Communications Project Manager

Virgin Galactic

$81K — $124K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree with at least 5 years in events coordination or project management
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities without losing detail
  • Exceptional organizational skills relying on systems
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Comfort with owning and managing budgets
  • Proactive problem-solving skills anticipating issues beforehand
  • Experience or interest in aerospace or luxury brand environments is a plus

Responsibilities

  • Plan and execute a variety of events including conferences and product launches
  • Oversee logistics including venue, vendors, travel, and catering
  • Develop and maintain project timelines and track deliverables
  • Collaborate across departments to gather requirements
  • Manage event communications and follow-up activities
  • Maintain comprehensive project documentation and reporting
  • Monitor budgets and manage financial variances
  • Assist with on-site event setup and breakdown

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, financial, and other benefits
  • Opportunity for bonuses or long-term incentives
  • Dynamic work environment with high expectations
  • Opportunities for growth within the company
Full Job Description
The person in this role will be responsible for project managing and executing our events, on time and on brief.

As Communications Project Manager, you'll support the planning, coordination, and execution of events and projects across the Communications & Marketing team: from trade shows and media moments to internal offsites and partner activations. You'll work across every function in the business, manage multiple workstreams simultaneously, and be the person everyone trusts to have the details covered. Support the company strategy by holding ourselves and one another accountable for getting the work done.

This role suits someone who is exceptionally organized, calm under pressure, and finds genuine satisfaction in the craft of a well-run event.

Responsibilities

  • Plan and execute internal and external events including conferences, product launches, media moments, trade shows, and team offsites.
  • Own logistics end-to-end: venue, vendors, travel, catering, materials, on-site coordination.
  • Build and maintain project timelines, track deliverables, manage budgets and keep stakeholders aligned on milestones.
  • Collaborate across departments: communications, marketing, sales, legal, operations to gather requirements and deliver against them.
  • Manage event communications: invitations, briefing documents, reminders, and post-event follow-up.
  • Maintain clear project documentation and status reporting throughout each workstream.
  • Monitor budgets, process invoices, and flag variances proactively.
  • Participate in on-site event setup and breakdown, this is a hands-on role.
  • Evaluate outcomes and gather feedback to improve how we do it next time.


Required Skills and Experience
  • Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 5 years of experience in events coordination, project management, or a closely related field.
  • Demonstrable ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously without losing detail.
  • Exceptionally organized: you work from clear systems, not memory, and others can rely on your tracking.
  • Strong communicator, written and verbal.
  • Comfortable owning a budget: tracking spend, processing invoices, and flagging issues early.
  • Proactive by nature: you anticipate problems before they surface and solve them quietly.
  • At ease in environments that are fast-moving, occasionally ambiguous, and always high-expectation.
  • Experience with or genuine interest in aerospace, luxury, or experiential brand environments is a plus.
  • Demonstrate willingness to adjust thinking and behavior.
  • Ability to communicate in a manner that is timely, respectful, and open to other ideas.


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The annual U.S. base salary range for this full-time position is $81,650.00-$124,600.00. The base pay actually offered will vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, location, and experience and take into account internal equity. Other forms of pay (e.g., bonus or long term incentive) may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and other benefits, dependent on the position offered. For more information regarding Virgin Galactic benefits, please visit https://vgcareers.virgingalactic.com/global/en/benefits

Export Requirements
To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. Person (either a U.S. citizen, a lawful permanent resident or a protected individual as defined 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3) or be able to obtain the required authorization from either the U.S. Department of State or the U.S. Department of Commerce. The applicant must also not be included in the list of Specifically Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control. See list here .

Phoenix Employment Requirements
For individuals seeking employment at our Phoenix Mesa Gateway Airport facility, employment is contingent upon you obtaining and maintaining a TSA authorized security badge. This includes initial and annual mandatory background checks that are governed by TSA, and conducted by the Phoenix Mesa Gateway Airport badging office.

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