Branch Strategic Initiatives Lead

Blue Origin • Huntsville, AL

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About The Position

This role is part of Blue Origin’s Engines business unit, which designs, develops, manufactures, and tests engines and propulsion systems. The Branch Strategic Initiatives Lead works with the branch leader to define and deploy scalable processes for managing branch scope, cross-team communication, consistent reporting, development labs and hardware delivery, and team culture. The role calls for experience scaling program management processes, leading development hardware projects, understanding high-rate manufacturing, managing product roadmaps, and communicating across organizational levels. Relocation is provided, and travel is expected up to 20% of the time.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, or finance.
• At least 7 years of relevant industry experience.
• Experience developing scalable program-management frameworks.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for all levels of the organization.
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities and program direction.
• Familiarity with project-management tools such as MS Project, Jira, or Smartsheet, and/or ERP/MES systems.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident, or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree or MBA in engineering, business, or finance.
• At least 10 years of relevant industry experience.
• Experience managing engineering projects.
• Experience delivering hardware in a high-rate manufacturing environment.
• Experience across the full lifecycle, from concept through customer support, of hardware or software delivery.
• Experience using AI to make program-management processes more efficient.

Responsibilities

• Define and deploy a scalable branch schedule-management process and tool that enables responsible engineers to own schedules with minimal friction for schedule reporting.
• Develop and deploy scalable processes for internal and external communication and reporting of branch KPIs.
• Own the branch product-development roadmap.
• Own definition of development-lab and development-hardware facility requirements and drive rapid facility ramp-up in coordination with operations and facilities.
• Own the branch employee onboarding program.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Basic and supplemental life insurance.
• Paid parental leave.
• Short- and long-term disability.
• 401(k) with company match of up to 5%.
• Education Support Program.
• Stock options for regular employees working at least 20 hours per week.
• Up to four weeks of paid time off per year based on weekly scheduled hours.
• Up to 14 company-paid holidays.
• Depending on role type and job level, employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses based on company discretion.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior