Executive Assistant Sr.

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.

About the role

This role is part of Blue Origin corporate functions, providing centralized support across Blue Origin business unit teams, functions, and locations. As a Senior Executive Assistant, you’ll provide administrative support to ensure efficient operation of an office, location, division, or team, helping coordinate business priorities and cadences. We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and dedication to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

Responsibilities

• Executive support - Work closely and effectively with senior management to keep them well informed of upcoming commitments and responsibilities, following up appropriately. Exercise good judgment while maintaining a realistic balance among multiple priorities.
• Calendar - Manage an extremely active calendar of appointments. Plan, coordinate, and ensure the schedule is followed and respected. Provide gatekeeper and gateway role, creating win-win situations for direct access to executives.
• Travel - Arrange complex and detailed travel plans, itineraries, and agendas; compile documents for travel-related meetings. Complete expense reports timely, following, and enforcing policy. Domestic and international travel is expected, with an emphasis on international travel.
• Writing & Editing - Compose and prepare draft documents and correspondence that are sometimes confidential. Review customer-facing white papers and proposals for quality and grammar.
• Tasks - Successfully complete tasks and critical aspects of deliverables.
• Projects - Work independently on projects, from conception to completion, under pressure at times, handling a wide variety of activities and confidentiality with discretion. These could include supporting recruiting priorities and other ad hoc projects as required.
• Organization – Using strong organizational skills, perform and prioritize multiple tasks seamlessly with excellent attention to detail. Prioritize conflicting needs. Handle matters expeditiously and proactively, following through on requirements to successful completion, often with deadline pressures. Adapt to competing demands in a fast-moving environment.
• Personnel – Using strong interpersonal skills, build relationships with stakeholders.
• Problem Solving - Demonstrate proactive approaches to problem-solving with strong decision-making capability. Demonstrate high attention to detail and flawless execution.
• Cross Collaboration - Ability to partner with stakeholders, including other EAs. Demonstrated ability to lead and influence the greater Ops Team.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Strong work tenure: 7+ years of experience supporting senior-level executives.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
• Strong oral and written communication skills, interpersonal skills, and high customer service capabilities and delivery.
• Administrative skills, organizational skills, and problem-solving skills. A bias for action.
• Emotional maturity; positive, low-stress behavior, in words and actions.
• Proven ability to handle confidential information with discretion.

Desired Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Aerospace environment experience.

Applicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Benefits

• 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%.
• 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 additional benefits and bonuses based on individual contributions and company results.

Pay

Base Pay Range for WA applicants is $49.79 - $69.70. Other site ranges may differ.