Senior Executive Assistant (R37955)

This role is part of Enterprise Program Management (EPM), where we provide technical standards, tools, processes, training, and subject matter expertise for product engineering and manufacturing. EPM allows all Blue Origin business units to benefit from commonly used capabilities, hardware, and software and assists business units in identifying, selecting, and training engineers from both inside and outside the organization.

As a Senior Executive Assistant on the EPM team, you’ll provide administrative support to ensure efficient operation of an office, location, division, or team, helping coordinate business priorities and cadences.

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

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Executive support - Work closely and effectively with senior management to keep them well informed of upcoming commitments and responsibilities, following up appropriately. Exercise good judgment while maintaining a realistic balance among multiple priorities.

• Calendar - Manage an extremely active calendar of appointments. Plan, coordinate and ensure the schedule is followed and respected. Provide gatekeeper and gateway role, creating win-win situations for direct access to executives.

• Travel - Arrange complex and detailed travel plans, itineraries, and agendas; compile documents for travel-related meetings. Complete expense reports timely, following and enforcing policy.

• Writing & Editing - Compose and prepare draft documents and correspondence that are sometimes confidential. Review customer facing white papers and proposals for quality and grammar.

• Tasks - Successfully complete tasks and critical aspects of deliverables.

• Projects - Work independently on projects, from conception to completion, under pressure at times, handling a wide variety of activities and confidentiality with discretion. These could include supporting recruiting priorities and other ad hoc projects as required.

• Organization – Using strong organizational skills, perform and prioritize multiple tasks seamlessly with excellent attention to detail. Prioritize conflicting needs. Handle matters expeditiously and proactively, following through on requirements to successful completion, often with deadline pressures. Adapt to competing demands in a fast-moving environment.

• Personnel – Using strong interpersonal skills, build relationships with stakeholders.

• Problem Solving - Demonstrate proactive approaches to problem-solving with strong decision-making capability. Demonstrate high attention to detail and flawless execution.

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent

• Strong work tenure: five to seven years of experience supporting senior level executives

• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, and Power Point),

• Strong oral and written communication skills, interpersonal skills, and high customer service capabilities and delivery

• Administrative skills, organizational skills and problem-solving skills. A bias for action.

• Emotional maturity; positive, low-stress behavior, in words and actions

• Proven ability to handle confidential information with discretion

• 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:

• Bachelors degree

• Aerospace environment experience

• Technical or manufacturing environment experience