Mission Manager – TS/SCI Clearance

Job overview

Compensation is $116,800–$160,600 per year. The Mission Manager – TS/SCI Clearance role is onsite at a Rocket Lab site in North America; the listing identifies Long Beach, CA. in the structured pay fields; the posting lists base salary of $116,800–$160,600 per year and total compensation of $137,075–$196,275, including equity. The role supports Rocket Lab’s HASTE missions and customer payload launches. The manager coordinates customer missions from contract signing through payload integration and launch, overseeing technical, programmatic, and financial milestones. The role aligns customers and technical teams, manages integration documentation and reviews, and supports mission delivery and business development.

What you'll do

• Manage multiple customer missions and their technical, programmatic, and financial milestones
• oversee payload fit checks, dispenser, and launch vehicle integration
• lead customer technical milestone reviews
• contribute proposal input and technical sales engineering reviews
• develop and verify launch vehicle-to-payload interface control documentation
• coordinate with customers and technical staff
• represent the company at events
• help develop mission integrators.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

mission manager

ts/sci clearance

dod secret clearance

mission integration

payload integration

launch vehicles

spacecraft

haste program

customer missions

long beach ca

frequent travel

rocket lab

aerospace

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Company stock and employee stock purchase program
• medical, dental, and vision coverage
• paid vacation, sick time, and holidays
• paid parental leave
• disability and life insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• flexible spending accounts
• fitness and employee discounts.

Why this role

The posting requires an active DoD Secret clearance and frequent domestic and international travel; it also lists a TS/SCI clearance in the title.

About the employer

Rocket Lab Corporation is hiring for this role. Industry: Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing. Sector: 33.