Director - Boeing Engineering Korea (Long Term International Assignment)

Director - Boeing Engineering Korea (Long Term International Assignment)

Company:
The Boeing Company

Boeing is hiring a Director of Engineering to strengthen and grow Boeing Engineering Korea. This leader will own in-country engineering integration and coordination across business units, build and manage an in-country engineering management team, and create a strong sense of identity, belonging and career opportunity for Boeing engineers in Korea. The role combines people leadership, workforce planning, cross-BU program coordination, and close collaboration with Boeing's global engineering, workforce operations, finance and quality systems to ensure efficient, high-quality delivery of engineering work and sustainable growth

This is a Long-Term Assignment to Seoul, Korea up to 3 years. Relocation/assignment benefits to the international location will be provided.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide visible country leadership as the primary Boeing Engineering executive in Korea, representing Boeing internally and to external partners and stakeholders.
• Build, lead and mentor an in-country management team responsible for engineering people development, performance management, promotions, compensation, occupational health, university and industry relationships, and intern programs.
• Establish the infrastructure and operating model for Engineering/Workforce Operations and Business Operations in-country, including staffing ramp-up, retention strategies, resource coordination, and functional alignment.
• Create and promote a cohesive Boeing Engineering Korea identity and culture that fosters belonging, engagement, and professional development for engineers.
• Coordinate cross-business unit (BU) activities to balance scopes of work (SOW), maximize utilization, and create career development pathways across BUs
• Identify and enable synergies across BUs to make joint projects possible
• Leverage Boeing's global engineering infrastructure: align local activities with global strategy, talent development and rotation programs, integrated metrics, overhead and finance processes, QMS, and lessons learned.
• Lead involvement in government-funded and other collaborative projects that include country-wide and global talent participation.
• Provide stability and long term vision to existing Boeing employees , improving retention and morale through transparent communications and visible investment.
• Drive continuous improvement of processes, metrics, and tools to measure utilization, delivery quality, and workforce effectiveness.

Required Qualifications

• Proven senior leadership experience in engineering organizations, with direct experience building and leading engineering management teams.
• Demonstrated experience in workforce planning, resource management, and cross-functional coordination across multiple business units or disciplines.
• Strong people leadership skills: talent development, performance management, compensation decisions, and internship/early-career program management.
• Experience coordinating with global corporate functions (finance, HR, QMS, program management) to deploy consistent operating models and metrics locally.
• Track record of creating organizational identity and culture in a geographically distributed or newly established engineering site.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement skills - able to represent the company to universities, industry partners, government bodies, and funding consortiums.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience integrating multi-disciplinary engineering teams (systems, structures, avionics, software, AI, etc.).
• Experience and familiarity with BCA Product development
• Experience leading cross-BU initiatives and realizing synergies between product development, services, and research organizations.

Competencies & Behaviors

• Strategic mindset with an emphasis on execution and measurable outcomes.
• Strong communicator and team builder with high emotional intelligence.
• Decisive, pragmatic, and able to balance short-term delivery needs with long-term capability building.
• Advocate for diversity, inclusion, and professional development.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology (including Manufacturing Technology), Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry or non-US equivalent qualifications directly related to the work statement
• At least 10 years' experience in engineering, with at least 5 years in a leadership position
• Extensive BCA knowledge and a strong network in BCA especially around the areas of SW, AI and airplane/product development

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• Driver: Willing to disrupt the status quo and has a strong ability to get peers, leaders and teams to adopt new and modes of operation.
• People focused: demonstrated experience in building, nurturing and developing large teams. This includes team culture turnarounds and developing a strong second layer of leaders and successors. Understanding of Korean culture and working style
• Culturally adept: demonstrated ability to understand, empathize and most importantly lead effectively in different geographical and cultural contexts.

Conflict of Interest:

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

Long-term Assignment details:

• Candidate must be able to obtain a work visa, depending on requirements of the country.
• Candidate must be able to meet the cultural requirements of the country, as applicable.
• Employment is contingent on the candidate's ability to satisfy all labor and immigration formalities of the country.

Union Representation Statement:

This position is posted in multiple U.S. locations and may or may not be covered by a collective bargaining agreement. In locations where SPEEA representation applies, this job family will be covered by the terms of the collective bargaining agreement. Applicable and appropriate educational/certifications credentials from an accredited institution and/or equivalent experience is required.

Language Requirements:
Not Applicable

Education:
Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent

Relocation:
This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.

Export Control Requirement:
This is not an Export Control position.

Safety Sensitive:
This is not a Safety Sensitive Position.

Security Clearance:
This position does not require a Security Clearance.

Visa Sponsorship:
Employer willing to 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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