Material Program Manager

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Long Beach, CA
Hybrid
96K-122K Annually
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3D Printing • Aerospace • Hardware • Robotics • Software • Manufacturing
We are building the future of aerospace.
The Role
Manage material planning processes for vehicle missions, collaborate with cross-functional teams, ensure timely material acquisition, and develop MRP systems.
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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 Supply Chain team turns design intent into executable reality, balancing lead time, cost, complexity, and manufacturability to ensure we can build and scale Terran R. On this team, you're not just placing orders; you're actively shaping the solution. With full ownership across raw materials, capital equipment, and services, the role requires both strategic thinking and day-to-day execution. As the company scales, supply chain becomes increasingly central, working closely with engineering, quality, manufacturing, and more to make decisions that work for today but also for tomorrow. This is a team for those who want to operate at the intersection of technical ambition and business execution, driving tangible progress to keep the Terran R program on track.

About the Role:

As a Material Program Manager at Relativity Space, you will play a key role in driving the material demand planning process across multiple vehicle missions and programs. You will work cross-functionally to maintain real-time visibility into material supply sources, manage material requirements, and collaborate with internal teams to ensure seamless material acquisition and delivery. The role requires a proactive individual who is detail-oriented, has a deep understanding of supply chain processes, and is capable of thriving in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment. 

  • Material Demand Planning: Partner with Sourcing/Procurement, Engineering, Manufacturing, Integration, Test, and Launch teams to derive material demand from complex multi-level Bills of Materials (BOMs) and schedules. This will help drive material requirement plans and priorities across multiple vehicle missions and programs.
  • Material Requirements Signals: Generate material requirement signals and collaborate with Procurement to develop actionable material acquisition strategies.
  • Material Readiness Process: Manage the mission-by-mission 'Material Readiness' process, providing real-time visibility into material supply and demand while ensuring alignment between Engineering, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Test, and Launch teams.
  • Material Allocation Strategy: Develop and implement material allocation strategies/models for constrained or at-risk materials based on company priorities and supply conditions.
  • Material Forecasting: Quantify material forecasts that inform Sourcing’s immediate and medium-term material acquisition strategies, ensuring the smooth flow of materials through the production lifecycle.
  • MRP Systems Development: Participate in the development of Materials Requirements Planning (MRP) systems and processes within ERP platforms, increasing automation and accuracy in end-to-end planning operations.

About You:

  • Minimum of 2 years of experience in material planning, demand planning, fulfillment planning, or similar roles in fast-paced manufacturing, aerospace, or supply chain environments.
  • Experience working cross-functionally with internal stakeholders such as engineering, manufacturing, procurement, supply chain, finance, accounting, quality, and executive management.
  • Strong understanding of Materials Requirements Planning (MRP), including key inputs (e.g., material attributes, demand, supply) and how MRP functions within ERP systems like Infor LN, SAP, or Oracle. 
  • Experience creating and managing demand forecasts and incorporating necessary data inputs for accurate material planning.
  • Familiarity with BOM (Bill of Materials) reconciliation.
  • Ability to work under tight deadlines and prioritize tasks in a fast-paced environment.

Nice to haves but not required:  

  • Knowledge of data analysis tools such as SQL, Tableau, or advanced Excel techniques.
  • Experience with New Product Development (NPD) or New Product Introduction (NPI).
  • Experience with design release processes and systems.
  • Background in aerospace, frontier technology industries, or manufacturing environments.

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.

Hiring Range:
$96,000$122,000 USD

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.

Top Skills

Advanced Excel
Erp Systems
Materials Requirements Planning
SQL
Tableau

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The Company
HQ: Long Beach, CA
1,300 Employees
Year Founded: 2016

What We Do

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.

Why Work With Us

We believe in a future where interplanetary life fundamentally expands the possibilities for the human experience. In realizing this, our long-term goal is to create humanity’s industrial base on Mars. The first step toward this long-term vision starts here on Earth – building rockets and pushing the boundaries of additive manufacturing.

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