Senior Business Operations

Role Overview

• Develop comprehensive plans to develop, manufacture, qualify and integrate Payload Accommodations sub-systems.
• Coordinate with design engineers, procurement, procurement, operations, test engineers, production, and test engineering, to ensure all aspects of the build and test are driving to plan.
• Manage key program metrics (and associated reporting tools) in areas such as: budget, engineering schedules, equipment schedules, procurement schedules, build schedules, test schedules, program management status reports, and resource plans.
• Develop recovery strategies when non-conformances or other escapes are identified.
• Identify risk, document, communicate, develop mitigation plans and drive to an acceptable level.
• Communicate status, critical paths, challenges, and recommended solutions.
• Track budgets and manage the committed/ uncommitted forecast, variance and other financial metrics.
• Develop change assessments and find alternatives to mitigate budget increases.
• Deliver actionable insights on financial performance and opportunities to reduce costs without impacting performance.
• Develop and manage detailed schedules & trackers for all build and test activities.
• Coordinate progress with higher level IMS. Perform schedule baseline change control, collect, and track performance, conduct critical path and variance analyses.
• Provide regular updates to all team members on progress and risks to meet overall schedule.
• Collaborate with purchasing and supplier management to ensure on-time delivery of hardware (flight/ground) to Integration.
• Ensure resource and facility conflicts are resolved.

Requirements

• B.S. degree in Engineering, Business, Project Management, Operations, or equivalent job experience.
• 10+ years of project management experience.
• High attention to detail and strong organizational/coordination skills.
• Demonstrated ability to build trusting and effective working relationships that improve team performance and deliver results.
• Experience managing work within large organizations or complex projects that are geographically dispersed.
• Working knowledge of design process, manufacturing, and configuration management principles and practices.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Skills for hands-on problem solving, with a passion for spacecraft systems.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, multifaceted environment.
• Ability to perform and work in an “unstructured” environment and navigate ambiguity.

Benefits

• 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%
• Education Support Program
• Stock Options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week)
• Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
• Bonus amounts may be awarded based on individual contributions