Sr. Components Product Manager Emphasis on Reaction Wheels

• Employer sponsored health, dental, and vision benefits effective the first of the month following hire date
• Life insurance
• 401k (matching 4% with a minimum 5% contribution)
• Generous PTO (3 weeks of vacation + 3 floating holidays, 2 weeks of sick time, 7 paid holidays throughout the year) and parental leave

• Manage complex component contracts independently with domestic and international customers.
• Manage complex cross-functional activities such as contract negotiations, scope discrepancies, and/or performance expectations.
• Serve as primary point of contact for assigned customer contracts
• Other responsibilities as

• Monitor and implement action plans associated with product line performance KPIs such as cost per unit, on-time delivery, first pass yield, etc.
• Manage product transitions, obsolescence, and end of life planning.
• Maintain the product line vision and roadmap alongside the technical lead. Align these items across the business such that they align with company financial and technical objectives.
• Lead cross functional teams across engineering, operations, supply chain, quality, and finance to increase the robustness and on-time delivery performance metrics
• Evaluation of existing and emerging technologies in conjunction with the product technical lead
• Manage product line Risk and Opportunities
• Forecast, then own product line budgets inclusive of any IRAD efforts.
• Support pricing strategies in collaboration with sales, finance, and leadership
• Own the business case and drive go/no-go decisions for new product initiatives, changes to customer value proposition, and hardware market positioning.
• Represent the product line in executive leadership meetings

• Cultivate leadership level customer relationships and drive strategic account planning with the BCT leadership team
• Support customer communications and serve as their advocate within the organization
• Collaborate with sales team on customer engagement activities
• Work closely with customers to help refine their needs and provide innovative and competitive solutions with existing products

• Provide mentorship opportunities to more junior PMs and influence organization strategy
• May include personnel management responsibilities
• Ensure all business is conducted using the highest ethical standards and in compliance with all applicable laws, statutes, and regulations as well as company policies and directives

• 7-12 years of relevant experience in program management and/or product management
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Science, Business Administration, or related fields
• Demonstrated Space hardware program manager experience.
• Experience with all phases of the product life cycle (business development, concept formulation, requirements flow-down, manufacturing, integration and test, and post-delivery support)
• Excellent understanding of systems engineering principles and all elements of the product lifecycle
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and execute without direct authority.
• Excellent PMO and financial acumen (cost structures, risk and opportunities, return on investment)
• Experience leading customer proposals/bids.
• Demonstrated soft skills to work with large/small and domestic/international customers within a rapidly changing environment with minimal supervision.
• Must be able to work in a highly collaborative, fast-paced environment with emphasis on rapid prototyping and fielding of capabilities
• Demonstrated leadership, time management, facilitation, and organizational skills
• Proficiency in project management tools and methodologies
• The ability to prepare clearly summarize meeting notes, prepare customer deliverables, and cross-functional PowerPoint presentations up to the executive level.
• Related technical experience may be considered in lieu of education

This job operates in a professional office environment, but in a manufacturing company.

This role uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, scanners, filing cabinets and fax machines.

BCT anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted.

However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require BCT to shorten or extend the application window.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit for long periods of time.

The employee is occasionally required to stand, bend, reach, and walk.

The position requires some light physical effort.

This would require the ability to lift or move objects up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift or move objects up to 25 pounds.

Specific vision abilities are required by this job which includes close vision, distance vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Blue Canyon Technologies is a drug-free workplace and an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)/Affirmative Action Employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other protected factor.

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You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.

Blue Canyon Technologies is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities.

To request a reasonable accommodation, contact Melissa Po at HR@bluecanyontech.com .

We recommend applying directly via the Blue Canyon Technologies website, careers page: https://www.bluecanyontech.com/careers