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First Line Project Management Manager

The Boeing Company

California, MDFull-time$127–171K/yrPosted 1 day agoStill listed today

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Compensation
$127–171K/yr
Location
California, MD
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
US work authorization required

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Secret clearanceBachelor's degree

Job overview

The First Line Project Management Manager will support Boeing’s Acoustic Programs team through day-to-day operations, site management, forward business planning, and program-level cost account management. The role manages functional personnel, provides status updates to upper management, and oversees key program areas across development, production, training systems, and advanced acoustic initiatives. The position is based in California, Maryland, and requires the ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Program Management Best PracticesCommunicationFacility Records ManagementExecutive PresentationsAnti-Submarine WarfareAnti-Surface WarfareMaritime ISR SystemsUnderwater Acoustics PlatformsExport MaterialsSE/SW Lifecycle Execution

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree or HigherOne Year Leadership Experience or Exploring Leadership CourseThree Years Site or Team LeadershipU.S. CitizenshipU.S. Person

Benefits

Medical Insurance
401(k) Match

Full job description

First Line Project Management Manager

Company: The Boeing Company

Acoustic Programs (AP) is a dynamic business within BDS Space, Intelligence, and Weapon Systems (SI&WS) focused on delivering complex solutions in some of the most challenging environments on Earth. We are seeking a First-Line Multi-Skill Engineering Manager with acoustics domain experience to join our team in California, MD.

The Acoustic Programs portfolio defines, designs, and delivers multiple products primarily targeted at the underwater and Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) domain.

In this role, you will support the Acoustic Programs team with day-to-day operations, site management, forward business planning, and program-level cost account management. You will provide status updates to upper management, manage functional personnel, and oversee key program areas.

The Acoustic Programs portfolio includes four main elements: Development, Production, Training Systems, and Advanced Programs. Development Programs cover the full software and system engineering lifecycle—from development and integration with targeted hardware to deployment and maintenance—focused on detecting and tracking underwater targets. Production Programs define, develop, manage suppliers, and maintain hardware supporting the ASW mission on the P-8A platform. Training Systems develop acoustic training components for various mission-level trainers and associated hardware. Advanced Programs support a range of advanced acoustic initiatives, including IR&D, international efforts, new hardware design and development, and new business and cross-Boeing collaborations.

If you are motivated, interested in a management position within an exciting domain, enjoy a dynamic work environment with a broad range of engineering skills, and aspire to further develop your program leadership abilities, we want to hear from you.

Position Responsibilities:

  • Manage employees’ day-to-day efforts as well as long-term career goals and performance
  • Understand and refine long-term future business strategies
  • Lead across various Boeing business units, external suppliers, and domestic/international customers
  • Support Cost Account Management (CAM) activities with Program Management of Acoustic Programs
  • Provide input on program-level business and technical strategies, goals, and objectives
  • Support and help direct Acoustic Programs’ Long Range Business Plan, IR&D, and new business activities
  • Acquire resources for department activities, provide technical management of suppliers, and lead process improvements. Develop and maintain relationships and partnerships with customers, stakeholders, peers, partners, and direct reports
  • Maintain, tailor, and improve Program Management Best Practices (PMBP) focused on program goals
  • Manage site operations of a small Boeing facility in California, MD
  • Interface cross-functionally with internal stakeholders to define and evaluate forward business planning, IRAD, capital, and program priorities
  • Oversee and be accountable for the quality and safety of the products and facility
  • Support management of staffing and day-to-day logistics for Acoustic Programs

Boeing First-Line Leader Assessment: To be considered for this position you will be required to complete an assessment as part of the selection process.  Failure to complete the assessment will remove you from consideration.

This position requires the ability to obtain a US Security Clearance for which the US Government requires US Citizenship. An interim and/or final U.S. secret clearance Post Start is required.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills and Experience):

  • Bachelors’ degree or higher
  • Candidates must have at least one year of experience in a leadership role (team leader, temp manager, large scale cross functional project/program management, or formal manager experience) OR have completed the Boeing internal course “Exploring Leadership”
  • Knowledge of and experience with Program Management Best Practices
  • Strong communication skills, written and verbal
  • Experience organizing and managing facility or laboratory records
  • Experience preparing and presenting succinctly to executives, senior leadership, and external customers

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

  • 3+ years of site and/or team leadership experience
  • Experience with anti-submarine warfare (ASW), anti-surface warfare (ASUW), or maritime intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) systems
  • Experience with and/or support of multiple platforms used to support underwater acoustics, including P-3, P-8A, MH-60R, submarines, and Unmanned Autonomous Vehicles (UAVs)
  • Experience with export-related material and international customers
  • Experience on a U.S. Navy program
  • Experience with SE/SW execution lifecycle

Conflict of Interest: Successful candidates for this job must satisfy the Company's Conflict of Interest (COI) assessment process.

Relocation: Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position. Candidates must live in the immediate area or relocate at their own expense.

Shift: This is a 1st shift position.

Drug-Free Workplace: Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies.

Total Rewards & Pay Transparency: At Boeing, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent. Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.

The Boeing Company also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.

The specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

Typical Summary pay range: $126,650 - $171,350

Language Requirements: Not Applicable

Education: Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent

Relocation: Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position.

Export Control Requirement: This position must meet U.S. export control compliance requirements. To meet U.S. export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.62 is required. “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.

Safety Sensitive: This is not a Safety Sensitive Position.

Security Clearance: This position requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship. An interim U.S. Secret Clearance Pre-Start and final U.S. Secret Clearance Post-Start is required.

Visa Sponsorship: Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Contingent Upon Award Program This position is not contingent upon program award

Shift: Shift 1 (United States of America)

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How this job compares

Set against the 15,426 open Project Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$127–171K/yr
  • Maryland median$104–166K/yr222 salary ranges
  • US median$102–168K/yr9,767 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $149K, is 7% above the Maryland median midpoint ($139K) — in the middle half of Project Management salary ranges in Maryland.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 283 open Project Management jobs in Maryland and 15,426 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Maryland
Experience
This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Project Management postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 12,259 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 6,237 of the 15,426 open Project Management jobs (40%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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