Technical Project Manager III

About the role

This role is part of Blue Origin Operations, which includes Integrated Supply Chain, Test Operations, Safety, Quality, and Mission Assurance. It supports the development and operations of New Glenn, a single-configuration, heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle.

Responsibilities

• Support test campaigns of manufacturing and qualifying flight avionics hardware.
• Build strong working relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.
• Plan and monitor projects/test campaigns according to strict deadlines in accordance with high-level program schedules.
• Manage requirements, priorities, scope, schedule, integration, and cost in a development environment.
• Manage manufacturing rate and improvement processes.
• Quickly build and navigate a professional network within the organization.
• Factor stakeholder relationships into project management decisions and approach.

Requirements

• B.S. degree or equivalent experience in Engineering, Business, Operations Management, Mathematics, or related disciplines.
• 4+ years experience planning and managing projects/programs including managing requirements, priorities, scope, schedule, integration, and cost in a development environment.
• Demonstrated experience with manufacturing rate management & Improvement.
• Able to quickly build and navigate a professional network within the organization, including interfacing with Responsible Engineers, Integrated Product Teams, Test Engineers, technicians, buyers, other TPMs, and other support personnel.
• Experience with P6 Primavera, MS Project, or similar scheduling software packages.
• Excellent written, communication and presentation skills.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Self-starter, strong bias for action and sense of ownership.
• Attention to detail and high level of accuracy.
• Ability to balance technical, business, and organizational influences.
• Demonstrated history of independent work, foreseeing problems, delivering on commitments, and accountability.

Qualifications

• Minimum Qualifications: B.S. degree or equivalent experience in Engineering, Business, Operations Management, Mathematics, or related disciplines. 4+ years experience planning and managing projects/programs including managing requirements, priorities, scope, schedule, integration, and cost in a development environment. Demonstrated experience with manufacturing rate management & Improvement. Able to quickly build and navigate a professional network within the organization, including interfacing with Responsible Engineers, Integrated Product Teams, Test Engineers, technicians, buyers, other TPMs, and other support personnel. Experience with P6 Primavera, MS Project, or similar scheduling software packages. Excellent written, communication and presentation skills. Comfortable in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. Self-starter, strong bias for action and sense of ownership. Attention to detail and high level of accuracy. Ability to balance technical, business, and organizational influences. Demonstrated history of independent work, foreseeing problems, delivering on commitments, and accountability.
• Desired Qualifications: Master’s degree in engineering, business, or project management. 6+ years of experience in an operations environment as a project manager. Experience with launch vehicle development, production, and operations and aerospace qualification test programs. Experience with verification, integration, and test, of orbital launch vehicles or human rated spacecraft. Demonstrated success working with suppliers to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery of high quality products. Knowledge of avionics and electrical components, such as LRUs, batteries or data acquisition systems, including software and test specific instrumentation. Program Management Professional (PMP) certification and Earned Value Management System (EVMS) experience. Experience with critical path scheduling, IMP/IMS, risk management, requirements management and Cost Account Management such as EVM.

Skills

• Technical expertise.
• Leadership skills.
• Commitment to quality.
• Passion for the mission and vision.
• Project management.
• Manufacturing rate management.
• Stakeholder relationship management.
• Communication and presentation skills.
• Fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Attention to detail.
• High level of accuracy.
• Independent work.
• Problem foreseeing.
• Commitment to deliver on commitments.
• Ownership.

Benefits

• 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%.
• 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.

Pay

TBD

Schedule

TBD

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.
• 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.