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Senior Program Manager I - Flatellite

Rocket Lab Corporation · Long Beach, CA

Posted about 2 months ago

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This role has been open
66 days
Rocket Lab Corporation's roles stay open a median of 64 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
0% of Rocket Lab Corporation's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Rocket Lab Corporation
high
310 stale, 12 reposted of 455 open
Hiring momentum
683 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-10-08

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Rocket Lab Corporation's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Rocket Lab Corporation.

About this role

As a Senior Program Manager I at Rocket Lab, you will oversee high-volume satellite production from concept through to full-rate production. Your role involves managing multiple programs, leading cross-functional teams, and ensuring that production meets both cost and reliability goals. You will also be responsible for developing the team, managing supplier relationships, and serving as the primary contact for commercial constellation operators.

Our read on this posting3.2out of 5
benefits
5/5
freshness
1/5
career value
5/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
0/5

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What you need

  • Bachelor’s degree in physics, math, science, or other technical discipline
  • 5+ years of aerospace program management experience
  • Demonstrated track record of owning a technical program, product, or team end to end under pressure
  • Evidence of moving hardware and software from prototype to high-rate production with quantified gains
  • Understanding of takt time, line-of-balance, design-for-manufacturing, and learning-curve economics
  • Experience identifying and neutralizing tooling, supply-chain, or yield risk

Nice to have

  • Proven playbook for transitioning low-volume prototypes into full-rate production
  • Deep experience scaling satellite, aerospace, or analogous complex hardware production at volume
  • Record of bending unit cost down at rate without sacrificing reliability
  • Master's degree in Engineering, Operations, or a related field
  • Fluency in Systems Engineering, trade studies, interface control, requirement integrity, and tools like Jira, Confluence, and ERP/MRP

What you get

  • Competitive base pay
  • Company stock as part of total compensation package
  • Employee Stock Purchase Program with 15% discount
  • Top-tier medical plans
  • Dental and vision coverage
  • Paid vacation and sick time

Worth weighing

  • No specific salary mentioned for the role, only a range provided
  • Role requires managing multiple programs simultaneously, which may involve high pressure and tight deadlines
  • Position may require prolonged periods of sitting, standing, and computer work

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Listed by Rocket Lab Corporation on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-08. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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