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Position Description:
The Program Manager for the Acquisition Category (ACAT) 1 D Consolidated Afloat Network and Enterprise Services (CANES) contract. The successful candidate will provide business and technology leadership and guidance for a Navy competitive development program in which the winning contractor will provide the Navy's fleet with new and improved secure networked enterprise computing environments. The initial phase of the contract will be in competition with another competitor until down select at the next program phase. Responsibilities include external and internal customer management, oversight and guidance in selection of technical solutions, quality, cost, schedule, and supply chain management. Major responsibilities include driving day-to-day execution for an information technology program including ensuring that the selected architecture will best support Industry COTS based technology insertion and adapt to evolving threats and technology in the Information Assurance domain. This position must effectively manage a large number of teammates and suppliers that provide a range of products and services ranging from engineering and ships' installation services to commercial suppliers of COTS enterprise computing hardware and software. The position will report to the Director of Integrated Ship Systems within the C3 Networks Division. The successful candidate will also be required to implement an effective business strategy to remain cost competitive (and capability competitive) in order to ensure a competitive win of the next contract phase.
Competencies:
Essential is experience in Boeing and Industry Program Management Best Practices. Cross Functional Partnerships: Identify, analyze and develop partnerships through collaboration and facilitation. Customer Focus: Develop and maintain customer relations both inside and outside of the organization. Actively seeks information to understand customers' circumstances, problems, expectations and needs. Demonstrates the following Leadership Attributes: Charts the Course, Sets High Expectations, Inspires Others, Finds a Way, Lives the Boeing Values, Delivers Results People Management Skills: proven track record of building and managing an effective team, motivating others, promoting a productive work environment, listening to others and managing performance. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are essential to develop customer relationships and work directly with executive Navy and Boeing management. Knowledge/experience in using the data, tools, and systems required to effectively implement a disciplined project management system. Establish strategic direction: Must maintain a highly energized and innovative organization, providing the resources necessary to effectively and efficiently carry out the strategies and plans noted.

Boeing Leadership Attributes

 Charts the Course
Starts with the customer ends with the customer. Translates strategy into actionable objectives and plans. Communicates clearly at one-on-one and group levels. Conveys sense of purpose and mission that motivates others. Maintains direction, balancing big-picture concern with day-to-day issues.

 Delivers Results
Keeps his/her promises. Does not rationalize shortfalls and is accountable. Demonstrates strong operational skills. Marshals the other Leadership Attributes in meeting commitments. Capitalizes on unanticipated opportunities and changing circumstances to meet commitments.

 Finds a Way
Continuously monitors customers and operations to spot issues. Faces reality and adjusts to keep commitments. Models confidence that sees change as opportunities. Uses Boeing complexity as leverage, not an excuse.

 Inspires Others
Energizes, excites, and motivates others. Creates and models a confident and winning atmosphere. Builds teams whose impact is far greater than the sum of their parts. Inspires in ways that are consistent with Boeing's values. Celebrates success and learns from disappointments. Creates an atmosphere where all see opportunities to stretch, take risks, create, contribute and learn.

 Lives the Boeing Values
Models, leads and is committed to the Boeing values, principles and business-conduct policies. Earns the trust and respect of all Boeing stakeholders. Ensures effective business, compliance and financial controls. Promotes integrity in all that we do. Demonstrates commitment to and takes advantage of diversity. Creates an environment of respect and inclusion. Does not use abusive or intimidating behavior. Bounds vigorous pursuit of individual and business objectives with overall interest and reputation of the company.

 Sets High Expectations
Sets high expectations rooted in ensuring competitiveness. Sets high expectations for him/herself first. Has courage to raise the bar continuously/routinely. Holds self and others accountable for continuous improvement. Communicates expectations directly, openly and effectively. Shows people and teams how to reach (acts as a coach).

Competencies

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 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.

 Communication
Consistently and proactively clarifies purpose and importance; stresses major points; follows a logical sequence. Widely recognized as an expert in consistently keeping the audience thoroughly engaged through use of techniques such as analogies, illustrations, humor, an appealing style, body language, and voice inflection. Consistently frames the message in line with audience experience, background, and expectations; uses terms, examples, and analogies that are meaningful to the audience. Consistently seeks input from audience; checks understanding; presents message in different ways to enhance understanding; Uses syntax, pace, volume, diction, and mechanics appropriate to the media being used. Attends to both direct and indirect messages from others; correctly interprets messages and responds appropriately. Mentors and advises fellow senior leaders and other internal employees on effective communication techniques.

 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.

 Driving For Business Results
Serves as a leadership role model in evaluating business opportunities and targeting those opportunities with the greatest potential for producing positive business results. Establishes stretch goals that are designed to achieve positive business results for self, fellow senior managers, and others throughout the organization; works tenaciously toward and derives satisfaction from achieving stretch goals related to positive business results; remains self-disciplined; measures progress and evaluates results; reprioritizes as appropriate; prevents irrelevant issues or distractions from interfering with timely completion of important tasks.

 Initiating Action
Consistently takes immediate action when confronted with a problem or when made aware of a situation in own or other work area. Guides direct reports, fellow senior managers, and other internal employees in implementing new ideas or potential solutions without prompting; does not wait for others to take action or to request action. Serves as a role model in consistently taking action that goes beyond job requirements in order to achieve objectives.

 Systems Thinking
Assesses alignment between organizational structures and processes and strategic objective(s); identifies non-value-adding components and barriers and takes immediate actions to remove. Provides senior management direction to execute organizational change strategies. Champions effective change strategies and encourages buy-in from organizational members through effective communication strategies. Develops accountability metrics, communicates effectively, provides avenues for new skill development for organization, and integrates departments with similar structures and processes in order to ensure successful changes to structure. Evaluates measurement systems designed by middle management to monitor change implementation and makes adjustments as warranted. Technical


 Risk/Issue/Opportunity Mgmt
Strategic knowledge of risk, issue and opportunity management principles and tools and the ability to apply them in various situations.

 Schedule Management
Extensive and specialized knowledge of schedule management principles and practices.

Typical Education/Experience

Other Job related information

Typical Education/Experience Bachelors in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science with background in adapting COTS information technology to large scale enterprise computing solutions for DoD customers. Experience with developing Information Assurance and Cross Domain solutions helpful. Prior Navy experience and experience with PEO C4I or SPAWAR is preferred. The successful candidate will be from a multi-disciplinary background with a proven track record of having demonstrated the key competencies listed above. Previous experience as a Program Manager on DoD development programs required. Other Job related information This position is contingent on the award of a competitive contract expected between November 2009 and January 2010. The prime work location will be at the Boeing offices in San Diego, CA with periodic travel to the Boeing offices in Huntington Beach, CA. Candidate must be a US Person as defined by ITAR requirements and have a current US DoD Secret or higher clearance.

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