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Mission Manager

Mission Manager

Relativity SpaceLong Beach, CA, US
2 days ago
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  • Full-time
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Mission Manager

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.

About the Team

The Mission Management team sits at the intersection of customer needs and Relativity's capabilities, ensuring seamless execution of our launch services from contract development through deployment on orbit. This team is uniquely broad in scope, requiring a systems-level mindset and the ability to translate across engineering and business functions. Far more than traditional program management, the role demands a deep cross-functional understanding and the ability to navigate both customer priorities and internal constraints. As we shift from development to operations, this team becomes central to execution, owning mission-specific cost, schedule, and performance while helping define how we scale our launch services.

About the Role

  • Coordinates successful execution of launch missions across all technical, programmatic, and financial milestones.
  • Serves as the primary point of contact for customers, owning the customer relationship, mission requirements and verifications, and is responsible for seamless planning and execution of integration and launch for individual customer satellites on dedicated and multi-manifest missions.
  • Transitions effortlessly between discussions with government and international customers about interface requirements, vehicle engineers about mission specific hardware development, and executives about program status, issues, and risks.
  • Supports our Business Development team by performing mission compatibility analysis, sales engineering and technical requirement negotiations to grow launch contract backlog.
  • Supports launch system product development by integrating space market insights and customer product interface requirements to make smart trades and increase market capture.

About You

  • 5+ years of experience in technical project management of complex, safety-critical, or highly integrated systems.
  • Demonstrated success contracting and managing commercial, Defense, and / or NASA customer programs.
  • Proven track record working with multidisciplinary teams and external partners with exceptional organization skill and time management.
  • Ability to navigate ambiguity while maintaining relentless ownership and thinking critically in a fast-paced environment.
  • Excellent oral, technical writing, and presentation skills with hands-on experience negotiating technical scope and deliverables.
  • Ability to travel to domestic and international locations to support customers, launch campaign operations, vendors, and conferences.
  • Nice to Haves But Not Required

  • Ability to obtain a Top Secret or Top Secret SCI clearance is preferred.
  • Previous mission management or mission Integration experience, with U.S. Government, NASA, or commercial launch contracts in particular.
  • Experience with FAR / DFAR contracts, export compliance and licensing (e.g. ITAR, EAR, TAA).
  • Previous sales engineering and contract negotiation experience including management of customer expectations in a startup or agile development environment.
  • 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! Hiring Range : $118,000 - $152,000 USD.

    We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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