Project Specialist, Regulatory

Virgin Galactic • Tustin, CA

3d • $81,650 - $124,600 • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Project Specialist supporting Virgin Galactic’s Regulatory team, you will support activities to establish and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements for the company’s vehicles and mission operations. You will serve as the team focal point for planning, tracking, and closing activities according to program schedules, helping hold yourself and teammates accountable for completing the work.

This position is based in Las Cruces, New Mexico, with four days per week on-site and one day remote.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of experience in aerospace or a similar industry involving technical regulatory requirements.
• Associate degree or higher education.
• Demonstrated project management skills.
• Ability to multitask and effectively manage several parallel subprojects concurrently.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Above-average skills with MS Word, MS Excel, and MS Outlook.
• Willingness to adjust thinking and behavior.
• Ability to communicate in a timely, respectful manner and remain open to other ideas.
• Must meet U.S. Government export-control requirements: be a U.S. Person or able to obtain required authorization, and not be included on OFAC’s list of Specifically Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons.

Nice To Haves

• Flight, manufacturing, or maintenance operations experience within an aerospace organization.
• Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) or similar certification.
• Experience in relational database management or data modeling.

Responsibilities

• Act as the team liaison with stakeholders to develop long-term project schedules, timelines, and deliverables, and ensure goals are met throughout the project lifecycle.
• Facilitate communication among project stakeholders and collaborators.
• Lead project update meetings, prepare agendas, and synthesize information into clear reports.
• Develop requirement models to establish traceability for verification and validation activities within the digital thread.
• Monitor technical and business project risks and work with collaborators to develop mitigation plans.
• Organize, maintain, store, and share project artifacts for efficient retrieval and use, including establishing traceability and relationships between artifacts and data objects as required by the regulatory model.
• Work with data architects to develop and continually refine the regulatory model.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to prepare data packages for documenting compliance activities.
• Prepare data packages and compile artifacts in support of licensing, certification, and reporting standards required by regulators such as the FAA and FCC.
• Demonstrate teamwork and collaboration in communication, planning, negotiation, decision-making, and leadership.
• Foster partnerships and relationships with key stakeholders and communities.
• Work collaboratively to achieve goals and complete assigned tasks.

Benefits

• A full range of medical, financial, and other benefits, dependent on the position offered.
• Other forms of pay, such as a bonus or long-term incentive, may be provided as part of the compensation package.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree