Technical Project Manager
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 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. Project Horizon is Blue Origin's most ambitious manufacturing investment — a purpose-built upper stage production facility targeting first article delivery of the GS2 Gen 2.0 upper stage and scaling to full rate production capability. The Technical Project Manager is the horizontal integrator for the entire Gen 2 Production Operations organization. You will report directly to the Director of Production, Gen 2 Operations and serve as the single point of accountability for program execution rhythm, cross-functional decision gate management, risk tracking, and production readiness convergence across four Senior Manager organizations: Dome-Barrel-Tank Weld-NDT, ES-ISA-Skirts-Final Assembly-Coatings, Manufacturing Engineering, and Business Operations. This role does not manage a production work center — it manages the system that connects all work centers into a coherent, on-schedule program. This is an immediate, high-priority hire. The program infrastructure you build in your first 90 days will define how effectively the entire production organization executes across the program lifecycle.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations, Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline
- 10+ 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
- Proven 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
- Strong technical fluency — ability to read and interpret engineering ICDs, tooling specifications, facility drawings, and production rate analyses without requiring translation
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; ability to synthesize complex technical and schedule data into crisp executive decision packages
Nice To Haves
- PMP, PgMP, or equivalent program management certification
- Experience in launch vehicle, spacecraft, or large-scale aerospace structure manufacturing programs
- Familiarity with Blue Origin's MRP/ERP systems in a production planning context
- Background in greenfield facility activation or new production line stand-up
- Experience with ITS (Integrated Tooling System), JIRA, or equivalent engineering ticket management systems used for tooling and milestone tracking
- Familiarity with friction stir welding, large-diameter metallic structure fabrication, or cryogenic propellant system manufacturing
Responsibilities
- Establish and own the Gen 2 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
- 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
- Integrate facility activation milestones into the overall production readiness timeline
- Coordinate across Senior Manager organizations to eliminate schedule conflicts, resource contention, and interface gaps before they become program risks
- 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
- 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
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
- Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours
- Up to 14 company-paid holidays
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
