Director Program Management Site Coordinator

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 diverse team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!  

We are a diverse 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.

This role will have a two-part scope: To lead a group of diverse group of Project Leaders who will positively impact our ability to scale operations of the New Glenn Launch vehicle and manufacturing capability at Blue’s Rocket Park Facility to meet the growing demand from our business units and customers and to serve as Site Coordinator for the Rocket Park Facility on behalf of the VP of Manufacturing.   As the Director of Program Management for the New Glenn Manufacturing Operations, you will lead a team of Project Leaders who will be responsible to execute scope related to achieving ambitious Rate targets while implementing state of the art solutions, on time and budget leading to building confidence in performance.  They will work with broad cross functional team (inside and outside of Operations) to establishing robust, integrated cost and schedule plans that deliver for our customers while building the standards to which we execute programs. This position will also partner with supporting organizations to develop integrated data solutions and to drive performance to ensure rate targets to build our New Glenn Launch vehicle are met and we are successful in our mission of creating the infrastructure with millions of people will live and work in space.

As the Director of Program Management for New Glenn Manufacturing Operations, you will lead your Project Leaders in setting the standards for and optimizing work breakdown structures, schedule management of a portfolio of Integrated Master Schedule, and integrating cost models to develop meaningful analysis for Operations and Program Leadership.  Upon coordinating and implementing status and forecast updates with finance and planning create briefings for Operations and program leadership, this will include risk management.

As the Site Coordinator for Rocket Park, you will act as the delegate for VP of Manufacturing Operations in several forums including coordinate site level activities that support creating an effective work environment for all Blue Teammates in Florida locations.  This may include but is not limited to supporting New Teammate Integration, Business Resource Group Engagements, Tours, Coordinating emerging facilities needs, coordinating audits, supporting lean standard implementation through Gemba walks.

Successful candidates will have demonstrated success interfacing with all Enterprise Functions and Executive Leadership in an integrated capacity, while building and establishing the Program Management Operating System to align across the enterprise to enable execution and forecasting our ability to deliver on Operations commitments. Partnering with all levels of Program Management and Engineering Leadership this position will be integral in establishing reporting data and metrics that drive action for improved program performance.

We are looking for an individual who goes beyond just reporting the data but who translates the data into actionable information to drives improved program performance. While this role requires someone with an understanding of industry best practices around Project Management, candidates must have demonstrated experience challenging the norms and maintaining a commitment to relentlessly pursuing new and better alternative practices.

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

Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree in engineering, project management or other highly analytical field
• 15+ years of program/project management with roles of expanding leadership and scope.
• Broad/deep scheduling and cost controls skillset
• Proficiency with resource-loaded schedules using Primavera (P6) or similar platforms
• Control account management including budget baselining, reforecasting, variance analysis, managing EACs and implementing EVMS with Deltek Cobra or similar platforms
• Experience with large pro