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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Technical Program Manager - **Company:** Blue Origin - **Location:** Merritt Island, FL, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Data Analysis, Confluence, JIRA, Biometrics, DataOps, Software Engineering, Systems Architecture, Information Technology - **Published:** June 19, 2026 - **Apply:** https://diversityjobs.com/career/16834865/Technical-Program-Manager-Florida-Merritt-Island ## About the Role * We are looking for someone to apply their organizational expertise, excellent communication skills, leadership skills, and commitment to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!, * Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science or equivalent * 5+ years of technical product or program management experience working directly with software engineering teams * 7+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience * Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules, * 5+ years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management experience * 3+ years of software development experience * Experience managing projects across cross functional teams, building sustainable processes and coordinating release schedules * Experience defining KPI's/SLA's used to drive multi-million dollar businesses and reporting to senior leadership * Proven track record of delivering results for large, cross-functional initiatives while managing multiple competing priorities. * Excellent understanding of the organization's goals and objectives. * Experience with Confluence, JIRA * Experience with data analysis to capture, process, and organize data to uncover actionable insights. Culture Statement ## Description * You will coordinate the design, development, testing and deployment of features into production across multiple technical teams. * You are expected to create and track project milestones, risks and dependencies, and to describe, own and prioritize all technical requirements associated with delivery. * You will dive deep, and understand the design details of the systems in your area, especially those related to customer interfaces, and the expectations for system dependencies. * During the early phases of a new project or program, the TPM is responsible for identifying which existing systems or services will be required to change in order to implement the new capability, and working with the SDM for each system to estimate the work involved. * The TPM is responsible for the implementation plan across teams, and for reporting on progress against technical milestones to stakeholders. * You will understand the significant business problems, automation limitations, scaling factors, boundary conditions, and reasons behind decisions. * You will demonstrate good judgment in how and when to escalate. * You are data-oriented, regularly review metrics, and proactively seek out new and improved data/mechanisms for visibility. * You will ensure your programs stay aligned with organizational goals. * You will ensure stakeholder needs are aligned, while driving mindful discussions that lead to crisp decisions. * You will partner with customers, internal/external teams, and/or engineering teams to determine what projects move forward and in what sequence. * You will write effective narratives, program updates, and present them effectively to stakeholders and management team. * You create plans that have clear, measurable success criteria and return on investment. You oversee the gap between teams, processes, and systems. * You are able to solve ambiguous problems and proactively identify and mitigate risks. * You oversee the gap between teams, processes, and system architectures. * You help teams/your organization reduce exposure to classic failure modes (e.g., requirements not sufficiently understood/documented, ineffective cross-team collaboration, long-term impact(s) from of the use of third-party technologies, APIs not protected/hardened, insufficient testing/gaps in QA). - You solve ambiguous problems and proactively identify and mitigate risks (before they become roadblocks), 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 (CDL drivers only), 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 ## Related Videos - [Improving quality with Agentic AI with Rovo Dev and Xray](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2005-improving-quality-with-agentic-ai-with-rovo-dev-and-xray) - [42 x 2 Canvases Later: Two Years, Two Minds, Many Lessons](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1458-42-x-2-canvases-later-two-years-two-minds-many-lessons) - [From Space to Software: Reliability Lessons 40 Years After Challenger](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100283-from-space-to-software-reliability-lessons-40-years-after-challenger) - [A Founder's Journey : From Startup Chaos to Purposeful Growth](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1926-a-founder-s-journey-from-startup-chaos-to-purposeful-growth) - [Collaboration Quantified: Lessons from Open Source Developer Networks](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1422-collaboration-quantified-lessons-from-open-source-developer-networks) - [Marketing x Product: How We Stopped Gaslighting Each Other and Built AI Products That Actually Work](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100244-marketing-x-product-how-we-stopped-gaslighting-each-other-and-built-ai-products-that-actually-work) ## Related Articles - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [How to Answer the Interview Question: “Why Do You Want to Be a Software Engineer?”](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/392-how-to-answer-the-interview-question-why-do-you-want-to-be-a-software-engineer) - [From developer to manager – what does it take to become an engineering manager?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/42-from-developer-to-manager-what-does-it-take-to-become-an-engineering-manager) - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline) - [Should Tech Managers Be Developers First? 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