Senior Program Manager: High-Volume Satellite Production

Rocket Lab Corporation; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 188,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Stock Purchase Program

Comprehensive medical plans

Dental and vision coverage

Paid vacation and sick time

11 paid holidays

401(k) retirement plan with company 
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Discounts on company products

Job summary

Rocket Lab in Long Beach, CA seeks a Senior Program Manager I to own high-volume satellite production, cost and schedule metrics, and strategic program decisions from prototype to flight. You’ll lead cross-functional teams, drive manufacturing readiness, and shape the roadmap for a multihundred-satellite program.

You’ll manage supply chains, balance takt time with reliability, and mentor next-gen leaders while coordinating with customers and partners on proposals and technical narratives.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of program management experience.
• Evidence you moved hardware/software from prototype toward high-rate production with quantified gains.
• Understanding takt time, line-of-balance, design-for-manufacturing, and learning-curve economics.
• Experience identifying tooling, supply-chain, or yield risk and neutralizing it.
• U.S. citizenship with ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Command the Lifecycle: lead the team from concept through full-rate production and own the technical roadmap.
• Lead multiple active programs, make architectural calls with Chief Engineers, and manage trade-offs in DFM and rate-readiness.
• Build the bench and cultivate a culture of bold, responsible decision making and leadership development.
• Forge the supply chain by managing key subcontractors and suppliers as strategic partners.
• Unblock excellence by synchronizing cross-functional teams across manufacturing, supply chain, integration, and test.
• Influence the future by serving as main point of contact for constellation operators and collaborating on proposals and narratives.

Skills

Program management

Technical leadership

Production scaling

Risk management

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in physics, math, science, or other technical discipline

Tools

Jira

Confluence

ERP/MRP

Job description

Rocket Lab in Long Beach, CA seeks a Senior Program Manager I to own high-volume satellite production, cost and schedule metrics, and strategic program decisions from prototype to flight. You’ll lead cross-functional teams, drive manufacturing readiness, and shape the roadmap for a multihundred-satellite program.

You’ll manage supply chains, balance takt time with reliability, and mentor next-gen leaders while coordinating with customers and partners on proposals and technical narratives.