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Who we are

Virgin Orbit National Systems (previously known as VOX Space) provides the national security community of the USA and allied nations with responsive, dedicated, and affordable launch services for small satellites bound for Low Earth Orbit. Headquartered in El Segundo, California, Virgin Orbit National Systems can provide study, analysis, integration, and launch services using Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne, while ensuring our customer’s critical information is protected.

Position Summary 

Virgin Orbit National Systems is seeking an experienced integrated lead program scheduler to create and analyze an Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) and multi-project schedules. The candidate will possess strong problem solving skills as well as implementation skills to help guide a team in creating and standardizing good project planning, scheduling and execution disciplines. The candidate will team with Business Manager and Department Managers to address and solve scheduling matters, resource conflicts, and implementation of new strategies for schedule enhancements. This is a full-time position at Virgin Orbit National System’s facility in El Segundo, California. 

Your Mission

• Organize, integrate, implement, and maintain LauncherOne multi-layered program schedule using Microsoft Project. • Lead the preparation, development, coordination, and design of integrated plans and schedules to meet all business and project/program execution objectives. • Develop and execute the strategy for integrating plans and schedules. • Recommend integrated scheduling best practices, processes, techniques and tools to management. • Improve methods and approaches for schedule-related risk and opportunity analysis, as well as critical path analysis. • Lead the integration and schedule impact analysis of multifaceted schedule changes. • Analyze and manage tasks to ensure satisfactory realization of project requirements as scheduled. • Log project time-lines and maintain database of tasks and its status. • Log all new information into database and provide scheduled reports for Department coordination and reporting purposes. • Interact with Business Manager, Program Manager, and Department Managers to coordinate assignments. • Interact with Department Managers to develop and update detailed schedules, cost information and identification of variances from original plan. • Evaluate project schedule progress and performance, and identify developing problem areas. • Analyze critical path and constraints to determine effect of changes to schedule and recommend work-around. • Analyze risks affecting project costs and schedules. • Support Department Managers to maintain timely and effective change management processes, procedures, and systems. • Assist team to develop and maintain weekly and monthly status reports to keep management informed on project progress. • Conduct analysis to determine alternative courses of action or recovery on slipped schedules.• Create project dashboards based on updates from the project team.

What you bring

• 8 years of Aerospace project management experience.• 6 years managing Aerospace project schedules, tasks, and budgets. • Strong Research and Development and Manufacturing experience.• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Business Administration, or related field.• Exemplary written and oral communication skills.• Strong administration/time management skills.• Demonstrated mastery of Microsoft Project and Microsoft Excel.

Suggestions for Education/Certifications

• PMI certification (PMP, CAPM, or PMI-SP) a plus.• Strong analytical skills.

Personal Requirements:

Virgin Orbit National Systems and the greater Virgin Organization have a relaxed and informal culture that encourages individuality and innovation. You will be motivated, enterprising and enthusiastic. Company culture is such that you need to be able to “check your ego at the door”, be a self-starter and possess a sense of humility. You will work well under commercial pressure and thrive on being given challenges and responsibility. You will communicate clearly and be confident and persuasive. You will have a high level of integrity and understand the need of complete confidentiality.

Virgin Orbit National Systems is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Virgin Orbit National Systems is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.