Sr. Program Manager

Sr. Program Manager

Wanna join the adventure?

The role requires a highly motivated Senior Program Manager with experience in overseeing the planning, execution, and delivery of complex space projects. This role involves supporting the Program Manager to deliver spacecraft systems, payloads, and supporting the business development team as they strive to bring in new business. The ideal candidate has a background in aerospace engineering or systems management and thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

About the Role :

• Support the development and maintenance of detailed project plans, timelines, budgets, and risk management strategies.
• Support Business development activities.
• This role is required to work closely with the PM Manager, Business Development, AIT, Procurement, Test Infrastructure, and external partners (Loft) and sub-contractors.
• Ensure compliance with technical, regulatory, and quality standards (ITAR, export Control).
• Track and report project performance metrics to stakeholders and executive leadership.
• Support Configuration Management in managing change requests, scope modifications, and project pivots.
• Identify and mitigate project risks and dependencies early.
• Support proposal development and cost estimation for future projects.

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Orbitworks' mission is to make space simple for organizations that want to deploy physical and virtual missions to space. Building on Loft Orbital's heritage, Orbitworks will be the first commercial firm in the United Arab Emirates to mass-manufacture satellites. Orbitworks aims to manufacture tens of satellites annually and operates out of a 50,000-square-foot facility in Abu Dhabi.