Boeing

Business Development Program Manager

Boeing

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Tukwila • Washington • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $180,200 - $243,800 per year

Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

About the role

  • Provide senior program management leadership and accountability for the KC‑46 International Business Development portfolio: proposal development, contract negotiations, engineering and manufacturing products and approaches to include test, certification, and sustainment.
  • Execute capture strategies with a focus on USAF contracting processes, coordination with DoD, and customer country ministries of defense, and alignment with company business development goals.
  • Establish and maintain proposal baselines (cost, schedule, technical) and enforce formal baseline management processes; manage formal baseline changes through authorized Configuration Control Boards (CCBs).
  • Collaborate frequently with the United States Air Force (USAF) program office, and program leaders to address immediate and strategic challenges.
  • Drive risk management and mitigation across multi‑disciplinary teams; maintain risk registers, mitigation plans, and escalate when necessary.
  • Collaborate with supply chain, manufacturing, test, quality, and sustainment teams to ensure completeness in the proposal and program plan.
  • Lead customer engagement including program reviews, proposal and customer engagement milestone events, and applicable R&D reviews.
  • Ensure compliance with export controls (International Traffic in Arms Regulations/Export Administration Regulations (ITAR/EAR), Foreign Military Sales (FMS) procedural requirements, and corporate governance.
  • Mentor and develop program staff; build high‑performing cross‑functional teams and align resources to program priorities.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience leading cross-functional teams
  • 1+ year of experience as a manager of people
  • Experience leading through influence and partnering with cross-functional teams on projects and initiatives
  • Bachelor’s Degree or higher
  • Experience in preparing and presenting executive level briefings
  • Experience with schedule and budget management, stakeholder communication, as well as understanding of execution of program planning to ensure cost, schedule and requirements are met
  • An understanding of DoD contracting, developing proposals, and the Boeing estimating process
  • Active Secret Clearance is preferred
Benefits
  • health insurance
  • flexible spending accounts
  • health savings accounts
  • retirement savings plans
  • life and disability insurance programs
  • paid time off

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
program managementproposal developmentcontract negotiationsrisk managementbaseline managementschedule managementbudget managementstakeholder communicationexecutive level briefingsDoD contracting
Soft skills
leadershipcollaborationmentoringinfluencecross-functional team managementcommunicationstrategic thinkingproblem-solvingcustomer engagementteam building
Certifications
Bachelor’s DegreeActive Secret Clearance