Staff Product Manager, Software

Relativity Space; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 241,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and equity

Generous PTO and sick leave

Parental leave

Annual learning and development stipend

Job summary

Relativity Space is seeking a Product Manager to define product vision and strategy for Software Applications in Long Beach, California. You will lead end-to-end delivery, manage user needs, and integrate software systems. The ideal candidate has over 8 years of product management experience, particularly in manufacturing software, and strong communication skills to address technical concepts. A competitive salary ranging from $175,000 to $241,000 is offered with additional perks.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of product management experience, preferably in manufacturing software.
• 3+ years of software development experience including integrations.
• Proven ability to craft and execute product vision and roadmap.

Responsibilities

• Define product vision and strategic roadmap for Software Applications.
• Collaborate with engineering to integrate software systems across various platforms.
• Drive adoption across sites, create documentation, and conduct training.

Skills

Product vision

Software development

Effective communication

Manufacturing processes

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or Engineering

Job description

At Relativity Space, we’re building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. Our Terran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit, meeting the growing demand for launch capacity. But that’s just the start. Achieving commercial success with Terran R will unlock new opportunities to advance science, exploration, and innovation, pioneering progress that reaches beyond the known.

Joining Relativity means becoming part of something where autonomy, ownership, and impact exist at every level. Here, you’re not just executing tasks; you’re solving problems that haven’t been solved before, helping develop a rocket, a factory, and a business from the ground up. Whether you’re in propulsion, manufacturing, software, avionics, or a corporate function, you’ll collaborate across teams, shape decisions, and see your work come to life in record time. Relativity is a place where creativity and technical rigor go hand in hand, and your voice will help define the stories we’re writing together. Now is a unique moment in time where it’s early enough to leave your mark on the product, the process, and the culture, but far enough along that Terran R is tangible and picking up momentum. The most meaningful work of your career is waiting. Join us.

About the Team

Relativity Space is on a mission to better connect humanity to space and the universe beyond our planet. With decades of experience scaling world‑class technology organizations like Google, CEO Eric Schmidt is guiding Relativity into its next phase: advancing Terran R toward launch and building the foundation for long‑term impact.

About the Role

• Define product vision, strategic roadmap and technical strategy for Software Applications used across the company.
• Balance deliverables between off‑the‑shelf functionality and custom software features, ensuring seamless integration and scalability.
• Engage with users across the company, including Manufacturing & Supply Chain, Accounting & Finance, Test & Launch to deeply understand operational challenges, needs, and priorities.
• Work with Software Engineering teams to own align technical and product vision to build world‑class products.
• Translate user needs into key insights, product requirements, prioritize backlogs, and establish success criteria.
• Own end‑to‑end delivery of Software Applications from concept through requirements, development, testing, implementation, and post‑launch support.
• Align user workflows, regulatory needs, data integrity, and system performance.
• Collaborate with engineering to integrate software systems across ERP, MES, PLM, QMS.
• Explore and track advanced technologies (IoT, dashboards, analytics, Industry4.0 approaches) for future enhancements.
• Define key performance indicators (e.g., OEE improvements, downtime reduction, traceability metrics, user adoption rates).
• Establish feedback loops, monitor product performance, and iterate based on manufacturing and user insights.
• Drive adoption across multiple sites or lines create documentation, conduct training, and champion change management efforts.

About You

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or a related Engineering field (Computer, Software, Electrical, Aerospace).
• 8+ years of product management experience, preferably in manufacturing software or equivalent large user‑scale applications.
• 3+ years of direct, software development experience including configuring, enhancing, and integrating with third‑party systems.
• Proven ability to craft and execute product vision, roadmap, requirements, user stories, and releases.
• Effective communication skills ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear plans for diverse audiences.

Nice to haves but not required

• Deep understanding of manufacturing processes production, quality, traceability, OEE, compliance.

At Relativity Space, we are committed to transparency and fairness in our compensation practices. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and other job‑related factors. Compensation is only one part of our total rewards package. Relativity Space offers competitive salary and equity, a generous PTO and sick leave policy, parental leave, an annual learning and development stipend, and more! To see some of the benefits & perks we offer, please visit here.

Hiring Range:

$175,000 — $241,000 USD

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

If you need a reasonable accommodation, please contact us at [e-mail].