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 People team is a core enabler of the business, with a true seat at the table and broad visibility across the company. From compensation and benefits to performance and onboarding, the team takes a comprehensive approach to supporting employees and leaders alike. We embed ourselves into departments, understanding needs and shaping the foundational strategies that will help individuals thrive as the company scales. Every challenge is an opportunity to solve for what really matters, with agility, empathy, and creativity
About the Role:
Relativity is on a mission to change the way rockets are built and flown, expanding the possibilities for human experience. To do that, we’ll need to create development experiences that expand the possibilities of our own people. We’re looking for a Staff Program Manager to refine and scale our People Leadership Development programs. This person will report to the Head of Talent Development and will be on-site at our Long Beach, CA, HQ.
What You’ll Do:
- Program Management: Lead the implementation, execution, and analysis of all people leader experiences and programs, including program design & management, training design & facilitation, vendor management, survey design & analysis, and internal marketing & communications.
- Drive Leadership Development Strategy: Partner with the Head of Talent Development to refine and execute our People Leadership Development strategy.
- Own People Leadership Learning Journey: Create a clear and cohesive people leader journey, starting with first-time managers, that provides relevant, ongoing, and impactful learning experiences to Relativity Space’s People Leaders.
- Assessment Administration: Identify, implement, and administer individual and team assessments that people leaders can use to understand strengths and development opportunities for themselves and their team(s).
- Collaboration: Partner with DEI, Talent Acquisition, People Ops, and our People Business Partners to ensure our people leader programs integrate and align across the business.
- Effective and Actionable Reporting: At the program level: Identify and leverage quantitative and qualitative data to continuously improve our people leader programs; at the personal level: Provide ongoing feedback and coaching to people leaders based on assessment and survey reporting.
- Elevate People Leadership at Relativity: Track emerging people development technologies, trends, and best practices, and identify opportunities to leverage them with our team.
About You:
In previous experiences, you’ve built and managed people leader programs. You’re comfortable in all aspects of program management, from conducting needs analysis and designing program experiences to implementing large-scale programs and analyzing the impact/results. You have a strong understanding of what it takes to be an exceptional people leader and can effectively develop and coach others on what it takes to get there. You are strategic in how you design and implement development programs, balancing the needs of the learner with the demands of the business. You’re a strong collaborator and communicator, comfortable working with people leaders at all levels, and across all teams, to create alignment and engagement around the initiatives you develop. In this role you’ll serve as a role model to all people leaders, creating a culture of learning and growth that aligns with and enhances our company values and principles.
What You Have:
- 4-6 years of experience in program management within a People/HR team and 3-4 years designing and delivering people leader programs.
- Expertise in curriculum design, instructional best practices, and coaching/facilitating discussions with people leaders.
- Experience with individual and team assessments (e.g., Hogan Assessment, 360s, DISC); Preference to Hogan and DISC Certifications
- Strong project management, organizational skills, and passion for people development with high self-awareness and creative problem-solving abilities.
At Relativity Space, we are committed to transparency and fairness in our compensation practices. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and other job-related factors.
Compensation is only one part of our total rewards package. Relativity Space offers competitive salary and equity, a generous PTO and sick leave policy, parental leave, an annual learning and development stipend, and more! To see some of the benefits & perks we offer, please visit here.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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Relativity Space Long Beach, California, USA Office
We have two sites in Long Beach, CA's Space Beach: "The Wormhole," a 1M sq. ft. factory, once Boeing C-17's home. Nearby, "The Portal" supports Aeon R engine production for our Terran R launch vehicle.
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