Program Manager, Intern Experience — Operations & Impact

Blue Origin LLC; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 112,000 - 157,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Education Support Program

Job summary

Blue Origin is hiring a Program Manager for Intern Experience to own the day-to-day internship lifecycle across multiple US sites. You will run onboarding, cohort events, mentorship, and offboarding, ensuring a consistent intern experience and timely program reporting.

You will collaborate with recruiters, HR, and site teams, manage escalations, and apply data insights to improve cycles and guide transitions from intern to full-time hires. This role values initiative and measurable impact.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of program or project management experience, ideally in talent acquisition, university programs, early career, or HR programs.
• Experience owning end-to-end delivery of a defined program or workstream, including planning, execution, tracking, and closeout.
• Demonstrated use of data and metrics to report on program health and drive improvements.
• Strong written and verbal communication, with the ability to give clear status updates and escalate issues with context.
• Experience working cross-functionally with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Proven ability to prioritize across competing demands and deliver on tight timelines.
• Comfort operating with some ambiguity and taking initiative without waiting for direction.
• Bachelor's degree and/or equivalent experience (including military)

Responsibilities

• Own the operational delivery of intern experience programming across the internship lifecycle: onboarding, cohort events, mentorship touchpoints, development sessions, and offboarding.
• Execute against established plans, timelines, and templates; manage program calendars, logistics, vendor coordination, and communications.
• Maintain accurate program documentation, tracking, and reporting in a timely manner.
• Coordinate across Blue Origin sites to deliver a consistent intern experience regardless of location.
• Monitor program metrics and survey responses, including intern experience scores and participation rates.
• Report program status against objectives on a regular cadence, flag risks with context for action.
• Surface insights to inform program evolution and contribute data and lessons learned to reviews.
• Serve as a primary operational point of contact for interns, managers, and mentors; unblock issues and route escalations.

Skills

Program management

Data-driven

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Equivalent experience

Tools

ATS

CRM

Power BI

Tableau

Smartsheet

Job description

Blue Origin is hiring a Program Manager for Intern Experience to own the day-to-day internship lifecycle across multiple US sites. You will run onboarding, cohort events, mentorship, and offboarding, ensuring a consistent intern experience and timely program reporting.

You will collaborate with recruiters, HR, and site teams, manage escalations, and apply data insights to improve cycles and guide transitions from intern to full-time hires. This role values initiative and measurable impact.