Relativity Space

Customer Program Manager

Relativity Space$104K — $156K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Program Management, or a related field.
  • 3+ years of experience managing technical programs in aerospace, defense, or advanced manufacturing.
  • Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence stakeholders without direct authority.
  • Exceptional technical writing and communication skills for developing customer reports and technical documentation.
  • Excellent commercial awareness with expertise in cost, timing, risk, and performance.

Responsibilities

  • Lead complex programs from kickoff through delivery, collaborating with engineering, supply chain, and customers.
  • Translate customer requirements into actionable plans while driving alignment across teams.
  • Serve as the primary interface between technical teams and customers, facilitating reviews and decision-making.
  • Own program execution by preparing status reports and managing timelines and deliverables.
  • Maintain accountability for program budgets, forecasts, and overall profitability.
  • Manage program governance, including requirements and risk mitigation, adhering to quality standards.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and equity options
  • Generous PTO and sick leave policy
  • Parental leave support
  • Annual learning and development stipend
  • Commitment to transparency and fairness in compensation practices.
Full Job Description
About the Team:

Relativity Space pioneered large-scale additive manufacturing with our Terran 1 rocket, the largest 3D-printed object to fly. Now a distinct business unit within Relativity, Horizon Manufacturing Technologies is advancing next-generation manufacturing for aerospace and beyond. The team operates at the frontier of manufacturing innovation, where creativity meets capability. This is an environment where cutting-edge R&D is put into production, industrializing advanced manufacturing capabilities to solve customer problems. You'll work alongside welders, robotics engineers, data scientists, and systems engineers at the intersection of hardware and software, creating an end-to-end additive manufacturing platform that serves a wide variety of applications. From exploring new materials to unlocking faster print speeds, to designing complex, organic geometries that can't be built any other way, it's high-impact work that sets the foundation for the future of advanced manufacturing.

About the Role:
  • Lead complex programs from kickoff through delivery, partnering with engineering, operations, supply chain, and customers to execute against cost, schedule, and technical objectives.
  • Translate customer requirements and program goals into actionable plans, driving alignment across cross-functional teams and maintaining visibility into progress, risks, and dependencies.
  • Serve as the primary interface between technical teams, leadership, and customers, facilitating technical reviews, communicating program status, and enabling timely decision-making.
  • Own program execution by maintaining integrated schedules, preparing customer-facing status reports, coordinating and reviewing technical deliverables, and ensuring clear, accurate communication throughout the program lifecycle
  • Own the commercial and operational success of assigned programs, maintaining accountability for budgets, forecasts, customer commitments, contract execution, schedule performance and overall program profitability.
  • Drive program governance by managing requirements, configuration and change control, risk mitigation, and compliance with quality and regulatory standards.

About You:
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Program Management, or a related technical field.
  • 3+ years of experience managing multiple technical programs in aerospace, defense, advanced manufacturing, or another highly regulated engineering environment.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence technical and business stakeholders without direct authority.
  • Proven ability to influence technical decisions and align diverse stakeholders around common objectives.
  • Exceptional technical writing and communication skills, with experience developing customer-facing reports, reviewing technical documentation, and translating complex engineering concepts into clear, actionable communication.
  • Excellent commercial and financial awareness, with experience framing decisions in terms of cost, timing, risk and performance.

Nice to haves but not required:
  • Experience with additive manufacturing, advanced manufacturing, or new product development.
  • Working knowledge of quality and regulatory standards such as AS9100, ISO 9001, ITAR/EAR, DFARS, or NIST 800-171
  • Project Management Professional Certification (PMP)
  • Knowledge of materials, manufacturing, operations and additive manufacturing standards.


At Relativity Space, we are committed to transparency and fairness in our compensation practices. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and other job-related factors.

Compensation is only one part of our total rewards package. Relativity Space offers competitive salary and equity, a generous PTO and sick leave policy, parental leave, an annual learning and development stipend, and more! To see some of the benefits & perks we offer, please visit here.

Hiring Range:

$104,000-$156,000 USD

About Relativity Space

Relativity Space is an American aerospace manufacturer that is developing 3D printed rockets. The company was founded in 2015 by Tim Ellis and Jordan Noone, and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Relativity Space's goal is to reduce the cost and time required to produce rockets by using 3D printing technology. The company's rockets are designed to be fully reusable, which could significantly reduce the cost of space launches. Relativity Space has received funding from a number of investors, including Mark Cuban and Playground Global.
Learn more about Relativity Space
Size
200 employees
Industry
Founded
2016

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