Product Lifecycle Management Specialist

About the Role

Boeing Defence UK is seeking a Product Lifecycle Management Specialist to offer expert Configuration and Data Management support and guidance across Fixed Wing, Vertical Lift, and Digital Future Systems programmes and campaigns. This role is integral to ensuring product integrity and compliance throughout the lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

Configuration Management

• Deploy and execute Boeing configuration processes and process controls.
• Develop, interpret, and understand customer requirements.
• Plan and implement configuration and data management activities.
• Support the standardization of configuration management processes across the organization.
• Identify risks, issues, and opportunities, and support mitigation planning.
• Collaborate on standardizing configuration tool sets, including security and access controls.
• Interface with bid and programme teams to integrate configuration management requirements into contracts.
• Provide input on supplier Statements of Work and budgetary cycles related to configuration management.

Programme-Specific Configuration Management

• Adhere to contracted Configuration and Data Management requirements.
• Liaise with customers and suppliers to establish joint working procedures.
• Own configuration deliverables, ensuring compliance with Boeing procedures and contractual obligations.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for external Configuration Management audits.
• Manage programme control boards, ensuring consistent conduct and timely action closure.
• Support design and programme reviews with configuration management expertise.

Data Management

• Track and report on data transmissions, ensuring adherence to company and contractual requirements.
• Manage customer and supplier data deliverables.
• Ensure compliance with Export Compliance, Manufacturing License Agreements (MLAs), security, intellectual property, and Boeing information protection policies.
• Support audits and reviews to ensure product compliance.

Qualifications and Experience

Essential

• High IT literacy.
• High attention to detail and commitment to quality.
• Excellent communication skills (verbal, written, electronic) across all organizational levels.
• The ability to obtain UK Security Clearance.

Preferred

• Knowledge of configuration management, regulatory, and international standards.
• Solid understanding of configuration management and programme management principles.
• Commercial and financial awareness.
• Knowledge of design, testing, and manufacturing processes.
• Familiarity with key functional disciplines (engineering, operations, customer support, procurement).
• Excellent interpersonal, facilitation, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings and manufacturing planning methods.
• Proven ability to build effective internal and external networks.
• Strong planning and workload management capability.

Desirable

• CMII/CMPIC practitioner certification or equivalent experience/qualification.

Additional Information

Applications will be accepted until July 31, 2026.

This is not an Export Control position.

Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit.

This position requires the ability to obtain United Kingdom Security Check.

Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

The role is not for a Shift Worker.

Boeing is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We welcome applications from candidates with disabilities and encourage sharing any accommodation needs during the recruitment process.