline across ESG programs, ensuring schedule integrity, process compliance, and cross-functional alignment, while managing employees, including first-level managers as needed, and building a disciplined, high-performing IP&S organization.

• Lead, develop, and manage employees and first-level managers within the ESG IP&S organization, including performance management, coaching, talent development, onboarding, succession planning, and support of leadership growth.
• Provide strategic and technical direction for integrated planning and scheduling activities across ESG, ensuring priorities, workload, and resources are aligned to immediate program needs and long-term organizational objectives.
• Develop and execute integrated departmental plans, policies, and procedures while providing input to business and technical strategies, goals, and objectives for the scheduling organization.
• Oversee the development, maintenance, and integration of program and portfolio schedules including IMS, detailed schedules, proposal schedules, baseline execution schedules, and in-work schedules across functions, product groups, suppliers, and partners.
• Lead schedule analysis and control activities including critical path, variance, risk, and impact analysis; change management; baseline control; and corrective action development to support executable program plans.
• Ensure quality, timeliness, and compliance of scheduling deliverables, program review materials, customer reporting, and IPMR Format 6 or other applicable planning/scheduling outputs in accordance with Boeing policies, processes, and customer requirements.
• Drive standardized application of integrated master planning methods, scheduling tools, and best practices in coordination with program management and functional leadership to support EVM-aligned planning and execution discipline.
• Build and maintain effective partnerships with executive level leadership, customers, stakeholders, peers, partners, and direct reports, serving as the primary point of contact for scheduling leadership within ESG and promoting collaboration, accountability, process effectiveness, and continuous improvement.
• Acquire and manage resources, provide technical oversight, and approve technical approaches and deliverables for IP&S activities, including supplier interface management and process improvement initiatives.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 12+ years of experience in program…