Communications Project Manager
Virgin Galactic's events are unlike any other—hosted at our spaceship factory in the Arizona desert, the Spaceport in New Mexico, global airshows, and unique experiences for diverse external audiences. We create moments that must feel as extraordinary as the program they represent. This role involves project managing and executing our events, ensuring they are delivered on time and on brief.
About the role
As Communications Project Manager, you'll support the planning, coordination, and execution of events and projects across the Communications & Marketing team. This includes trade shows, media moments, internal offsites, and partner activations. You'll collaborate across every function in the business, manage multiple workstreams, and ensure all details are covered. This role is ideal for someone who is exceptionally organized, thrives under pressure, and takes pride in executing well-run events.
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, and 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, and 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 future events.
Requirements
- 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, both 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 fast-moving, occasionally ambiguous, and high-expectation environments.
- 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 timely, respectful, and open manner.
Pay
The annual U.S. base salary range for this full-time position is $81,650.00–$124,600.00. The base pay offered will vary based on job-related knowledge, skills, location, and experience, and will also consider internal equity. Additional forms of pay, such as bonuses or long-term incentives, may be included as part of the compensation package, along with a full range of medical, financial, and other benefits.
Benefits
For more information regarding Virgin Galactic benefits, visit vgcareers.virgingalactic.com/global/en/benefits.
To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicants must be a U.S. Person (U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)) or able to obtain the required authorization from the U.S. Department of State or Commerce. Applicants must not be included in the Office of Foreign Assets Control’s Specifically Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons list.
For individuals seeking employment at our Phoenix Mesa Gateway Airport facility, employment is contingent upon obtaining and maintaining a TSA-authorized security badge, including initial and annual mandatory background checks governed by TSA and conducted by the Phoenix Mesa Gateway Airport badging office.