Virgin Galactic's events are not like other companies' events. We host guests at the spaceship factory in the Arizona desert, and the Spaceport in New Mexico, make announcements at global airshows, produce unique experiences for a variety of our external audiences. We produce moments that need to feel as extraordinary as the program they're representing. The person in this role will be responsible for project managing and executing our events, on time and on brief.
As Communications Project Manager, you'll support the planning, coordination, and execution of events and projects across the Communications & Marketing team: from trade shows and media moments to internal offsites and partner activations. You'll work across every function in the business, manage multiple workstreams simultaneously, and be the person everyone trusts to have the details covered. Support the company strategy by holding ourselves and one another accountable for getting the work done.
This role suits someone who is exceptionally organized, calm under pressure, and finds genuine satisfaction in the craft of a well-run event.
- 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, 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, 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 how we do it next time.
Required Skills and Experience
- 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, 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 environments that are fast-moving, occasionally ambiguous, and always high-expectation.
- 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 manner that is timely, respectful, and open to other ideas.
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The annual U.S. base salary range for this full-time position is $81,650.00–$124,600.00. The base pay actually offered will vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, location, and experience and take into account internal equity. Other forms of pay (e.g., bonus or long term incentive) may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and other benefits, dependent on the position offered. For more information regarding Virgin Galactic benefits, please visit https://vgcareers.virgingalactic.com/global/en/benefits
Who We Are
Virgin Galactic is an aerospace and space travel company, pioneering human spaceflight for private individuals and researchers with its advanced air and space vehicles. We are making the dream of space travel a reality, delivering spaceflight at an unprecedented frequency, with the development of next generation space vehicles.
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To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. Person (either a U.S. citizen, a lawful permanent resident or a protected individual as defined 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3) or be able to obtain the required authorization from either the U.S. Department of State or the U.S. Department of Commerce. The applicant must also not be included in the list of Specifically Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control. See list here.
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Virgin Galactic is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Virgin Galactic is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
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