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This role is part of Blue Origin corporate functions, providing centralized support across Blue Origin business unit teams, functions, and locations.
The Site Leader, Extended Sites serves as the on-the-ground representative for all Blue Origin locations outside of our primary campuses (WA, FL, AL, TX) - responsible for ensuring facility standards, cultivating a positive site culture, and maintaining strong community relationships. This role is uniquely positioned at the intersection of operations, culture, and enterprise standardization.
As Blue Origin scales, this leader plays a critical role in establishing and maintaining consistent site practices, standards, and experiences across a geographically distributed portfolio of locations. They serve as the ambassador, steward, and cultural anchor for each site in their scope - ensuring that every Blue Origin location, regardless of size, reflects our values, mission, and operational standards. This role requires a leader who can operate across multiple environments, build from the ground up, and influence without authority.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:Site Operations & Standards
- Oversee site appearance, maintenance, and safety standards across all sites in scope
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives for site conditions and operational efficiency
- Coordinate with facilities management to address infrastructure needs and improvements
- Ensure site security protocols are consistently followed across all locations
- Partner with internal stakeholders to determine and communicate site restrictions, closure and reopening status related to operations, product testing, or weather-related incidents
- Determine site space utilization including office-space planning, production, material movement, and storage requirements
- Ensure proper management of facility tours and dignitary visits
Standardization & Scalability
- Partner with peer site leaders and enterprise functions to develop, document, and implement consistent site operating standards and playbooks
- Serve as a feedback loop between smaller/emerging sites and enterprise leadership - surfacing local needs that inform broader site strategy
- Support the onboarding and setup of new site locations as Blue Origin expands its footprint
- Participate in operational reviews including safety meetings, internal and external audits across all sites in scope
Culture & Employee Experience
- Drive a safety culture through participation in onboarding and other communication vehicles
- In partnership with engagement teams, Business Resource Groups, and other planning teams, take ownership of site-wide engagement initiatives to foster an inclusive, high-performance culture
- Maintain regular communication channels (distribution lists, wiki pages) to inform and engage employees across all sites
- Champion company values and ensure alignment between corporate vision and local site execution
Community & External Relations
- In partnership with the sales and marketing team, serve as a primary site representative with local government officials and community organizations across all sites in scope
- Represent Blue Origin at local events, industry forums, and community engagements
- Collaborate on public relations matters specific to each site's local context
Reporting & Cross-Functional Coordination
- Coordinate preparation and communication of monthly site operational results to product line and business leaders
- Drive tight cross-functional collaboration across Facilities, EHS, Production, Business Leaders, Security, and engagement teams
- Escalate unresolved site-level issues to enterprise leadership as appropriate
Minimum Qualifications- 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in manufacturing, operations, or multi-site management environments
- Experience developing and managing annual operating plans, budgets and employee engagement initiatives
- Demonstrated ability to build and implement scalable standards and processes across multiple locations
- Strong cross-functional collaboration and influencing skills - this role succeeds through partnerships, not direct control
- Excellent stakeholder management and community relations experience
- Strong employee relations, people leadership, and communication skills - including public speaking for diverse audiences
- Track record of successful employee engagement programs
- Comfort representing Blue Origin's mission and brand publicly with government officials, community organizations, and at industry events
- Ability to travel regularly across sites in scope - up to 75% travel
Base Pay Range for:
CA applicants is $203,165.00 - $284,430.30CO applicants is $192,378.00 - $269,328.15WA applicants is $203,165.00 - $284,430.30VA applicants is $203,165.00 - $284,430.30
Other site ranges may differCulture StatementDon'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 an 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.
Benefits- Benefits include: 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%, and an 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.
- Dependent on role type and job level, employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses based on the company's intent to reward individual contributions and enable them to share in the company's results, or other factors at the company's sole discretion. Bonus amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed and subject to change and cancellation. Please check with your recruiter for more details.
