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At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We're working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our diverse team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight! We are a diverse team of collaborators, doers, and problem-solvers who are relentlessly committed to a culture of safety. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your commitment and detailed attention toward safe and repeatable space flight. 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 a Senior Specialist in Program Planning and Controls and a part of the MK1 Program Operations team, you will help enable Blue Origin's first landing on the moon. You will be partnered with one or more of our Integrated Product Teams in the cost and schedule management of their scope, integrating their cost and schedule plans into the larger program management effort, and will be empowered to ensure your teams' are managing to cost and schedule success. A love for well-organized work, an affinity for detailed and diligent management, and an enjoyment of working with great people to quickly accomplish historic goals will be essential. Establishing this cost and schedule management will involve soliciting inputs on requirements and dependencies supporting the development of Work Breakdown Structures, Integrated Master Schedules, and the formation of detailed IPT-level schedules. This position will drive execution to these plans by coordinating status updates, collecting and inputting schedule performance, performing regular schedule forecast updates, and providing actionable schedule reporting. You will use schedule performance data to generate actionable metrics, key performance indicators, and schedule reporting artifacts to inform IPT leaders and influence future schedule updates. A strong attention to detail and proactive analysis of schedule status and variances is needed to help advise future performance on our projects. This position will also require you to manage updates that support program Estimate to Completes (ETC) and Estimate at Complete (EACs) exercises. As part of the PP&C functional team, you will also support (or lead!) company-level initiatives aimed at driving consistency in schedule and cost processes, tools, and reporting across business units to drive operational maturity. Reporting to MK1's Director of Program Operations and utilizing your experience in analysis, exemplary communication, and high attention to detail and accuracy, you will work to increase the speed and efficiency of our programs by supporting the timely delivery, quality, and transparency of schedule data to support program stakeholders including IPT leaders and Program Managers. We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required! Qualifications: Undergraduate degree in business, finance, engineering, project management or other highly analytical field 7+ years of experience in program scheduling in aerospace industry or R&D programs Broad/deep scheduling and planning skillset - proficiency with resource-loaded schedules using Primavera (P6), Open Plan, MS Project, or other software Control account management including schedule baselining, reforecasting, variance analysis, and schedule-change management Proven ability to build, develop, and maintain a fully networked and resource-loaded Integrated Master Schedule from scratch Skilled in developing and using cost and schedule reports Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contrib