Senior Technical Program Manager
About The Position
Blue Origin’s Digital Engineering & Systems Architecture Software Development Engineering team builds and operates foundational platforms for enterprise and mission systems. As a Senior Technical Program Manager, you will own planning and delivery of complex, cross-organizational software programs across Enterprise Technology and New Glenn. You will translate business and stakeholder requirements into technical plans, define solution architecture and interface requirements, and coordinate execution across software teams from design through production deployment. Programs include enterprise change management across integrated systems, onboarding teams and capabilities onto enterprise platforms, and developing and socializing architectural standards. The role also serves as the primary technical program management interface for New Glenn customers, coordinating technical dependencies, escalations, and delivery commitments across organizational boundaries.
Requirements
- At least 8 years of experience in technical program management for software systems.
- Demonstrated ability to own year-scale programs across multiple software organizations simultaneously.
- Strong technical fluency and ability to engage credibly with engineers on architecture, APIs, and system design tradeoffs.
- Experience managing scope, schedule, budget, quality, and risk across cross-functional software programs.
- Experience defining and tracking non-functional requirements and KPIs/SLAs.
- Track record of driving annual planning and shaping roadmaps at a director-level program area or above.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including comfort presenting to VP/L1 stakeholders.
- U.S. citizenship or permanent resident status required.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with enterprise platform onboarding or migration programs.
- Familiarity with change management tooling or release orchestration systems.
- Prior work spanning both enterprise technology and a hardware- or mission-facing organization.
- Experience with high-scale distributed services.
- Experience mentoring or building TPM program management practices.
- Proficiency with advanced project management tools such as Jira, Confluence, MS Project, or Primavera P6, and data analysis tools such as Tableau, SQL, or advanced Excel features.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) or Agile/Scrum certification.
Responsibilities
- Decompose business objectives into interconnected workstreams and executable program plans.
- Own and drive the annual planning cycle and development roadmap for program areas.
- Manage scope, schedule, budget, quality, and risk throughout the program lifecycle, from initiation through production deployment.
- Define and maintain program milestones, resource estimates, risks, and dependencies, including non-functional requirements.
- Own solution architecture and interface definitions in partnership with engineering leads, understanding system workflows, APIs, design constraints, and operational considerations.
- Anticipate bottlenecks, balance business needs against technical constraints, and manage escalations across Enterprise Technology and New Glenn.
- Serve as the primary coordinator for technical escalations.
- Lead security reviews and coordinate quality assurance for programs in scope.
- Define and track program KPIs and SLAs.
- Communicate program status to senior leadership, including Director and L1 stakeholders.
- Mentor junior team members up to Level III.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Basic and supplemental life insurance
- Paid parental leave
- Short- and long-term disability
- 401(k) with company match of up to 5%
- Education Support Program
- Stock options for regular employees working at least 20 hours per week
- Paid time off of up to four weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours
- Up to 14 company-paid holidays
- Depending on role type and job level, employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses based on company policy and discretion; amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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