S&OP Senior Technical Program Manager

About the role

This role is part of Blue Origin Operations, which includes Integrated Supply Chain, Test Operations, Safety, Quality, and Mission Assurance. It involves Manufacturing and Supply Chain support across all Blue Origin facilities.

Responsibilities

• Manage engineering projects and ensure highest design and safety standards.
• Report program performance to senior management and customers.
• Manage program baseline and changes, including risks, issues, and opportunities.
• Utilize industry-accepted processes, methods, and standards for planning, scheduling, and executing programs.
• Lead large-scale development programs and share experience to develop Program Management Operating System.
• Create, design, and support execution of S&OP methodologies, processes, tools, and governance.
• Build foundational program management and business optimization tools into Blue Origin's scaling organization.
• Liaise between Business Unit program management offices, program managers, IPT leads, finance business partners, and data analytics team.
• Create, document, and implement common procedures and practices at an enterprise level.
• Collaborate, design, train, and communicate S&OP processes, tools, and best practices.
• Develop and support the execution of an Enterprise Program Management Operating System across Blue Origin programs.
• Directly impact the history of space exploration through dedicated commitment and attention to safe and repeatable spaceflight.

Requirements

• Minimum of a B.S./B.A. degree in engineering, business, or other technical field.
• Demonstrated ability to build trust and effective working relationships at all levels.
• Minimum 6-10 years of related program/product management experience.
• Previous proven experience in Operations, Manufacturing, or Master Scheduling.
• Experience with demand planning, capacity planning, logic-linked scheduling, change control management, cost-account management, risk management, and performance management.
• Exceptional organizational and project management skills with an overall execution orientation and high attention to detail.
• Extensive working knowledge on program management principles and disciplines, sales, operations, and supply chain, along with industry best practices.
• Naturally connects and builds strong relationships with others, demonstrates strong emotional intelligence, and communicates clearly and persuasively.
• Promotes collaboration with stakeholders and influences development and incorporation of value-added processes and best practices.
• Prior track record as a successful change agent.
• Naturally connects and builds strong relationships with others, demonstrates strong emotional intelligence, and communicates clearly and persuasively.
• Strong technical software skills (AI, Tableau, Automation, Scheduling tools).

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Business Administration, Engineering, or related discipline is preferred.
• Desired SIOP process major change or new implementation experience.
• Strong familiarity with engineering, manufacturing, and ERP systems.
• Experience with IMP/IMS, risk management, configuration management, requirements management processes.
• Experience across multiple portions of the program and product development life cycle.
• Experience with spaceflight or aircraft development programs.
• Experience with milestone-driven logic-linked scheduling and cost management tools and techniques (EVM experience a plus).