Spirit Defense – Entry-Level Integrated Business Teams Leader

Job Description

Spirit Defense – Entry-Level Integrated Business Teams Leader | Spirit Defense, A Boeing Company

The Tone:
This is an entry-level integrated business teams leader role at Spirit Defense, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, located in Wichita, KS. Spirit Defense operates as an independent supplier to the defense and space marketplace. The company focuses on innovative engineering and rapid prototyping to provide capabilities, technologies, and support that customers need to succeed in their missions. This role is crucial in planning, managing, and controlling resources and programs to meet essential customer and business requirements within the defense sector.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person, Wichita, KS
• Pay: $61950–$95000 yearly
• Mission: Owns the planning, deployment, and control of resources to meet customer, program, and business requirements within the defense business unit.
• Tech Stack: Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint), Tableau, Power BI, SAP

What You’ll Actually Do
• Resource Management: Plans, commits, and controls the deployment of resources in response to customer, program, and business requirements.
• Program Development: Directs the development, integration, implementation, and management of new or revised programs, plans, strategies, or processes.
• Work Statement Control: Authorizes changes to work statements using a formal directive system.
• Compliance Monitoring: Develops control systems, maintains status information of program and customer commitments, and monitors compliance to plan.
• Leadership & Coordination: Interfaces with management from many occupations and organizations to provide leadership and coordination.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Entry-Level professional with a Bachelor’s Degree and 0-2+ years’ related experience, or a Master’s Degree/MBA and 0+ years’ related experience.
• Experience: Ability to obtain a U.S. Secret Security Clearance and Special Program Access, which requires U.S. Citizenship.
• Skills: Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly MS Excel and PowerPoint, along with the ability to lead and coordinate across various organizations.
• Bonus: Previous experience in the Aerospace industry; experience in capital planning, facilities planning, non-labor planning, and/or workforce planning; experience in the capital approval process; experience generating metrics for upper leadership; experience working with multi-functional teams; ability to multi-task and prioritize work in a fast-paced environment; Programming/Data Visualization experience (e.g. Tableau, Power BI, etc.); familiarity with SAP.