Technical Project Manager III - Lunar Operations

About the role

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

Responsibilities

• Program Execution Rhythm
  • Establish and own the Production Operations program management system: weekly status cadence, monthly program reviews, decision gate packages, risk register, and action item tracking
  • Build and maintain the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) in partnership with the Master Scheduler, ensuring all major program milestones are tracked against need dates and forecast dates with explicit delta visibility
  • Identify schedule compression opportunities, parallel workstreams, and de-scope options to close gaps between target and forecast dates
  • Drive all near-term critical decision gates to closure, including facility layout and requirements definition, workcenter standup, tank design lock, and long-lead purchase orders
  • Build decision packages that give the Director and VP the information needed to make high-consequence decisions with confidence and speed
• Cross-Functional Integration
  • Serve as the Production Operations representative in all ME&T tooling reviews, ensuring active tooling tickets are tracked against production readiness need dates
  • Own the production readiness plan for critical tooling clusters and work center activations
  • Coordinate across Senior Manager organizations to eliminate schedule conflicts, resource contention, and interface gaps before they become program risks
• Risk & Issue Management
  • Own the program risk register — identify, quantify, and track all production risks with mitigation plans and decision deadlines
  • Escalate unresolved risks to the Director with clear options and recommendations
  • Drive convergence across data streams between TARGET, ESTIMATED, and CURRENT state program data
• MRP & Production System Integrity
  • Partner with the Master Scheduler and Business Operations Planning team to ensure MRP demand signals are accurate and up to date
  • Own the PFEP (Plan-For-Every-Part) process — ensure the process is established and institutionalized ahead of key production purchase orders
  • Manage the rate-break PO sequence for GS2.0 and GS2.1 vehicle builds, ensuring each PO is supported by a validated demand signal and design freeze confirmation

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a physical engineering or operations engineering discipline (e.g., Mechanical, Aerospace, Industrial, Manufacturing, Operations, or Systems Engineering)
• 7+ years of experience in program or project management within aerospace, defense, or advanced manufacturing
• Demonstrated experience managing complex, multi-disciplinary programs from facility activation through first article production
• Prominent ability to build and maintain Integrated Master Schedules (IMS) with large milestone sets across multiple functional organizations
• Experience owning high-consequence decision gates — capital expenditure approvals, supplier selections, design freezes — in a fast-paced program environment
• Demonstrated understanding of manufacturing processes (e.g., welding, machining, assembly, large-structure fabrication) and ability to manage projects within a production operations environment

Qualifications

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; ability to synthesize complex technical and schedule data into crisp executive decision packages

Skills

• Technically grounded business planning professional
• Fluency in vehicle hardware realities and financial/programmatic frameworks

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