Director, New Glenn Program Planning & Controls (PP&C)

Application close date: 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 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. About Blue Origin Blue Origin is committed to building the infrastructure for humanity's future in space. Our mission is to make space accessible for the benefit of Earth, and New Glenn represents a transformational capability for commercial and government customers. As a leader in commercial spaceflight and aerospace innovation, we are advancing the technologies and processes that will enable humanity to thrive beyond Earth. About the Role Blue Origin is seeking an exceptional leader to own the Program Planning & Controls (PP&C) function for the New Glenn program — spanning both 7x2 and 9x4 rockets. As the senior PP&C authority for the program, you will set the multi-year strategy for schedule and risk integration; build and lead a multi-team organization through subordinate managers; integrate AI and automation into all of our scheduling and schedule reporting tools; and serve as the definitive voice on program health in company and customer-facing reviews with NASA, the US Space Force, Amazon, and other stakeholders. You will operate as a peer to Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations, and Finance leadership, and will hold decision rights on program-level schedule tradeoffs, baseline change authority, and gate criteria. What You'll Do Schedule & Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) Leadership Build and lead a multi-team PP&C organization through subordinate managers, spanning scheduling, planning, and schedule risk analysis across the 7x2 and 9x4 New Glenn programs Build and manage relationships with internal and external customers and stakeholders reliant on the New Glenn schedules Own organizational design, headcount planning, and talent strategy for the PP&C function, including hiring plans to support increasing flight and production cadence Develop managers and senior individual contributors; build succession depth in schedule, cost, and risk disciplines Establish the functional standards, guidelines, metrics, and change-management rules that govern PP&C practice across the program Develop and integrate AI and automation into the scheduling and schedule reporting Foster a culture of accountability, precision, and collaborative problem-solving aligned with Blue Origin's mission-driven values Strategy & Decision Authority Set the multi-year PP&C roadmap for New Glenn, including the maturity path from current state to a fully integrated schedule/risk environment supporting high-rate operations Hold baseline change authority for the program IMS; approve or escalate baseline changes per program governance Own "what must be true" decision frameworks and greenlight gate criteria; serve as the accountable authority for the schedule and risk inputs underpinning go/no-go recommendations Represent the PP&C function in program-level priority and resource tradeoff decisions as a peer to Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations, and Finance leadership Serve as the program's senior functional interface to Blue Origin corporate PP&C, capital governance, and Finance leadership Schedule & IMS Leadership Own the program Integrated Master Schedule across the 7x2 and 9x4 New Glen programs and upgrades, including multi-level schedule products (e.g., executive/customer-fa…

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