Technical Product Manager
Job Description
Technical Product Manager II for Blue Origin’s TeraWave satellite communications program in Seattle, WA (onsite).
Responsibilities
- Serve as voice of the customer (VOC) within your assigned area by running benchmarking research, tagging themes in customer feedback, and producing documented summaries.
- Write requirements for a scoped product area or program component, including user stories and acceptance criteria.
- Partner with a Senior PM to support traceability across engineering, operations, and Sales.
- Review the engineering decision log for tradeoffs that impact customer needs or SLAs, and proactively surface items to the Senior PM or Head of Product.
- Participate in requirements reviews and provide product input for your assigned area.
- Support competitive benchmarking and willingness-to-pay research to inform SLA and pricing inputs for your segment.
- Maintain decision logs and action trackers for your program area and escalate aging items to your manager.
- Support Senior PM escalation by providing clear, factual status and risk inputs for your assigned area.
- Track schedule and delivery metrics for your workstream; report variances with context and a proposed path forward.
- Update pricing comparison models and segment dashboards.
- Build trusted relationships across engineering, program management, and Sales; act as the reliable point of contact for your workstream.
- Represent your product area in cross-functional working groups and engineering reviews, contributing to documented outcomes.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, systems engineering, or a related technical field.
- 2–5 years of product or technical program management experience.
- Experience working with hardware or software engineering teams to define, document, and track requirements through delivery.
- Financial analysis skills, including contributing inputs to unit economics, pricing comparison sheets, or segment dashboards.
- Demonstrated ability to produce clear requirements documents, status narratives, user stories, or program updates.
- Data analysis skills and comfort with product metrics dashboards.
- Familiarity with SLA structure, contract terms, or willingness-to-pay frameworks.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for cross-functional, working-level briefings.
- Ability to earn trust, maintain positive professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion.
- Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience with enterprise B2B or government-facing products in aerospace, telecommunications, satellite, or adjacent technical environments.
- Knowledge of satellite communications fundamentals (throughput, latency, coverage, or RF spectrum); demonstrated ability to become expert in an unfamiliar technical domain.
- Exposure to hardware/software co-development programs, including integration planning, test and verification, or operational readiness milestones.
- MBA optional but valued; equivalent demonstrated product ownership and analytical rigor accepted.
Salary and location
- Location: Seattle, WA (onsite)
- Base pay range: USD 115,707 - 161,988 per year
- WA applicants: $115,707.00 - $161,988.75
- Other site ranges: may differ
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision
- Basic and supplemental life insurance
- Paid parental leave
- Short and long-term disability
- 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%
- Education Support Program
- Stock Options for all regular employees working at least 20 hours/week
- Paid Time Off: up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, plus up to 14 company-paid holidays
Additional details
- Relocation assistance: available
- Travel expectations: approximately 15–20% for site visits, design reviews, partner meetings, and customer engagements
Export control regulations
- Applicants must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
Background check
- Required for all positions: Blue’s Standard Background Check
- Required for certain job profiles: Defense Biometric Identification System (DBIDS) background check if at any time the role requires presence on a military installation
- Required for certain job profiles: Drivers who operate Commercial Motor Vehicles with GVW, GVWR, or combinations that meet or exceed 10,001 lbs. and/or transports placardable amounts of hazardous materials by ground in any vehicle on a public road while in commerce may be subject to additional Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations
- Required for certain job profiles: Ability to obtain and maintain Merchant Mariner Credential, including pre-employment and random drug testing and a DOT physical