Director, Program Manager

Skylo Technologies • Mountain View, CA

8d • Hybrid

About The Position

Skylo has pioneered a standards-based approach to satellite connectivity, connecting smartphones and IoT devices directly to satellites without special hardware or new networks. Their direct-to-device service is live on millions of activated devices across five continents. The core of their technology is Skylo's commercial NTN vRAN, a 3GPP standards-based, cloud-native platform that bridges terrestrial and satellite networks. This role operates at the intersection of consumer devices, automotive, and industrial IoT, enabling connectivity in remote places. This is a chance to work on impactful technology at a company that is already proving its concept.

Requirements

• Have built and scaled technical program management teams inside complex software, networking, or telecom environments.
• Lead well without direct authority. Align multidisciplinary teams through influence, clarity, and credibility rather than reporting lines.
• Are technically fluent in cloud-native architectures, network engineering, and global carrier operations.
• Have partnered directly with enterprise customer TPM leadership to run joint programs.
• Follow through on what you commit to, and communicate technical status honestly, including to executives and external partners.
• Are deeply curious and quick to learn. Dig into unfamiliar domains, ask the questions others skip, and welcome feedback and mentorship.
• Do your best work in a fast-paced, high-growth company. Comfortable building a structure where little exists yet, then reshaping it as the company scales.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team across Technical Program Management and Program Operations that leaders across the company trust to deliver.
• Own technical program execution across Software Engineering, Network Engineering, Product, Product Support, and Customer Success, so complex programs ship integrated rather than in pieces.
• Manage inter-team dependencies, surface risk early, and clear blockers before they stall delivery.
• Apply engineering judgment to trade-offs between speed, performance, and technical debt, and catch risks before they reach a customer.
• Establish the processes, tooling, and delivery standards the rest of the org relies on to ship predictably as scope and headcount grow.
• Run the operating rhythms that turn strategy into commitments the company hits: quarterly planning, mid-quarter reviews, retrospectives, and feedback loops.
• Shorten the loop from field issue to engineering fix, building the feedback channels from customer operations into core engineering that harden the system with every release.
• Give leadership and external partners a reliable view of status, trade-offs, and risks they can plan against.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation packages including a stock option-based equity program
• Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, and retirement plan
• Monthly allowances for wellness and education reimbursement
• A generous time-off policy, holidays, and the opportunity to temporarily work abroad

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed