Senior Manager – Flight Plan and Dispatch Solutions

Key Skills

Aartificial intelligence, Agile methodologies, Business Development, DevSecOps, Employee life cycle, Machine learning techniques, Microsoft Office suites, Planning and organization, Teamwork

Job Description

Boeing India Engineering & Technology Center (BIETC) is based in Bangalore, India and is engaged in the development of advanced aerospace and aviation technologies and software products. We have an immediate opening for a Senior Manager – Flight Plan and Dispatch Solutions to lead multiple teams developing digital solutions related to Flight Planning and Navigation Data Solutions. This position will report to the Engineering leader of the Boeing Global Services (BGS) Digital Aviation Solutions group within BIETC and work closely with stakeholders across the globe.

Position Responsibilities:

• Leads a team of first level managers and individual contributors performing engineering and technology work to develop, maintain and improve a portfolio of software applications / products related to Flight Planning and Navigation Data Solutions.
• Develops and executes organizational level plans, implements policies and procedures and sets operational goals. Acquires resources for projects and processes and leads process improvements.
• Develops and implements plans to ensure business, technical and customer requirements are achieved. Assigns authority and responsibilities to employees to execute the plan. Reviews plans' execution, makes appropriate adjustments, and resolves issues. Monitors appropriate metrics to ensure performance to plan.
• Forecasts resource needs and makes hiring decisions. Coaches, counsels, mentors and provides developmental opportunities and job assignments to enhance employee performance and expand capabilities. Ensures employees are working effectively with all development teams. Provides on-going developmental feedback. Makes compensation recommendations in regards to hiring salaries and salary review actions. Recognizes contributions of individuals and teams to improve employee satisfaction and retain a skilled and motivated workforce. Enforces company rules and policies regarding ethical behavior, safety, security, use of company property, time charging, etc.
• Provides direction and guidance to others regarding approved processes, tools, technology and skills for own projects or processes. Communicates the development processes (including Iterative and Agile) to employees, as well as the role of the software and system engineers in these processes. Ensures workgroup products or processes meet customer, company, quality, industry and regulatory requirements. Provides approval of workgroup technical approaches, products and processes.
• Develops workgroup, project or operational goals, objectives and related metrics to ensure alignment with Company vision/strategy. Measures progress, making adjustments as needed. Holds direct reports accountable for achieving goals. Achieves goals set for productivity, quality and customer satisfaction.
• Conveys organizational messages to facilitate the accomplishment of workgroup, project or process goals. Proactively communicates with employees, peers and customers. Communicates policies and directives to enhance employee awareness of expectations.
• This position will establish partnerships and engage with internal and external stakeholders, maintain relationships/ partnerships with internal customers, peers and partners to develop strategies, goals and objectives that are consistent with the BGS organization strategy. The position will be pivotal in creating and maintaining relationships with global stakeholders and working closely with those stakeholders in planning and forecasting activities of the team as well as reporting requirements from stakeholders.
• This position will also provide periodic updates to senior leadership in the form of progress reports, project summaries, and other related documents.
• This position will potentially represent Boeing in interactions with senior leaders from Indian Industry, academia, Indian Government organizations, and Boeing’s partners in India.
• This position will support initiatives of BIETC related to employee development, customer engagement, strategic relations, Government interactions, etc.
• This position will require some travel within India and internationally.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience)

• Bachelors degree in Science, Technology, Mathematics or Engineering is required
• Past experience and demonstrated success in leading multiple technical software development teams.
• Proficient in building software core capabilities to support multiple market segments (Commercial, Business and Military)
• Leads / drives innovation to beat the competition and creating ideas for growth.
• Drawing product roadmaps for Digital Transformation for next generation solutions.
• Exposure to artificial intelligence and machine learning, specifically applied to aviation
• Having technical knowledge and experience in aeronautical / Flight Planning/ Dispatch Solutions/ A/C Performance Computations/ Flight Operations / NAV Data ( 424)/ Weather data services, NOTAMS and Fuel Efficiency solutions and operational is highly preferred
• Experience in managing teams developing aviation domain software products / applications
• Must have experience working in aerospace / aviation industry
• Software Development Experience in Cross-Platform tech stack.
• Experience in Cloud Technologies and DevSecOps.
• Strategic thinking and execution – must be able to develop comprehensive product and customer intelligence / knowledge by collaborating with appropriate stakeholders, identify capacity/capability to perform current and projected engineering work statement and research, conduct any partner / supplier evaluations and assessments regarding their ability to perform these activities.
• Skilled in coaching and mentoring staff members to meet schedules or resolve technical or operational challenges.
• Must have strong team building skills. Must have demonstrated ability to accomplish results through direct reports, colleagues in other parts of an organization, and partners, even when they are not direct reports.
• Proficient in software development lifecycle and agile methodology.
• Ability to work well on virtual teams across multiple time-zones.
• Ability to understand and communicate with technical experts over a wide range of technical topics
• Ability to build and sustain strong professional relationship with internal and external stakeholders
• Team with Boeing Business Development teams to provide the required technical support to win new business
• Knowledge of policies and procedures that typically affect individual subordinate employees, skills and abilities required by subordinate employees to accomplish organizational responsibilities.
• Ability to inspire employees to help ensure business success.
• Ability to accomplish results through managers and non-management employees. Ability to modify the organization structure for their scope of responsibility and effectiveness.
• Must be results-driven and have a strong bottom-line orientation.
• Must be flexible, with a high tolerance for organizational complexity and ability to work with partners from within Boeing and outside.
• Communication – strong written and verbal communication skills, ability to prepare comprehensive reports, proposals, Statements of Work, and connect technology to business considerations (e.g., ROI). Candidate must be fluent in English, and have expertise in using MS Office tools.
• Candidate must be a self-starter with a positive attitude, high ethics, and a track record of working successfully under pressure in a time-constrained environment.
• Must be able to mentor team members and partners to accomplish project and departmental goals and objectives.
• Reinforces the importance of ethical conduct and professionalism in the workplace and Demonstrates and fosters a culture of Seek, Speak and Listen to support innovation & engagement.

Typical Education & Experience:

• 18+ years of experience with at least 5 years as a people manager
• Bachelors degree in Science, Technology, Mathematics, or Engineering is required
• Experience in Aeronautical/Aviation domain
• Experienced in leading multiple software product development teams
• Proficiency in software development life cycle and agile methodology
• Experience working in a global organization

Export Control Requirements: Not an export control position

Equal Opportunity Employer:

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not accept unlawful discrimination in our recruitment or employment practices on any grounds including but not limited to; race, color, ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military and veteran status, or other characteristics covered by applicable law.