The Boeing Company is seeking an Aviation Software Project Manager to join the Flight Performance Applications team within the Digital Services organization in BGS. This role is crucial for providing software solutions to aviation customers and ensuring the timely delivery of software releases across multiple aircraft programs.
Requirements
- Strong knowledge of agile software development practices and tools (Jira, Confluence, ADO)
- Demonstrated experience managing globally distributed development teams
- Direct experience with Jira for backlog, feature, and story management.
- Knowledge of software development lifecycle (SDLC).
- Experience with risk management and mitigation strategies.
Responsibilities
- Own the software release schedule across multiple aircraft programs, ensuring alignment with customer delivery commitments
- Maintain and track backlog health in Jira, coordinating closely with Product Management to ensure features, stories, and acceptance criteria are well-defined for execution
- Facilitate cross-site agile ceremonies to ensure alignment, progress tracking, and timely escalation of blockers
- Lead stakeholder communications with engineering, test, quality, and airline customer support teams to drive accountability
- Develop and maintain risk and dependency trackers specific to releases, including third-party integrations and regulatory dependencies
- Drive customer-facing readiness activities: coordinate release notes, support documentation, and hand-off to airline service teams
- Track and report on metrics such as velocity, defect closure rates, and release quality to program leadership
Other
- 5+ years of experience in project management
- Ability to work earlier in the morning and later in the day to support globally-distributed teams
- Excellent communication, leadership, and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
- PMP, SAFe, and/or Agile certification or equivalent.
