Principal Technical Product Manager - NG DESA

BLUE ORIGIN • West Melbourne, WA

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About The Position

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. This role is part of Data Engineering, Software & Automation (DESA) team within the New Glenn program, where we’re developing the digital infrastructure needed to build the road to space, with an emphasis on software products and tools required to advance Blue Origin’s mission. As a Principal Technical Product Manager, you will build Blue Origin’s next generation of software products, powering our mission to radically reduce the cost of access to space. Achieving this mission requires product leaders who can radically rethink how we operate, whether this means simplifying our software tools, automating our processes, or augmenting our engineering decisions with intelligent insights. You will be instrumental in defining a multi-year software roadmap to accelerate New Glenn’s launch cadence, while driving continuous tool and process improvements. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams including software engineering, data engineering, systems engineering and enterprise technology to build world class software platforms. And, you will be responsible for end-to-end product lifecycle, from ideation to implementation and beyond. We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering or a related field.
• Experience: 10+ years of product management experience. Proven track record of managing products through their entire lifecycle from conception to launch and scale.
• Agile/Scrum/Lean Expertise: Strong experience with Lean, Agile, and Scrum methodologies, and proficiency with tools like JIRA and Confluence. Demonstrated ability to lead agile development processes.
• Technical Acumen: Experience working closing with UX design and software engineering teams. Ability to understand and discuss technical concepts, make trade-offs, and evaluate new ideas.
• Analytical Skills: Strong analytical and quantitative skills; ability to leverage data for decision-making and product prioritization.
• Communication Skills: Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey complex ideas to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Leadership: Demonstrated ability to lead and influence cross-functional teams without direct authority. Strong organizational and leadership skills.
• Customer-Centric: Strong customer empathy and a passion for building products that deliver exceptional customer experiences.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Aerospace software development processes and frameworks.
• Experience with Data Intensive applications & products

Responsibilities

• Product Vision & Strategy: Develop a multi-year product vision that shapes company objectives, secures executive buy-in, and enables Blue Origin to meet our ambitious goals for production and launch.
• Roadmap Management: Develop and manage a 12–18-month plan spanning technology areas, aligning resources, milestones, and mitigation paths while resolving cross-business conflicts.
• Influence & Execution: Drive decisions with leaders of core business functions and top executives at Blue Origin. Align resources across the company to deliver on goals.
• Customer-Backed Innovation: Deploy iterative prototyping, testing, and scaling to deliver simple, high-value solutions to complex problems, continuously validated by broad customer feedback and data.
• Strategic Technical Leadership: Influence technical decisions and end-state architectures for entire domains, evaluating emerging technologies for durable business value.
• Data-Driven Decisions: Define and implement metrics and frameworks to guide investments and measure success of product launches. Communicate insights crisply to leadership.
• Release & Change Management at Scale: Lead strategic risk mitigation and readiness activities to ensure smooth roll-outs and measurable impact across multiple organizations.
• Continuous Improvement & Tooling Innovation: Deploy new tools and methodologies—such as AI and advanced analytics—to boost productivity and codify best practices.
• Stakeholder Communication Excellence: Produce high-impact narratives and reviews that drive key decisions and keep stakeholders aligned on progress, risks, and next steps.

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%, 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level