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Eutelsat · 3 weeks ago

Senior Program Manager LEO - Ground Infrastructure (AntennaCo)

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

8+ years exp

Eutelsat is a leading independent ground station-as-a-service provider worldwide. The Senior Program Manager will oversee the development and implementation of quality standards and maintenance practices for Eutelsat’s Global LEO Ground Network, collaborating with various teams to ensure high operational standards.

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Responsibilities

Oversight of SNP quality, security, and maintenance compliance

Work closely with Peers and SNP hosts to develop best practices for daily operations at our SNPs

Liaise with SNP Vendors’ Program Management to perform resource scheduling and to identify and manage dependencies and ensure activities and responsibilities are clearly communicated to all parties

Responsible for SNP maintenance activities and ensure performance and conformance with contractual MSA’s and SLA’s

Interface with the Network Operations Center, Systems Engineering, and the Legal/Regulatory & Contracts group as it pertains to the performance of the SNP hosts and their contractual obligations

Interface with relevant parties to develop and modify quality standards and develop plans to implement across existing and future teleports

Support Logistics activities as needed including placement/approval of purchase orders and management of vendor fulfillment, RMA’s, retrofit programs and design changes

Support site investigations including outages, RF surveys, major incidents

Manage documentation of vendor generated and internally generated procedures, requirements, and user manuals

Oversight of operational budget per SNP

Qualification

Satellite communication systemsProject management toolsQuality standards developmentBudget estimatingFiber optic technologyRadio Frequency technologyDynamicOutsourced teamsGeographically dispersed teamsMEOLEO Ka-Band technologiesSatellite Ground SystemsProject Management certificationFluency in SpanishFluency in PortugueseInterpersonal skillsTeam collaborationAttention to detailCommunication skillsPositive attitudeWork under pressure

Required

8+ years of experience working in a project leadership role on technical and/or logistics projects

Demonstrated experience developing and measuring quality products and services with a focus on Satellite or Terrestrial communication systems

Display general knowledge of fiber optic, Radio Frequency, and communications technologies

Experience with project management tools including Microsoft Project, Excel, Teams, and other tools and disciplines to successfully deliver projects in a matrix management environment

Ability to understand, create, maintain, and status detailed processes and procedures

Knowledge and experience in budget estimating and reporting

Ability to facilitate team efforts to ensure program objectives are achieved. Drive collaboration and teamwork to execute the plan and monitor progress against the plan

Excellent inter-personal and communication skills with ability to build relationships with technical, business, and senior management stakeholders

Demonstrated success managing vendor/subcontractor(s) teams

Demonstrated organizational skills with passionate attention to detail

A high energy level with a dynamic, positive and ‘can do' style

Ability to work under pressure against short timescales

Experience working with outsourced and internal delivery teams

Experience working with geographically dispersed teams

Ability and desire to travel internationally for business purposes

Preferred

Fluency in Spanish and/or Portuguese would be a strong plus

Experience and understanding of mobile telecommunications systems or satellite communications systems; Experience with MEO or LEO Ka-Band technologies a plus

Technical understanding of Satellite Ground Systems and architectures or similar

Technical understanding of fiber optic infrastructure and quality standards

Project Management Institute or equivalent certification or applicable and relevant experience