Technical Product Manager, Transporter - New Glenn

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

At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We’re working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!  

This role supports the development and operations of New Glenn, a single-configuration, heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle capable of routinely carrying people and payloads to low-Earth orbit, geostationary transfer orbit, cislunar, and beyond. Its first stage is fully reusable, and the vehicle was designed from the beginning to be human-capable.

At Blue Origin, we are a passionate team of engineers and innovators, committed to the pursuit of space exploration and driven by the challenge of solving complex technical problems. 

In this position, you will work within the New Glenn’s second stage and payload accommodations (GS2PA) Strategy team alongside other subsystem technical leads to identify, develop and ensure the successful execution of new and developing project plans, including cost, schedule, mass, performance and rate goals. An engineering technical background is helpful to this role, ensuring you can engage in technical discussions and help guide strategic program and project-level decisions. This role offers opportunities to work with teams supporting hardware build and test operations, as well as opportunities to experience hardware up close. This position involves showcasing your ability to strategically synthesizes technical project level details with big picture program level goals and business objectives. In addition, this role will leverage your leadership skills and advanced communication skills to cultivate a positive team culture and craft new and emerging technologies proficiently.

Passion for our mission and vision is required! 

Responsibilities include: 

• Identify, develop and maintain program management artifacts supporting new product planning and execution, including cost and rate requirements, mass and performance impacts, and schedule demands, driving the team to meet the needs of the customer’s product needs and New Glenn business targets.
• Coordinate with the GS2PA Strategy Product Strategy lead on all potential program level impacts, ensuring new products are in alignment with overall program strategy while ensuring all project level decisions are grounded in robust engineering principles and backed by thorough background information. 
• Coordinate collaboration with other GS2PA teams as well as business units supporting hardware and software development, production, and test operations as applicable to the project. 
• Ensuring strategic initiatives such as cost and rate are prioritized at every step, working to establish manufacturing driven required design upgrades. 
• Brief executive leadership with timely updates on project progress when required, proactively recommending strategic solutions to prevent impacting critical path.  
• Identify, communicate, and mitigate project risks and opportunities, leading discussions on the items with impacted teams including chief engineering. 
• Facilitate discussions across functions to pursue optimized solutions, fostering a culture of intentional collaboration. 
• Promote a safe, ethical, and encouraging working environment. 

 

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