Sr Technical Program Manager – New Glenn
| Company | Blue Origin |
|---|---|
| Location | Seattle, WA, USA, Los Angeles, CA, USA, Merritt Island, FL, USA, Denver, CO, USA, Huntsville, AL, USA |
| Salary | $107707 – $164497 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- B.S. in Engineering field
- 10+ years managing complex, multi-disciplinary, fast-paced, aerospace projects
- 5+ years of industry experience in launch system or satellite operations
- Strong oral and written communication skills and proven ability to collaborate across all levels of an organization
- Occasional travel required
- Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion
- Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
Responsibilities
- Lead new development project collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and program timelines.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for stakeholders, providing regular project updates, status reports, and ensuring clear communication across multiple teams.
- Track and report on new development project performance using relevant tools and metrics, adapting strategies as necessary to ensure continued progress and alignment with overall goals.
- Identify potential risks and issues within the project scope, developing mitigation strategies and contingency plans to ensure the successful project execution.
- Maintain comprehensive project documentation, ensuring that all project lifecycle phases and variations are accurately recorded and communicated to relevant stakeholders.
- Promote a culture of continuous improvement, recommending and implementing enhancements to project processes, tools, and best practices.
- Foster strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring their needs are understood and addressed throughout the project.
- Work closely with launch operations and launch systems groups to ensure the successful integration of customer payload requirements:
- Ensure payload system requirement validation and implementation with the technical teams
- Interface with external customers through the mission integration phase and ensuring excellent customer experience
- Lead spacecraft integration and launch contracts ensuring Blue Origin commitments are met on time, on budget, and with success
- Integrate customer requirements into New Glenn development and launch services
- Lead all payload-to-launch vehicle integration meetings and readiness reviews
- Develop resource-loaded mission Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) and coordinate progress with external customers.
Preferred Qualifications
- Exceptional leadership, organizational, team building, and people management skills.
- Knowledge and understanding of launch vehicle development, payload integration, satellite deployment systems.
- Proven expertise in managing large-scale space programs.