Senior Director - New Glenn Stage 1 Program

Senior Director Of The New Glenn Stage 1 Program

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 supports the development and operations of New Glenn, a single-configuration, heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle capable of routinely carrying people and payloads to low-Earth orbit, geostationary transfer orbit, cislunar, and beyond. Its first stage is fully reusable, and the vehicle was designed from the beginning to be human-capable.

As the Senior Director of the New Glenn Stage 1 Program, you will report to the Vice President of Reusable Orbital Booster Programs and lead the design, qualification, and production of development articles for the New Glenn Stage 1 variant. These upgrades aim to enhance performance, reduce cost, improve producibility, and drive improvements across other key program metrics.

This leadership position will support all aspects of technical and programmatic management which includes cost, schedule, technical design, and risk management, while also working with Blue Origin internal organizations to execute operations scope. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your dedicated commitment and attention towards safe and reliable spaceflight.

Responsibilities:

• Manage a multidisciplinary team consisting of engineering, supply chain, manufacturing/tooling, program management, finance, and other functions who are responsible for designing, developing, qualifying, and producing the New Glenn Stage 1 variant.
• Drive decisions and a team culture that optimizes for rapid iterative design/build cycles that iteratively archives aggressive performance and cost requirements.
• Develop and drive cost, mass, and performance targets decomposed at the vehicle, module, system, component, and part number levels
• Drive design for producibility, operability, and cost as key program metrics
• Develop and manage the program's integrated master schedule and associated budgets including labor/non-labor)
• Laisse with leadership from supporting and adjacent stakeholder organizations to ensure the program is appropriately supported across all phases of the value chain
• Serve as the single threaded leader for the New Glenn Stage 1 variant in all internal/external executive reviews.

Minimum Qualifications:

• B.S. in an Aerospace, Mechanical, or Systems Engineering-related field, with 15+ years of complex product development experience.
• Program and technical leadership experience in an aerospace development environment with experience in full lifecycle development of aerospace systems, designing, deploying, and supporting one or more complete flight systems.
• Demonstrated experience delivering complex multifunctional aerospace systems
• Highly organized leader with excellent technical written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated track record of resourcefulness, strong business and technical judgement and bias for action from their previous assignments.
• Successful experience in hiring and developing great people with varied skill sets and demonstrated ability to motivate and organize effective teams and resolve conflicts.
• Comfortable working in a fast paced, dynamic work environment and ability to travel in support of the program, customer, and supplier activities.

Preferred Qualifications:

• MBA, Program Management Professional (PMP) certification and Earned Value Management System (EVMS) experience. Experience with critical path scheduling, IMP/IMS, risk management, requirements management and Cost Account Management such as EVM.
• M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Systems Engineering and experience with launch vehicle development, production, and operations.
• Experience with verification, integration, and test, of orbital launch vehicles or human rated spacecraft.
• Strong business management acumen and experience managing large, geographically dispersed programs.

Compensation Range for: WA applicants is $246,483.00-$345,076.20 Other site ranges may differ

Culture Statement

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Benefits

• Benefits include: Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability, 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%, and an Education Support Program.
• Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
• Discretionary bonus: Bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results.
• Eligibility for benefits varies by role type, please check with your recruiter for a comprehensive list of the benefits available for this role.

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