Staff Technical Program Manager at Relativity in Long Beach, California, United States

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.
• We are seeking a Staff Technical Program Manager to manage cross-functional program execution across a product lifecycle from early design through to flight. We are looking for someone who is comfortable operating between the 10,000 ft. view of the program and zooming in to solve a critical bottleneck.
• In this role, they will collaborate with technical leaders, manufacturing and ops counterparts, and other program managers to ensure successful execution of top line business objectives, often translating ambiguous long-term ideas into a set of clear trade-offs and priorities.
• They will analyze problems and drive recommendations that balance the needs of technical teams and the business, anchoring back to data. They will actively own and manage schedules, identify & mitigate programmatic risk, and drive communication across functional teams.
• A strong desire to build agile, fit for purpose processes from scratch, get your hands dirty, and influence a wide range of technical and operational teams are foundational to success in this role.

Responsibilities

• Manage cross-functional program execution across a product lifecycle from early design through to flight.
• Collaborate with technical leaders, manufacturing and ops counterparts, and other program managers to ensure successful execution of top line business objectives.
• Analyze problems and drive recommendations that balance the needs of technical teams and the business, anchoring back to data.
• Actively own and manage schedules, identify & mitigate programmatic risk, and drive communication across functional teams.
• Build agile, fit for purpose processes from scratch, get your hands dirty, and influence a wide range of technical and operational teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, science, mathematics, or a related field; aerospace, electrical, or mechanical engineering degree preferred
• 7+ years leading a complex program. This can include work in a program management role or a technical role where you were leading a large
• complex technical hardware program. Experience spanning software and operations preferred
• Demonstrated success supporting cross-functional hardware teams from concept through delivery in fast-paced, high-ambiguity environments.
• Able to move fluidly between tactical execution and big-picture perspective
• Track record of solving ambiguous problems, developing processes and tools from scratch. Able to work scrappy whilst building sustainable longterm
• processes
• Proven ability to communicate with highly technical teams and bridge communication between technical and non-technical audiences
• A systems mindset: able to identify program dependencies, interfaces, and risks, and understand the impact of technical and program decisions
• on other teams and at the company level
• Hands-on experience with launch vehicles, propulsion systems, or aerospace hardware
• PMP, MBA, Master's in engineering, science, mathematics, or related field, or equivalent experience
• Strong executive presence, with the ability to drive clarity and action across all levels of the company
• Technical leadership experience, proven track record of success and strategic thinking while balancing conflicting priorities and goals

Skills

Required

• Program management
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Technical leadership
• Problem-solving
• Process development
• Systems thinking
• Risk management
• Schedule management

Preferred

• Aerospace hardware experience
• Executive presence
• Strategic thinking
• Software and operations experience

Benefits

• 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.
• $152,000 - $228,000 USD