Senior Satellite Constellation Manager

Role overview

Lead the delivery and long-term operation of a high-resolution Earth-imaging satellite constellation serving strategic customers across the Middle East and North Africa. This senior program role owns end-to-end success for multi-hundred-million-dollar build, launch, and operations contracts, coordinating engineering, mission, and software teams across multiple geographies. The position blends strategic customer engagement with hands-on stewardship of on-orbit assets and roadmap alignment.

• Act as the Directly Responsible Individual for overall program success, ensuring delivered capabilities meet customer requirements and the underlying business model
• Serve as the regional bridge for contract execution, integrating local cultural nuances and customer needs into the broader constellation execution strategy
• Hire, mentor, and lead a cross-functional program team, establishing plans and structures that maximize the chance of mission success
• Maintain close alignment between assigned programs and the commercial, technical, and product roadmap for imaging offerings
• Represent the program internally to senior leadership and the wider organization so resources, priorities, and timelines remain balanced
• Shepherd the operational health and productivity of satellites on orbit throughout the full life of each contract

• 10+ years of experience in space systems development, management, and/or operations, with aerospace and technology program experience of comparable scale
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field
• Full fluency in Arabic and professional working proficiency in English
• Deep expertise in low-Earth-orbit satellite operations, satellite design, and the elements required to deliver mission success
• Familiarity with remote sensing technology and tasking-based business models
• Demonstrated ability to operate decisively with minimal guidance and extended autonomy
• Strong interpersonal skills with a track record of building alignment across distributed teams
• Willingness to hold ambiguity and risk, and to make decisions that bring clarity to executing teams
• Ability to travel within the Middle East as needed and to California and Germany two to three times per year
• Availability across Pacific and European time zones for scheduled meetings, paired with strong asynchronous coordination skills

Full-time remote role based within proximity of teammates in the United Arab Emirates, with frequent virtual collaboration and periodic in-person travel to offices in California and Germany.