Senior Operations TPM — Space Systems & NPI

Blue Origin LLC; United States; On-site; USD 145,000 - 203,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with match

Stock options

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking an Operations Technical Program Manager to drive execution of complex, high-stakes initiatives central to the TeraWave program. You will span manufacturing and supply chain across facilities, ensuring on-time delivery and informed executive reporting.

Lead cross-functional teams, steward stage gates, build health dashboards, and craft strategies for NPI and production at rate, while sustaining supply continuity and balancing technical and business needs.

Qualifications

• Well-developed project-management skills; organized, focused, with attention to detail and consistent follow-up to ensure results.
• Ability to manage both tactical and strategic-level information.
• Ability to earn trust and influence without authority.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills at all organizational levels.
• Demonstrated domain experience operating within at least one corporate function (Engineering, Business Management, Operations, Manufacturing Engineering, Configuration Management, Supply Chain).
• Proven experience with production ramp, rate readiness, NPI transitions, and manufacturing process development.
• Proven experience with cost/budget management in an operations context.

Responsibilities

• Risk identification, mitigation planning, and executive visibility mechanisms.
• Developing and maintaining the product schedule, ensuring technical and operational issues are solved.
• Stage gate / milestone management for NPI, production ramp and production at rate.
• Cross-functional integration across Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Planning, and Production Control.
• Standing up program health dashboards and status reporting cadences.
• Developing manufacturing and supply chain strategies for NPI and Production at Rate.
• Establishing the mechanism to ensure continuity of supply in collaboration with Supply Chain organization.
• Facilitating cross-functional decision-making processes, including Make/Buy analyses, by ensuring the right stakeholders are engaged, and decisions are reached and documented on time.
• Coordinating information flow across teams in support of manufacturing/operations.

Skills

Project management

Executive communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Influence without authority

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Business

PMP or similar certification preferred

Tools

PLM

PDM

MES

MRP/ERP systems

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking an Operations Technical Program Manager to drive execution of complex, high-stakes initiatives central to the TeraWave program. You will span manufacturing and supply chain across facilities, ensuring on-time delivery and informed executive reporting.

Lead cross-functional teams, steward stage gates, build health dashboards, and craft strategies for NPI and production at rate, while sustaining supply continuity and balancing technical and business needs.