Staff Product Manager

Staff Product 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 Terrestrial Software team is building the foundation for an automated rocket factory and integrated launch platform. Their mission is to automate and streamline workflows across the entire lifecycle of Terran R, from raw material intake to launch operations and eventually manufacturing on Mars. Today, that means partnering directly with teams across design, materials, manufacturing, and test and launch to design, implement, and deploy end-user enterprise-wide applications, industrial automation, data analytics infrastructure, and next-generation AI to solve real problems and accelerate progress. Long term, the team is laying the groundwork for a modular, scalable software platform that can power highly autonomous operations on Earth and beyond. This is a team for builders and thinkers who thrive on cross-functional impact and want to shape the digital backbone of our future in space.

About the Role

• Strategy & Roadmap
• Define product vision and strategic roadmap for MES enhancements and in-house modules.
• Balance deliverables between off-the-shelf functionality and custom software features, ensuring seamless integration and scalability.
• Stakeholder Collaboration
• Engage with manufacturing leaders, operations staff, IT, and engineering to understand operational challenges, needs, and priorities.
• Translate insights into clear product requirements, prioritize backlogs, and establish success criteria.
• Execution & Delivery
• Own end-to-end delivery of MES-related features from concept through requirements, development, testing, implementation, and post-launch support.
• Ensure alignment with manufacturing workflows, regulatory needs, data integrity, and system performance.
• Integration & Innovation
• Collaborate with engineering to integrate MES with ERP, PLM, QMS, automation systems, and in-house modules.
• Explore and track advanced technologies (IIoT, dashboards, analytics, Industry 4.0 approaches) for future enhancements.
• Metrics & Feedback
• Define key performance indicators (e.g., OEE improvements, downtime reduction, traceability metrics, user adoption rates).
• Establish feedback loops, monitor product performance, and iterate based on manufacturing and user insights.
• Scaling & Training
• Drive adoption across multiple sites or lines, create documentation, conduct training, and champion change management efforts.

About You

Experience:

• 8-12+ years of product management experience, preferably in manufacturing software or MES.
• 3+ years of direct, hands-on MES experience, including configuring, enhancing, or integrating systems like Manufacturo or similar platforms.

Nice to haves but not required:

Technical & Domain Knowledge:

• Deep understanding of manufacturing processes production, quality, traceability, OEE, compliance.
• Familiarity with system integration (ERP, PLM, QMS)

Product Management Skills:

• Proven ability to craft and execute product vision, roadmap, requirements, user stories, and releases.

Collaboration & Communication:

• Excellent cross-functional leadership working with manufacturing, engineering, IT, quality, and executive stakeholders.
• Effective communication skills ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear plans for diverse audiences.

Hiring Range: $155,000 - $197,000 USD