Senior Technical Project Manager - Program Operations & Integration
TLDR
Shape and manage program integration and operations at Astranis, significantly impacting satellite projects and leading resource optimization and program management processes.
Astranis builds advanced satellites for high orbits, expanding humanity’s reach into the solar system. Today, Astranis satellites provide dedicated, secure networks to highly-sophisticated customers across the globe— large enterprises, sovereign governments, and the US military. With five satellites on orbit and many more set to launch soon, the company is servicing a backlog of more than $1 billion of commercial contracts.
Astranis is the preferred satellite communications partner for buyers with stringent requirements for uptime, data security, network visibility, and customization. Astranis has raised over $750 million from some of the world’s best investors, from Andreessen Horowitz to Blackrock and Fidelity, and employs a team of 450 engineers and entrepreneurs. Astranis designs, builds, and operates its satellites out of its 153,000 sq. ft. headquarters in Northern California, USA.
Senior Technical Project Manager - Program Operations & Integration
As the Technical Project Manager for program operations & integration, you will be responsible for shaping how we integrate and manage all of our programs at Astranis. This is a high-impact, high-visibility position within the Technical Program Management team in Engineering.
Role
- Drive resource loading into schedules and optimize task timing across multiple programs
- Develop program management automation strategies and implement across programs
- Develop company-wide program management processes and initiatives
- Ability to develop and manage detailed, discrete program budgets within a complex, dynamic environment
- Develop and implement program performance standards and dashboards; develop data pipelines
- Develop and implement cost account management processes for engineering team, specifically focusing on linkages to schedules and program plans and tie in to financial tools
- Manage execution of special projects
- Develop integrated master schedules for various programs; mentor and train project managers on scheduling best practices
Requirements
- Expertise in developing and managing program schedules and complex interdependencies using tools like Smartsheet or Project
- Bachelor of Science (or similar) degree in an Engineering discipline
- Strong data analytics skills
- Strong communication skills, both internal and external facing
- Proven ability to work in an ambiguous, fast paced environment, overcome obstacles with creative solutions, and clearly document/communicate tactical plans
- >5 years program planning experience
- >3 years engineering management or project management experience
Bonus
- Familiarity with Smartsheet, Jira, and Confluence
- Experience with US Government programs
- Python coding experience
Base pay is just one component of Astranis’s total rewards package. Your compensation also includes a significant equity package via incentive stock options, high-quality company-subsidized healthcare, disability and life insurance, 401(k) retirement planning, flexible PTO, and free on-site catered meals.
Benefits
Equity Compensation
A significant equity package via incentive stock options
Free Meals & Snacks
Free on-site catered meals
Health Insurance
High-quality company-subsidized healthcare
Paid Time Off
Flexible PTO
Astranis builds and deploys small, low-cost telecommunications satellites designed to bring broadband connectivity to underserved and remote areas globally. By focusing on providing secure networks for large enterprises, governments, and the military, Astranis is on a mission to close the digital divide for the billions currently without internet access.
- Founded
- Founded 2015
- Employees
- 201-500 employees
- Industry
- Diversified Telecommunication Services
- Total raised
- $550M raised