Senior Technical Project Manager - Lunar Crew Systems

Blue Origin is seeking a Senior Engineering Operations Lead to serve as the operational backbone of the MK2 Crew Systems product team. This role owns the product team's Rhythm of Business, drives the integrated schedule and major engineering reviews, integrates budget and scope, coordinates procurement and supplier execution, and represents Crew Systems in high-visibility program venues including working directly with NASA customers and partners. It demands someone who thrives amid shifting priorities and expanding scope, takes ownership of complex cross-functional processes, and enables the team to succeed. Passion for our mission and a dedication to safe and speedy execution of right-sized crew-facing hardware deliverables is a must.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Establish and run the Crew Systems Rhythm of Business, including daily reporting and Weekly Business Review (WBR) updates; technical progress tracking using Jira, Confluence, and dashboard tools; reporting progress and blockers at appropriate levels; and adapting content and expectations to program needs
• Own and drive the Crew Systems Integrated Master Schedule (IMS): lead re-baseline efforts with cross-functional stakeholders, maintain a green schedule baseline ahead of major milestones, build and manage schedule linkages, and understand critical path and variance drivers and work to reconcile
• Own product team budget tracking, hold Responsible Engineers and suppliers accountable for cost management, and support Estimate-at-Completion (EAC) inputs in coordination with Finance
• Coordinate efforts across the product team comprised of engineering, program planning & control, supply chain, manufacturing/ production engineering, facilities, production, tooling, quality, test, and NASA partners.
• Own quarterly Design Analysis Cycle (DAC) planning: provide DAC review-package inputs, coordinate cross-IPT integration, and support execution to meet program DAC completion goals
• Lead planning and expectation-setting for major reviews, including authoring review expectations memos and coordinating readiness prep with clear ownership across the team
• Support and train Responsible Engineers in management of schedule, budget, and DAC and sprint-level execution

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