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Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.\nEXTERNAL FLEET MANAGER \nAs Starship production, test, and site work scale, the suppliers, builders, and service contractors who support that work have to stay on contract and in compliance. They turn operational needs into clear agreements, keep obligations and flowdowns in force, hold maintenance and repair contractors to their service levels, and close compliance gaps before they stop a delivery, a lift, a test, or site access. \nRESPONSIBILITIES: \nOwn the contract and compliance posture for assigned suppliers, construction contractors, equipment vendors, maintenance and repair contractors, and on-site service providers supporting Starship production, test, and Starbase operations\nRun agreements from need through closeout, including scope, commercial terms, negotiation support, execution, change orders, amendments, claims, and closeout\nTurn requests from production, test, facilities, crane and heavy equipment, construction, maintenance, and operations into statements of work, deliverables, acceptance criteria, and schedules that can be enforced\nOwn maintenance and repair contracts for critical equipment and site systems. Set the work the contractor must perform, the hours they must cover, the parts they must stage, and the condition the equipment must be in when they hand it back\nWrite and enforce service level agreements with maintenance and repair contractors, including:Response time from the call to a qualified technician on site\nRestore time from the failure back to a safe, usable condition\nUptime or availability targets on critical equipment\nParts availability, including what must be stocked locally and what can be ordered\nReporting, escalation, and after-action requirements for every outage\n\nTrack each SLA with call logs, downtime records, and repair closeout. Apply the contract remedies, including service credits, added coverage, or replacement of a contractor who misses the standard\nWork with maintenance, reliability, crane operations, and production during a breakdown so the contractor is called under the right agreement, the scope stays inside that agreement, and the equipment is returned to service against the SLA\nReview repeat repairs and repeat SLA misses with maintenance and reliability. Change the scope, the spare-parts requirement, or the contractor when the same failure keeps coming back\nBuild and maintain compliance programs for the assigned portfolio that include:Contract obligation registers, milestone tracking, and evidence files\nFlowdown of customer, regulatory, quality, safety, environmental, insurance, export-control, and security requirements into supplier agreements\nSite-access, badging, training, and insurance checks before a supplier or contractor starts work\nCorrective action when a supplier misses a requirement, a delivery, a repair window, or a site rule\n\nReview new and revised agreements for missing clauses, conflicting terms, and requirements the supplier cannot meet, and resolve them with Procurement, Legal, Finance, and the requesting team\nRun working-level contract changes. Hold scope, price, and schedule to the written agreement, and escalate disputes with a clear record\nLead or support supplier and internal audits, assessments, and responses to customer, government, or internal findings. Own closure of findings in the assigned portfolio\nControl export-controlled and proprietary information shared with suppliers. Confirm authorization, marking, and need-to-know before data or hardware leaves SpaceX\nOnboard new suppliers and new statements of work. Release them to work only after contract, compliance, insurance, quality, and site-access gates are met\nSupport source selection with compliance and past-performance input. Flag suppliers who cannot meet flowdowns, site rules, response times, or delivery risk before award\nDefine and track contract and compliance metrics, including cycle time, obligation aging, on-time delivery, SLA attainment, audit findings, and repeat noncompliance\nGive production, test, maintenance, and site leaders a clear read on what is authorized, what is late, which contractors are missing their service levels, and what is blocked\nWork with Legal, Procurement, Finance, Security, EHS, Quality, Maintenance, and Engineering so contract terms, service levels, and compliance controls match how the work is actually done\nBASIC QUALIFICATIONS: \nBachelor's degree in business, supply chain, engineering, or a related field OR 5+ years of experience in contracts, procurement, supplier management, export compliance, or regulatory compliance in manufacturing, construction, aerospace, defense, or heavy industry\n3+ years of experience in contracts, procurement, supplier management, export compliance, or regulatory compliance in manufacturing, construction, aerospace, defense, or heavy industry\n2+ years of experience as a people leader or owning a project portfolio.\nPREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE: \n5+ years administering complex commercial or government contracts in a manufacturing, construction, test, or operational environment\nExperience managing maintenance, repair, or equipment-service contracts, including response time, restore time, uptime, and parts commitments\nExperience with on-site contractor control: insurance, indemnification, site rules, safety and environmental flowdowns, and access requirements\nHands-on experience writing and negotiating statements of work, changes, claims, and closeout packages with suppliers or construction contractors\nExperience enforcing service level agreements with evidence, service credits, and contractor corrective action when uptime or response targets are missed\nWorking knowledge of ITAR and EAR, including technical data control, foreign-person access, and supplier authorization\nExperience with quality and configuration requirements flowed to suppliers, including nonconformance and corrective action\nExperience using a contract lifecycle, procurement, or ERP system such as SAP, and with Microsoft Excel and Power BI for obligation and supplier reporting\nFamiliarity with aerospace, heavy industrial, or construction work, including equipment, tooling, cranes, or site infrastructure contracts\nAbility to read a technical scope, a drawing package at a practical level, and a supplier proposal, and to tell which gaps matter\nExperience preparing audit responses and holding a supplier to a dated corrective action plan\nClear writing, sound judgment under schedule pressure, and the ability to say what is not authorized\nEligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance\nADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS: \nStand: up to 4 hours per day\nSit: up to 6 hours per day\nWalk: up to 3 hours per day\nLift/Carry: up to 25 lbs (unassisted), up to 1 hour per day\nClimb (ladder/stairs): up to 1 hour per day\nKneel/Crouch: up to 1 hour per day\nAbility to work in temperatures over 80°F: up to 3 hours per day\nMust be able to work in an office and in active production, test, and construction areas while wearing required personal protective equipment, including an air-purifying respirator when the area requires it\nMust be willing to work extended hours and weekends when contract awards, deliveries, repairs, tests, or audits require it\nITAR REQUIREMENTS:\nTo conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. 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