Vice President, Enterprise Applications & Data

Overview

Virgin Galactic is an aerospace and space travel company, pioneering human spaceflight for private individuals and researchers with our advanced air and space vehicles. We are developing a spaceflight system designed to connect the world to the wonder and awe created by space travel. Scale and profit are driven by next generation vehicles capable of bringing humans to space at an unprecedented frequency with an industry-leading cost structure.

The VP, Enterprise Applications & Data is a strategic executive responsible for driving the modernization and optimization of Virgin Galactic’s enterprise applications and data capabilities across the organization. Reporting to the CIO, this role requires a visionary who can balance long-term strategic planning with pragmatic, hands-on execution. The VP, Enterprise Applications & Data will own strategy, delivery, and operations for core digital platforms including Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and other key enterprise systems.

The VP will drive major application modernization efforts, build enterprise-wide data governance, enhance analytics maturity, create operational excellence in application support, and influence technology decision-making across the company.

• Strategic Leadership

• Develop and execute multi-year enterprise application and data transformation roadmaps aligned with business strategy, regulatory requirements, and Virgin Galactic’s mission.
• Partner with executive leadership to define and prioritize digital capabilities that enable growth, operational efficiency, compliance, speed, and scalability.
• Lead enterprise architecture alignment, ensuring integrated, future-proof platforms across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, customer experience, and corporate functions.
• Establish KPIs, OKRs, and performance metrics to measure value creation, application performance, data quality, and team effectiveness.
• Communicate strategy, progress, risks, and outcomes to C-level leaders and cross-functional stakeholders with clarity and transparency.

• Application Technology & Solution Delivery

• Own the full lifecycle of enterprise applications including PLM, ERP, CRM, MES, and integration middleware.
• Oversee the full portfolio and roadmap of enterprise applications, ensuring platforms meet current and evolving needs.
• Oversee solution architecture, vendor platforms, and integration technologies to maintain a cohesive, scalable enterprise technology landscape.
• Lead application implementation projects ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery of expected scope with a high degree of quality.
• Implement service management disciplines (ITIL, problem/incident/change management) to ensure application stability, uptime, and support excellence.

• Data Governance, Insights, and Analytics Enablement

• Create and lead an enterprise data governance framework covering data stewardship, quality, security, master data, lineage, and lifecycle management.
• Partner with security and compliance teams to ensure data practices align with regulatory and SOX requirements.
• Oversee data architecture, data warehousing, BI tools, and advanced analytics capabilities.
• Enable self-service analytics, operational reporting, and data-driven decision-making across business functions.
• Shape the future state of enterprise data platforms (cloud data lake, MDM, integration hubs, real-time pipelines).

• Operational Excellence & Program Management

• Lead program and portfolio management for enterprise applications and data initiatives, ensuring effective prioritization, governance, and cross-functional alignment.
• Build operational rigor through SLA definition, capacity planning, availability management, and continuous service improvement.
• Manage budgets, vendor contracts, licensing, and sourcing strategies to optimize cost, value, and performance.
• Mitigate risk through proactive identification of technical debt, security vulnerabilities, compliance gaps, and business continuity needs.

• Talent Development & Culture Building

• Proven leadership and talent-development abilities.
• Build and lead a high-performing team including…