Technical Program Manager , Kuiper Government Solutions

Leo is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world. The mission of Amazons Leo for Government team is to leverage Leo and provide high speed low latency and secure satellite broadband services to United States and allied government customers.

We have an immediate opening for a Technical Program Manager to support the Leo for Government team focusing on U.S. Government customers such as NASA DoD and National Security. As a Technical Program Manager you will work with technical and senior leadership across the program to ensure Leo systems meet the highest engineering addition to building and maintaining processes of the Leo for Government team you will be responsible for establishing and tracking milestones and project priorities to maximize development efficiency identify project critical paths and ensure supplier/partner products are delivered on time and to Leo specifications. You will work in a collaborative analytical and fast-paced environment and must be comfortable interacting with highly technical cross-functional teams. The candidate must have strong business judgment dive deep into data have strong writing skills and be comfortable leading executive-level reviews.

The best candidates will have deep understanding of aerospace/satellite and systems engineering as well as DoD/IC cyber and security standards practices and assessments. Candidates with demonstrated experience in deployed secure satellite telecommunications services will be preferred.

This position will be based in Arlington VA.

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Key job responsibilities
This role is responsible for defining Leo for Government communication systems provisioning management and monitoring solutions in support of a wide variety of government customer ground air maritime and space based users utilizing Leos satellites. This is a unique opportunity to assist in the development of a global broadband communication system. You will work closely with the commercial satellite and consumer terminal teams to organize resources schedule milestones and track achievements in the addition you will be responsible for identifying project dependencies and critical paths in government systems development. On a day-to-day basis you will coordinate among teams and subcontractors to surface and solve the critical risks to the programs you are assigned to this role you will:
Specify and implement service provisioning management monitoring and operations solutions in support of various government customers each with unique security and cyber concerns. Oversee and monitor implementation testing and fielding of those solutions.
Propose and drive adoption of improvements to the Leo program to improve government user utility and satisfaction
Act as the point of contact for Leo for Government with external teams partners and subcontractors for assigned solutions to identify and mitigate programmatic risks in order to meet established goals
Communicate clearly and effectively to executive management on the plans status and critical issues in narrative and verbal formats. Escalate urgent issues appropriately and drive them to closure in a timely manner
Document trade studies for intra-team review for stakeholder buy-in
Establish and perform subcontract management and define and assess vendor deliveries
Organize regular project and team meetings focusing design teams on program milestones and unblock technical issues by pulling together the multi-functional technical expertise to resolve issues
Set agenda communicate meeting notes and actions follow up with responsible owners
Develop track & communicate project schedules and achievements
Drive project execution develop project plans make technical trade-offs manage risks track and report on status and resolve blocking issues
Work closely with partner organizations (including government agencies) to develop work packages and ensure that all teams have what they need to be successful
Establish goals and metrics to identify opportunities to deliver customer solutions to meet cost performance and schedule requirements.
This position is in Arlington VA. Some travel primarily domestic will be required.

Security Clearance: This position requires that the candidate selected be a US Citizen and candidates must be able to obtain and maintain a US Government security clearance of TS/SCI.

- 3 years of technical product or program management experience
- 3 years of project management disciplines including scope schedule budget quality along with risk and critical path management experience
- Experience managing programs across cross functional teams building processes and coordinating release schedules
- Bachelors degree in engineering physics or equivalent
- 5 years of Space Vehicle/Satellite Operations Space Communications or related industry experience
- 5 years of program or project management experience or Bachelors degree

- 3 years of working directly with engineering teams experience
- Masters or PhD degree in Engineering Physics or related field Proven track record of delivering results for large cross-functional initiatives while managing multiple competing priorities Track record of successfully delivering complete systems (For example: hardware firmware software algorithms) on time to scope with high quality High sense of ownership urgency and drive; resourceful and able to deliver results with minimal direction Technical fluency; comfort understanding and discussing technology concepts schedule trade-offs and new opportunities with technical and non-technical team members Cyber and security fluency including: NIST 800-53 RMF CDS NIST 800-207 Experience with cloud-based mission operations solutions Experience demonstrating judgment and proven ability to lead and influence others Strong organization communication and collaboration skills Ability to facilitate and align roadmaps and manage disparate tasks with varying priorities Experienced in DoD/IC/NASA Satellite development projects Expertise in Space Segment and Ground Segment level trade studies. Ability to negotiate and resolve conflict smoothly and without formal authority (influence without authority) Solid ability to identify and mitigate risk with senior business leadership Strong time and task management skills with consistent attention to detail Excellent oral and written communication skills Demonstrated experience working with government agencies Strong time and task management skills with consistent attention to detail

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