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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Technical Program Manager - **Company:** Blue Origin - **Location:** United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $145,188.0 - $203,263.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Microsoft Excel, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Data Analysis, Architectural Patterns, Confluence, JIRA, Biometrics, Microsoft Project, Primavera, Scrum Methodology, Software Deployment, Software Systems, SQL Databases, Tableau (Software), Enterprise Software Applications - **Published:** November 5, 2026 - **Apply:** https://blueorigin.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/BlueOrigin/job/Greater-Seattle-Area/Senior-Technical-Program-Manager_R75209 ## About the Role 8+ years of experience in technical program management for software systems - Demonstrated ability to own year-scale programs across multiple software organizations simultaneously - Strong technical fluency: you can engage credibly with engineers on architecture, APIs, and system design tradeoffs - Experience managing scope, schedule, budget, quality, and risk across cross-functional software programs - Experience defining and tracking non-functional requirements and KPIs/SLAs - Track record of driving annual planning and shaping roadmaps at a director-level program area or above - Strong written and verbal communication skills; comfortable presenting to VP/L1 stakeholders - U.S. citizenship or permanent resident status required --- Preferred qualifications - Experience with enterprise platform onboarding or migration programs - Familiarity with change management tooling or release orchestration systems - Prior work spanning both enterprise technology and a hardware/mission-facing org - Experience with high-scale distributed services - Experience mentoring or building TPM program management practices - Proficiency with advanced project management tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence, MS Project, Primavera P6) and data analysis tools (e.g., Tableau, SQL, or Excel power features) - Project Management Professional (PMP) or Agile/Scrum certification ## Description As a Senior Technical Program Manager on the DESA team, you will own the planning and delivery of complex, cross-organizational software programs that cut across Enterprise Technology and New Glenn. You will convert business and stakeholder requirements into structured technical plans, define solution architecture and interface requirements, and coordinate execution across multiple software teams from design through production deployment. Your programs will span: - Enterprise change management: coordinating software change across integrated systems - Platform onboarding: planning and delivering onboarding of teams and capabilities onto Blue's enterprise platforms - Architectural standards: developing and socializing architectural patterns and standards across software organizations You will also serve as the primary TPM interface for customers whose work spans New Glenn, managing technical dependencies, escalations, and delivery commitments across organizational boundaries. Specific responsibilities include: - Decompose business objectives into interconnected workstreams and program plans engineering teams can execute against - Own and drive the annual planning cycle and development roadmap for your program areas - Manage scope, schedule, budget, quality, and risk across the full program lifecycle - from initiation through production deployment - Define and maintain program milestones, resource estimates, risks, and dependencies - including non-functional requirements - Own solution architecture and interface definitions in partnership with engineering leads; understand system workflows, APIs, design constraints, and operational "gotchas" - Anticipate bottlenecks, balance business needs against technical constraints, and provide escalation management across ET and New Glenn - Serve as the primary coordinator for technical escalations - Lead security reviews and QA coordination for programs in scope - Define and track KPIs and SLAs for programs in your portfolio - Communicate program status clearly to senior leadership (Director and L1) - Mentor junior members across the team up to Level III, Applicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e. 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 one to be on a military installation * Required for Certain Job Profiles: Drivers who operate Commercial Motor Vehicles with a Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW), Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) or combination of power unit and trailer that meets or exceeds 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 including: Driver Qualification Files, Medical Certification (obtained before onboarding), Road Test, Hours of Service, Drug and Alcohol Testing, vehicle inspection requirements, CDL requirements (if applicable) and hazardous materials transportation/shipping training. * Required for certain Job Profiles: Ability to obtain and maintain Merchant Mariner Credential, which includes pre-employment and random drug testing as well as DOT physical