Senior Program Manager – Enterprise PMO

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Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.

At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We’re working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!  

This role is part of Blue Origin Operations, which is comprised of Integrated Supply Chain, Test Operations, Safety, Quality, and Mission Assurance. This includes Manufacturing and Supply Chain support across all Blue Origin facilities.

We are a team of collaborators, doers, and problem-solvers who are relentlessly committed to a culture of safety. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable space flight. Join us in lowering the cost of access to space and enabling Blue Origin’s vision of millions of people living and working in space to benefit Earth.

In this strategic and impactful role, you will help lead Enterprise Program Management Office (PMO) initiatives and will be responsible for developing E-PMO methodologies, processes, training, tools, and governance, required to operate and execute programs and projects successfully, on schedule and on budget. You will have the opportunity to create, design, develop and support the execution of an Enterprise Program Management Operating System across Blue Origin programs. This is an opportunity to share your experience of leading large scale development programs, looking for individuals who have seen it, been there, done that, and are ready to share their experience and knowledge to develop our Program Management Operating System, using Blue Origin and industry best practices.

As a part of the E-PMO, you will be directly involved in building foundational program and project management and business optimization into our scaling organization. This includes liaising between our Business Unit program management offices, program managers, Integrated Product Team (IPT) leads, finance business partners and data analytics team, leveraging data from multiple sources to create analysis and insights for improvement.  You will collaborate, design, train, and communicate PMO processes, tools, and best practices, while serving as change agent with strong credibility and influence in the organization. Must have the ability to work in a fast-pace, and at time ambiguous environment, while establishing framework and setting up processes and training to improve team efficiency.

This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your dedicated commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable spaceflight.

We are looking for someone to apply their program management technical expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

Qualifications:

• Minimum of a B.S./B.A. degree in engineering, program management or other technical field
• Demonstrated ability building trust and effective working relationships at all levels that improve team performance and deliver results
• Minimum 15 years of related program management experience on large scale human spaceflight or aerospace development programs (strongly desired) Project Management Professional (PMP) accreditation (Required)
• Program Management Professional (PgMP) accreditation (Desired)
• Previous proven experience in developing “fit for purpose” training, to individuals or small groups on the fundamentals of project and program management.
• Experience with project and program planning, logic-linked scheduling, change control management, cost-account management, risk management, and performance management.
• Previous experience leading integrated product teams IPT’s through development and deployment is highly desired.
• Exceptional organizational and project management skills with an overall execution orientation and high attention to detail
• The role requires extensive working knowledge on the fundamentals of program management principals and disciplines, along with industry best practices.
• Promotes enterprise project management standards, ensures methodologies and best practices are followed and consistently applied. Aligns with policy and recommends improvements
• Strong leadership background with a passion to coach, mentor, and grow the Project Management discipline at Blue Origin
• Naturally connects and builds strong relationships with others, demonstrating strong emotional intelligence and an ability to communicate