Senior Quality Manager

Senior Quality Manager

Company:

The Boeing Company

Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA) is looking for a Senior Quality Manager (Level L) to support the Workforce Planning and Development team onsite in Everett, Washington. This role will require occasional travel within the Puget Sound area, based on business needs. Periodic travel to other locations, including South Carolina, may also be required from time to time.

As a Senior Quality Manager for employee training, you will collaborate with BCA Foundational Training Centers and MBU focals across various BCA functions. Your main responsibility will be to work across Quality functions and programs, focusing on skill enhancement, required training, onboarding and standard on the job training (SOJT) while partnering with senior leaders within HR and Communications.  Lead efforts to enrich and expand Quality training programs for key Quality responsibilities.

In this position, you will oversee employee activities across multiple Quality Job codes, while managing, developing, and motivating employees, first-level managers and peers. You will be responsible for developing and executing business plans, policies, and procedures, as well as formulating organizational and technical strategies. Additionally, you will provide education and coaching on the Quality System, acquire and manage resources, and lead process improvements. Building and maintaining relationships/partnerships with customers, peers, partners, suppliers, and direct reports will be essential. Candidate will demonstrate strong communication skills, including the ability to translate complex issues into clear, actionable insights and communicate effectively with executive stakeholders.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate exceptional integrity and authenticity, possess strong strategic thinking abilities, and approaches new opportunities with a sense of urgency. You will be an experienced collaborator with a proven track record of successful cross-functional engagements that highlight innovative thinking with a talent for effectively transferring knowledge. We are looking for individuals whose professional experience enable working effectively with teams across various business units, functions, and geographies to develop strategies, conduct decision analysis, create innovative business models, and implement process improvements. Ideally, you will possess high emotional intelligence and empathy, allowing you to leverage insights from your professional journey to enhance both projects and the development of those around you.

Position Responsibilities:

• Lead and mentor senior managers, managers and employees

• Partner with other functions to ensure processes used to manage, develop and improve areas are effective and integrated

• Develop and execute business plans, policies and procedures

• Monitor and act to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the team

• Provide education and coach on connecting the quality systems and processes 

• Understand business objectives, strategies, and conditions affecting all areas of the program

• Develop and maintain partnering relationships with program leaders, quality stakeholders, peers, partners, and direct reports

• Communicate and convey quality status and actions to improve

• Excellent written and verbal communication; experience producing newsletters, executive messaging, and multimedia content

• Data-informed mindset: comfortable using survey, safety, ethics, and operational data to prioritize and measure programs

• Skilled influencer and relationship-builder with senior leaders and HR partners

• Lead process improvement activities for the team

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• 5+ years of experience in Aerospace, Manufacturing, Quality, or experience in a regulated industry

• 5+ years of experience leading teams in a formal and /or informal leadership role

• 3+ years of experience in organizational culture, employee engagement, and/or organizational development roles

• 3+ years of experience developing and maintaining relationships and partnerships with senior executives, customers, stakeholders, peers and partners

• 3+ years of experience in building and presenting plans or recommendations to executive leadership

• 3+ years of experience leading systematic problem solving

• Travel up to 15% of the time

 

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• 3+ years of experience in a Quality job role

• 3+ years of experience in defining, developing, and producing Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)/metrics for management and executive management information system use

• Experience in a production-related discipline such as Manufacturing, Quality, Production, Engineering, Supplier Management, and/or Supplier Quality

• Experience in cross-functional leadership, collaborative problem solving, building lasting relationships & proficiency in written and verbal communication

• Ability to proactively and quickly make sense of complex technical issues; respond effectively to complex and ambiguous situations; and communicate complicated information simply

• Experience navigating and influence across organizational boundaries to drive consensus and execution

Conflict of Interest:

Successful candidates for this job must satisfy the Company's Conflict of Interest (COI) assessment process.

Drug Free Workplace:

Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace (DFW) 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.

 

Shift:

This role is primarily first shift; however, there may be additional shift requirements to support program objectives.

Pay & Benefits:

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: $154,700 - $209,300

Language Requirements:

Not Applicable

Education:

Not Applicable

Relocation:

This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.

Export Control Requirement:

This is not an Export Control position.

Safety Sensitive:

This is not a Safety Sensitive Position.

Security Clearance:

This position does not require a Security Clearance.

Visa Sponsorship:

Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Contingent Upon Award Program

This position is not contingent upon program award

Shift:

Shift 1 (United States of America)

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