Blue Origin

Senior Technical Program Manager

Blue Origin$145K — $203K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, or equivalent
  • 7+ years of relevant experience with engineering teams
  • 5+ years in technical program management with software engineering teams
  • Experience managing cross-functional programs and coordinating release schedules
  • U.S. citizenship or legal residence required
  • Strong relationship-building and inclusive culture contributions.

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate design, development, testing, and deployment across teams.
  • Create and track project milestones, risks, and dependencies.
  • Understand design details of systems related to customer interfaces.
  • Identify necessary changes to existing systems for new capabilities.
  • Develop implementation plans across teams.
  • Make judicious escalation of critical program decisions.
  • Write effective program decision narratives and updates.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Paid parental leave
  • Short and long-term disability insurance
  • 401(k) matching up to 5%
  • Education Support Program
  • Stock options for all regular employees
  • Up to four weeks of paid time off and up to 14 paid holidays.
Full Job Description
Application close date:
Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.

This role is part of Enterprise Technology (ET), where we're developing the digital infrastructure needed to build the road to space, with an emphasis on digital capabilities required to advance Blue Origin's mission. Enterprise Technology is the center of excellence for digital technology at Blue Origin, providing oversight and governance to align technology and business strategies.

In this role you will be responsible for the delivery of Technology Development Programs within Enterprise Technology. You will partner with product management and engineering to to define the long-term vision of the product, define the program scope and milestones and own delivery of cross organization initiatives. Assist in developing and leading organization roadmaps, driving efficiency in processes, and delivering on goals. You understand, utilize and share program-management best practices.

As a Senior Technical Program Manager, you are accountable for the overall program scope and strategy as well as driving teams inside and outside your organization to deliver against that plan. You are able to define the program (mission, vision, tenets), set goals, analyze data, drive improvements that are quantified with metrics, and influence resource allocation. You understand the systems in your product or program space, their limitations, scaling factors, boundary conditions, and reasons behind architectural choices.

We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

Key Responsibilities:

  • Coordinate the design, development, testing and deployment of features into production across multiple technical teams.
  • Create and track project milestones, risks and dependencies, describe, own and prioritize all technical requirements associated with delivery.
  • Dive deep and understand the design details of the systems in your area, especially those related to customer interfaces, and the expectations for system dependencies.
  • Identify existing systems or services will require changes in order to implement the new capability, work with the SDM for each system to estimate the work involved.
  • Develop an implementation plan across teams.
  • Demonstrate good judgment in how and when to escalate critical program decisions.
  • Write effective narratives on program decisions, technical trade-offs and program updates.


Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science or equivalent
  • 7+ years of working directly with engineering teams in product management, program management or engineering roles
  • 5+ years of technical program management working directly with software engineering teams
  • Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
  • 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.
  • Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion


Preferred Qualifications:

  • 5+ years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management experience
  • Experience managing projects across cross functional teams, building sustainable processes and coordinating release schedules
  • Experience defining KPI's/SLAs used to drive multi-million-dollar businesses and reporting to senior leadership
  • Proven track record of delivering results for large, cross-functional initiatives while managing multiple competing priorities.
  • Excellent understanding of the organization's goals and objectives.
  • Experience with Confluence, JIRA
  • Experience with data analysis to capture, process, and organize data to uncover actionable insights.


Compensation Range for:
WA applicants is $145,188.00 - $203,263.20

Other site ranges may differ

Culture Statement

Don't meet all desired requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At Blue Origin, we are dedicated to building an authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every desired qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Benefits
  • Benefits include: Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability, 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%, and an Education Support Program.
  • Stock Options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week)
  • Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
  • Dependent on role type and job level, employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses based on the company's intent to reward individual contributions and enable them to share in the company's results, or other factors at the company's sole discretion. Bonus amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed and subject to change and cancellation. Please check with your recruiter for more details.


About Blue Origin

Blue Origin is an aerospace company that develops rockets and spacecraft for commercial and government customers. The company's products include the New Shepard suborbital vehicle and the New Glenn orbital rocket. Blue Origin was founded in 2000 by Jeff Bezos and is headquartered in Kent, Washington.
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