Future Opportunities - Program Manager

Spire•Washington, DC

9h•$130,500 - $171,000•Hybrid

About The Position

This job posting is for pipeline-building purposes and does not reflect an immediate hiring need. We are always looking for top talent and encourage interested candidates to apply for future opportunities. While there is no active vacancy at this time, qualified applicants may be contacted as positions become available. Through Spire Space Services, customers build and operate their own satellite constellations on top of Spire’s proven satellite, ground, and web infrastructure. In this role, you will be instrumental in our customers’ success, managing the schedule and budget of the deployment of their applications to space.

Requirements

Extensive experience in managing complex programs in space, defense, aerospace or similar industry.
Bachelor's Degree in business, engineering, or applicable field of study or equivalent work experience.
Successful track record driving resource, scope, and schedule management across multiple programs simultaneously.
Self-motivated and proactive with the ability to apply critical and strategic thinking to shape solutions out of complexity.
Flexible and calm in the face of ambiguity and issues.
Experience interfacing and negotiating directly with commercial customers.
Exceptional communication and leadership skills with the ability to win the confidence of highly skilled engineers and executive staff alike.
Adept at building consensus across cross-functional teams.
Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multitasking skills.
Strong English language verbal and written communications.
Project Management Professional (PMP) / PRINCE II certification or equivalent.
Strong working knowledge of Microsoft products.

Nice To Haves

Previous Program or Project Management experience with space-related technologies and solutions.

Responsibilities

Serve as the customer's primary point of contact during the program and ensure full customer satisfaction throughout.
Lead development and maintenance of comprehensive program plans to enable appropriate resourcing, execution, monitoring and control.
Drive and influence on-time, within scope, and within budget delivery of programs.
Lead collaboration with procurement, manufacturing and engineering disciplines to manage program deliveries.
Perform proactive risk management, actively working to mitigate and retire program risks.
Develop high-level knowledge of Spire satellite, payload, and operations systems to assist customers during the development of their service with Spire, escalating to and working with Spire technical teams and subject matter experts as required.
Lead development of schedules, scope, risk and cost assessments for new program proposals.