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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.

This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your dedication and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable spaceflight. 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 the Sr. Manager of Business Resilience, you will lead a high-performing team responsible for the full lifecycle of contingency planning and incident management. This includes developing and executing our enterprise-wide business continuity strategy, conducting business impact analyses (BIAs), leading contingency and incident responses, and managing drills and exercises to ensure operational readiness for launches, tests, and other critical events.

You will be a hands-on leader, working collaboratively across all business units to identify, measure, and mitigate risks, directly contributing to the resilience and success of our operations. This role demands strong leadership, excellent communication skills, and a passion for ensuring operational continuity in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities:

• Lead, mentor, and grow the Business Resilience team, including hiring, onboarding, development, and performance management of direct reports.
• Develop, maintain, and activate protocols for Incident and Contingency Management; serve as or delegate a Contingency Coordinator during launch operations, hazardous testing, and crisis events.
• Direct enterprise-wide Business Resilience activities, including Business Impact Analyses, Business Recovery Plans, and Incident and Contingency Management response frameworks.
• Oversee the execution of training, drills, and simulations to evaluate and enhance organizational readiness and response efficiency.
• Partner with Site Leaders, Operations, Supply Chain, Security, EHS, and other key functions to develop and integrate robust continuity and recovery strategies.
• Guide the team in conducting interviews with business units to build and maintain Business Impact Analyses and actionable Business Recovery Plans within our continuity management software.
• Ensure there is a primary point of contact during emergency events, coordinating with the Enterprise Operations Center to provide clear, timely updates to leadership and stakeholders.
• Manage on-call schedules to ensure 24/7 leadership for incident management response across the enterprise.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Emergency Management, Public Administration, Business, Risk Management, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in business continuity, disaster recovery, or crisis management program planning and execution.
• Proven ability to lead and perform effectively in a high-pressure environment with competing priorities and tight deadlines.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex, cross-functional projects and stakeholders.
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence outcomes and drive consensus.
• 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:

• Master's degree in a relevant field.
• Professional certification in Business Continuity (CBCP, ABCP, MBCI) or Project Management (PMP).
• 7+ years of progressive experience in a leadership role within business continuity, disaster recovery, or crisis management.
• Experience in the aerospace, manufacturing, or high-tech industries.
• Experience leading and developing high-performance, multidisciplinary teams.
• Proficiency with Business Continuity Management Software or Risk Management Information Systems (RMIS).
• Familiarity with Generative AI tools and their application to risk and resilience management.
• Formal training and hands-on experience in incident command or crisis leadership.

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Being at the heart of Blue Origin operations, the West Texas Site in Van Horn, TX offers eligible employee's additional attractive financial incentives to supplement their competitive base earnings, including a living allowance and relocation assistance. Eligibility for these additional benefits is based on the employee's ability to permanently relocate to Van Horn, TX, or travel to Van Horn from another Blue location a minimum of 50% of the time.

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• 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.

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Base Pay Range for:
WA applicants is $183,807.00 - $257,328.75

Other site ranges may differ

Culture Statement

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 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.