Program Protection Manager; Top Secret Clearance Required

Responsibilities Include But Are Not Limited To

• Own the Program Protection Plan: author, maintain, and align it to lifecycle milestones and core program artifacts.
• Coordinate cross-functional security strategy; serve as the program’s primary interface for protection matters.
• Identify CPI, assess threats and vulnerabilities, and drive prioritized mitigations (e.g., engineering, anti-tamper, supply chain risk).
• Track protection risks and report progress; deliver clear, high-quality documentation and briefings.
• Support proposals by defining protection scope, resources, and cost/schedule inputs.

• Active Top Secret (TS) clearance required; ability to obtain and maintain additional accesses as needed.
• Demonstrated excellence in technical writing over multiple years: ability to clarify, structure, and communicate complex technical content; authorship of formal plans, analyses, or specifications.
• 5+ years of practical experience in highly technical roles.
• Hands‑on experience with systems security engineering concepts (secure design, anti‑tamper, supply chain risk), and protection of CPI/mission‑critical functions and components.
• Program management experience in structured environments (driving scope, schedule, budget, risk) and cross‑functional execution.
• Familiarity with relevant standards and frameworks (e.g., NIST SP 800‑53/800‑171, RMF, DoD program protection guidance, export control under ITAR/EAR).
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (e.g., AE, ME, EE, CE, SE), computer science, or a closely related technical field.
• Experience developing and maintaining PPPs or analogous security‑focused program artifacts.
• Experience implementing anti‑tamper techniques, cyber‑resilient architectures, and supply chain risk mitigation within complex, multi‑supplier programs.
• Background in aerospace development or space systems, with exposure to DFARS‑based contracts and government customer engagements.
• Advanced proficiency with creating and managing complex program documents; strong attention to detail, configuration control discipline, and stakeholder coordination.
• Demonstrated ability to earn trust, influence without authority, and maintain positive, professional relationships across engineering, PMO, and security communities.
• Proficiency with program planning and collaboration tools (e.g., Confluence/Jira) and in leading cross‑functional reviews and working groups.

WA applicants: $ – $.

• Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short and long‑term disability, 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%, and an Education Support Program.
• Paid Time Off:
  Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company‑paid holidays.
• Dependent on role type and job level, employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses based on the company’s intent to reward individual contributions and enable them to share in the company’s results, or other factors at the company’s sole discretion. Bonus amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed and subject to change and cancellation. Please check with your recruiter for more details.

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.

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