Blue Origin

Strategy Manager

Blue Origin • $121K — $169K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, or related field.
  • 5+ years of experience in strategy formulation, including consulting, product development, or investing.
  • Solid understanding of the space industry’s customer and competitor dynamics.
  • Experience in market research, data analysis, and quantitative economic and financial modeling.
  • Excellent written and verbal executive communication skills.
  • Ability to address ambiguous problems with analytical frameworks.
  • Capacity to manage multiple projects effectively while maintaining attention to detail.
  • U.S. citizenship or permanent residency required.

Responsibilities

  • Formulate comprehensive business cases and pricing strategies for products.
  • Collaborate with teams to achieve sales goals and strategic advantages.
  • Lead market research to inform investment decisions and product design.
  • Leverage market and space domain knowledge to develop actionable business strategies.
  • Advise on corporate development activities and investment decisions.
  • Amplify customer feedback during product development and communicate value propositions.
  • Represent Blue Origin at external events and customer meetings.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance, paid parental leave, and disability coverage.
  • 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%.
  • Stock options for all regular employees working at least 20 hours per week.
  • Up to four weeks of paid time off and 14 company-paid holidays.
  • Variable bonuses and additional benefits based on role and performance.
Full Job Description

Application close date:

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.

This role is part of Blue Origin corporate functions, providing centralized support across Blue Origin business unit teams, functions, and locations.

This role is part of Blue Origin’s corporate functions, providing centralized support across Blue Origin business unit teams and locations. As part of a hardworking team of business-oriented space leaders, you will help build strategic focus and drive company growth for various space industry  products.

We are looking for someone to apply their technical and business expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

  • Formulate comprehensive business cases, conduct market sizing analyses, and pricing strategy for new and existing products.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to achieve short-term sales wins and robust long-term strategic advantages.
  • Lead market research assessments to guide investment decisions and product design.
  • Leverage business acumen, market expertise, and space domain knowledge to formulate corporate and business strategies with specific and actionable business recommendations.
  • Advise corporate development activities, including investment thesis formulation and deal diligence.
  • Amplify the voice of the customer throughout technical product development and convey product value proposition to customers.
  • Represent Blue Origin externally at events, conferences, and customer meetings.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, or related field.
  • 5+ Years of experience in strategy formulation, to include consulting, product development, or investing.
  • Solid understanding of the space industry’s customer and competitor dynamics.
  • Detailed market research, data analysis, and quantitative economic and financial modelling experience.
  • Excellent written and verbal executive communication skills.
  • Comfort applying analytical frameworks to address ambiguous problems.
  • Comfort in a fast-paced environment, working on multiple projects simultaneously and maintaining excellent attention to detail.
  • Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and strengthen our 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.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Familiarity with U.S. budgeting, appropriations, and contracting processes particularly for government space agencies (e.g., NASA, US Space Force).
  • Familiarity with Salesforce.


Base Pay Range for:

VA applicants is $121,023.00 - $169,432.20 WA applicants is $121,023.00 - $169,432.20

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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Size
3,000 employees
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Founded
2000

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