Senior Technical Program Manager

This role provides high-level technical program management with a focus on satellite communication User Terminal (UT) architecture and product delivery. You will play a pivotal role in driving the execution, integration, and implementation of new user terminals for various LEO, MEO, and GEO UT products. The successful candidate possesses a deep understanding of satellite broadband and telecommunication services for global enterprise, telecom, transportation, and government sectors.

Operating at a Senior level, you will facilitate collaboration across multi-disciplinary engineering teams, strategic vendors, and global customers to manage the development and productization of complex UT systems. You will serve as a primary technical point of contact for development partners on program schedule, execution, and risk mitigation.

• Lifecycle Leadership: Provide technical program leadership for satellite terminal development and continuous in-life management activities.
• Cross-Functional Coordination: Lead end-to-end synchronization across Engineering, Product, QA, Production, and Supply Chain teams to ensure all deliverables are identified, tracked, and integrated.
• Customer-Facing Communication: Serve as the primary technical program interface for customers, providing clear communication, status updates, and dedicated issue resolution support.
• Quality & Readiness Integration: Drive the program integration for DVT (Design Verification Testing), QA, regulatory certification, and production-readiness.
• Structured Governance: Establish and maintain structured risk, issue, and corrective-action tracking across all phases of the program.
• Root-Cause Analysis: Support and facilitate root-cause / 8D-style issue governance when complex technical anomalies arise.
• Program Execution & Road-mapping: Drive the execution of the product lifecycle from planning to global tactical delivery, partnering with cross-functional teams (Engineering, Sales, Finance, Operations) to align development with the product roadmap.
• Program Ownership: Take a senior role in the PMO, establishing best practices for program management and owning the successful, on-time delivery of critical UT products to partners and customers.
• Project Planning: Partner with engineering leads to develop and manage comprehensive project plans—covering everything from initial concept development to global mass production—for antenna and UT systems.
• Quality & Cost Delivery: Coordinate and drive day-to-day cross-functional engineering execution to ensure antenna and UT development strictly adheres to schedule, budget/cost, and high-tier quality requirements by liaising with HQ Quality Assurance, Procurement and Supply management functions ensuring their integration in product development efforts.
• Technical Trade-offs
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  Drive engineering project execution and lead the facilitation of technical trade-offs while proactively identifying and resolving blocking issues.
• Cross-Functional Synchronization
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  Lead the alignment between architecture, hardware, and software teams to ensure all cross-functional deliverables are identified, tracked, and seamlessly integrated.
• Supply Chain Coordination: Coordinate with vendors, distributors, and contract manufacturers to optimize part procurement and track global delivery timelines.
• Risk Management & Reporting: Author comprehensive technical risk assessments and issue reports in a clear, data-driven format for consumption by business and technical leadership.
• Team Mentorship: Provide guidance and mentorship to engineering teams and junior PMs, ensuring work meets technical, functional, and regulatory requirements.
• Documentation Governance: Oversee the organization of the project document library, ensuring specification requirements and design packages meet enterprise standards.

• Education
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  Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field;
  Master’s or PMP certification preferred.
• Program Management Experience
  : 10+ years of project/program management experience, including complex hardware product development and customer-facing product delivery.
• Technical Expertise
  : 7+ years working directly within SW/HW development environments, with a strong preference for experience in satellite communications, RF, or network architecture.
• NPI
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  Experience supporting NPI, manufacturing ramp-up and production readiness activities.
• Proven Results
  : A consistent track record of successfully delivering…