Government Training Engineering Innovation & Workforce Leader

Government Training Engineering Innovation & Workforce Leader

The Boeing Company

Boeing Global Services (BGS) Government Training Engineering (GTE) Team is seeking a mission-driven First-Line Manager to lead the Innovation & Workforce Team. This role will combine people leadership with hands-on strategy execution — owning technology roadmap refinement, investment prioritization, and workforce planning to ensure GTE has the right skills, capacity, and talent pipeline to deliver next-generation Government Training systems and capabilities.

Position Responsibilities:

• Lead and grow the Innovation & Workforce Team: hire, coach, set objectives, run performance reviews, and foster a high-performing, collaborative culture.
• Own workforce planning for the GTE organization: assess current and future capability needs, define role profiles, plan hiring and upskilling, and align resource allocation to roadmap priorities.
• Lead refinements of technology roadmaps by partnering with engineering subject-matter experts and program stakeholders.
• Lead investment planning and prioritization across the organization to ensure alignment of people, funding, and technology efforts with strategic objectives.
• Collaborate on product licensing and intellectual property strategies to enable partnerships and maximize value.
• Provide structure and thought leadership in ambiguous, complex environments — translate strategy into actionable plans and rapidly incorporate lessons learned.
• Create value with pragmatic, novel solutions that may challenge the status quo while ensuring operational feasibility.
• Represent the Innovation & Workforce Team across the organization and with external partners as needed to build alignment and partnership opportunities.
• Strong communication, organization, stakeholder management, and conflict-resolution skills.

Security Clearance Requirement

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.

Boeing First-Line Leader Assessment: To be considered for this position you will be required to complete an assessment as part of the selection process. Failure to complete the assessment will remove you from consideration

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills and Experience):

• Candidates must have at least one year of experience in a leadership role (team leader, temp manager, large scale cross functional project/program management, or formal manager experience) OR have completed the Boeing internal course "Exploring Leadership"
• Experience performing business strategy and/or defense analysis and/or aviation technology or related work
• Experience with workforce planning, management, and hiring practices
• Experience leading through influence and partnering with cross-functional teams on projects and initiatives.
• Experience developing and delivering presentations to senior leaders
• 5+ years of experience in program management, project management, engineering, and/or training services

Preferred Qualification (Desired Skills / Experience):

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology (including Manufacturing Technology), Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry or non-US equivalent qualifications directly related to the work statement
• Experience in the execution environment within the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and/or the Defense industry
• Knowledge of emerging technologies and global defense market trends relevant to training, simulation, and mission rehearsal
• 5+ years of experience leading or managing teams and leading through influence across cross-functional stakeholders
• Familiarity with product licensing, IP strategy, or commercial partnerships
• Active Secret Clearance

100% onsite:

This position is expected to be 100% onsite. The selected candidate will be required to work onsite at one of the listed location options. (Hazelwood, MO)

Travel:

Less than 10% (domestic, as required)