Manager, Protective Operations Test & Launch

Manager, Protective Operations Test & Launch

Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States

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.

The Protective Operations team is responsible for safeguarding our people, facilities, critical assets, and operations across manufacturing, test, launch, and corporate environments. From physical site security and access control to supporting rocket transportation, launch activities, and high-profile events, the team plays a mission‑critical role across the company. We partner directly with leadership and cross‑functional teams to manage risk, respond to complex operational needs, and adapt to an ever‑evolving aerospace environment.

Our work has company‑wide impact, and no two days are quite the same.

• Lead physical security operations across assigned Test & Launch locations, including launch, propulsion test, office, storage, and supporting facilities.
• Manage internal and contracted security personnel, ensuring appropriate staffing, post coverage, operational readiness, training, and performance.
• Develop and maintain site‑specific security plans, post orders, emergency procedures, escalation protocols, and risk‑mitigation strategies aligned with enterprise standards.
• Partner closely with Test & Launch leadership, Facilities, EH&S, Legal, Export Compliance, IT, and government or military installation partners to support safe and secure operations.
• Oversee incident response, investigations, access control, CCTV, intrusion detection, visitor management, emergency coordination, and other physical security systems and programs.
• Identify vulnerabilities, emerging risks, and operational gaps, and independently develop practical solutions and corrective actions to strengthen the security posture.

• 5+ years of experience in physical security, law enforcement, military security, emergency management, or a related operational field, including 3+ years in a leadership role.
• Experience leading security teams, supervisors, vendors, or multi‑site operations in a fast‑paced, high‑risk, or regulated environment.
• Strong working knowledge of physical security systems, incident management, emergency response, investigations, security assessments, and facility protection.
• Experience developing security procedures, post orders, training programs, operational standards, and corrective‑action plans.
• Working knowledge of ITAR, CUI, export‑control requirements, or other security and regulatory compliance…