Blue Origin Hiring for Sr Director, Finance Operations (Corporate Operations) at Merritt Island, FL  Full Time

We are a diverse team of collaborators, doers, and problem-solvers who are relentlessly committed to a culture of safety. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable space flight. Join us in lowering the cost of access to space and enabling Blue Origin’s vision of millions of people living and working in space to benefit Earth.

As part of a unique and highly skilled team, you’ll participate in building the road to space. You will join the Finance Operations leadership team and partner with the Senior Executive(s) of supply chain management in the enhancement and growth of this critical support organization. In this hands-on role, you will provide executive financial leadership driving performance improvement and predictability. We are seeking a proactive, detailed and service-oriented leader with excellent financial skill, analytical ability, and interpersonal skills that can thrive in a fast-paced environment and handles ambiguity with confidence.

You will be responsible for the financial management of Test & Flight Ops (TFO), Safety & Mission Assurance (SMA), and Quality, as their operational partner. This role will provide critical financial insights and analysis to other business leaders and influence operating and strategic decisions. These decision areas include capital investments, mission objectives, schedule performance, new business opportunities, and product and service pricing. As a change agent and Finance leader for Corporate Operations, you’ll build the financial infrastructure and a scalable finance function that has the right people, processes, and tools to support growth.

We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, commitment to quality, and superb leadership skills to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

On-site role with flexibility between Huntsville, AL, Merritt Island, FL, and Kent, WA. Relocation provided.

Responsibilities:

• Lead an impactful team of leaders and individual contributors; establish clear team and individual objectives, support performance and career development, and team engagement
• Analyze data and methods to predict and improve the company’s delivery of products and services to its customers
• Develop and deliver business unit financial commitments in program/project EACs, business cases, investment returns, and annual operating plan
• Facilitate change by seeking opportunities to transform or improve systems, processes, and model adaptability
• Review bids and proposals, customer contract performance, new opportunity development.
• Participate in customer, supplier, and vertical integration strategies and negotiations. Support assessment of strategic partnerships and mergers & acquisitions
• Establishes finance operational strategies by evaluating trends, establishing critical measurements, resolving problems, and implementing change
• Lead the Annual Operating Plan and Multi Year financial planning process for the key organizations listed above
• Eliminate bottlenecks across the organization to improve cycle time
• Perform financial analyses to support investments, pricing and new business decisions, expert in make-buy decisions
• Develop financial strategies by forecasting capital, facilities, and staff requirements; identifying monetary resources; and developing action plans
• Oversee financial performance by measuring and analyzing results, initiating corrective actions, and minimizing the impact of variances
• Maximize returns on invested funds

Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to effectively lead multiple, large-scale projects and dynamically shift focus and reprioritize when needed
• Excellent communicator; can articulate complex concepts to a diverse technical and non-technical audience
• A hands-on leader, with a team-centered orientation, and prioritizes collaboration with visibility in problem solving
• The highest levels of integrity, unquestionable ethics, excellent judgement

Qualifications:

• Bachelors or graduate degree in relevant field
• 15+ years of Finance experience to include experience in manufacturing and research and development industries such as aerospace, defense, automotive, or similar
• Significant and progressive people management experience
• Experience mentoring and coaching both financial and non-financial staff
• Professional proficiency in FAR and DFAR
• Experience with multiple legal entities and sites
• Extensive cash management experience
• Knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles and, project and cost accounting, and rates
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum

Desired:

• MBA or master’s degree
• CPA, CMA
• Aerospace and defense manufacturing experience
• Financial leadership role of a multibillion-dollar business unit

Don’t meet all desired requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At Blue Origin, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every desired qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Compensation range for on site WA applicants is $206,462-$302,810

Compensation range for on site CA applicants is $206,462-$302,810

Other site ranges may differ

Export Control Regulations

Applicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S.as a refugee or granted asylum.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Blue Origin is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and is committed to attracting, retaining, and developing a highly qualified, diverse, and dedicated work force. Blue Origin hires and promotes people on the basis of their qualifications, performance, and abilities. We support the establishment and maintenance of a workplace that fosters trust, equality, and teamwork, in which all employees recognize and appreciate the diversity of individual team members. We provide all qualified applicants for employment and employees with equal opportunities for hire, promotion, and other terms and conditions of employment, regardless of their race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin/ethnicity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, and/or local law. Blue Origin will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws. For more information on “EEO Is the Law,” please see here and here.

Blue Origin will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the Washington Fair Chance Act, Los Angeles Fair Chance in Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws.

Affirmative Action and Disability Accommodation

Applicants wishing to receive information on Blue Origin’s Affirmative Action Plans, or applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in the application and/or interview process, please contact us at .

Benefits

Employee Benefits include: Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave (must be employed at time of birth or adoption), short and long-term disability, 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%, and an Education Support Program available after 1 year of service.

Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays for all regular employees (including part-time), fixed-term, and interns.

Discretionary bonus: Employees may be eligible for discretionary bonuses in addition to base pay. Bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results.

ITAR Requirements

To conform to U.S. Government commercial space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), 8 U.S.C. § 1324b(a)(3), applicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawfully admitted for permanent residence into the U.S. (i.e. current green card holder), or lawfully admitted as a refugee or granted asylum under 8 U.S.C. § 1157-1158. Learn more about the ITAR here.

Equal Employment Opportunity
Blue Origin is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and is committed to attracting, retaining, and developing a highly qualified, diverse, and dedicated work force. Blue Origin hires and promotes people on the basis of their qualifications, performance, and abilities. We support the establishment and maintenance of a workplace that fosters trust, equality, and teamwork, in which all employees recognize and appreciate the diversity of individual team members. We provide all qualified applicants for employment and employees with equal opportunities for hire, promotion, and other terms and conditions of employment, regardless of their race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin/ethnicity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, and/or local law. Blue Origin will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws. For more information on “EEO Is the Law,” please see here and here.

Affirmative Action and Disability Accommodation
Applicants wishing to view a copy of Blue Origin’s Affirmative Action Plans, or applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in the application and/or interview process, please contact us at [email protected].