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Job Summary:
Vantor is forging the new frontier of spatial intelligence, helping decision makers and operators navigate what’s happening now and shape what’s coming next. They are seeking a Senior Program Manager to lead a large-scale intelligence program, ensuring alignment between customer objectives and operational priorities while managing a diverse team and overseeing program execution.
Responsibilities:
• Serve as the senior Vantor Program Manager and primary customer interface for all Project Custodian activities.
• Act as the principal liaison between customer leadership and Vantor executive leadership.
• Lead execution of a multi-year strategic program involving ISR, GEOINT, remote sensing, intelligence analysis, training, technology integration, and operational support.
• Provide executive oversight of all Vantor program workstreams, subcontractors, vendors, and technical teams supporting the project.
• Establish and maintain trusted relationships with senior government, military, and executive stakeholders.
• Drive successful delivery of program objectives, milestones, and contractual requirements.
• Serve as the senior Vantor representative and leader for all in-country program activities.
• Provide leadership, direction, mentorship, and performance management for all Vantor personnel assigned to the project.
• Build and maintain a high-performing, mission-focused team culture centered on accountability, operational excellence, collaboration, and customer success.
• Lead workforce planning, staffing, onboarding, retention, succession planning, and professional development activities for Vantor personnel.
• Coordinate and integrate activities across Vantor operational, technical, analytical, engineering, training, and support teams.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement and knowledge transfer across the Vantor team.
• Establish and lead the Vantor Program Management Office (PMO).
• Develop and maintain: Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), Program Management Plan, Risk Management Plan, Quality Management Plan, Communications Plan, Resource Management Plan.
• Implement governance processes, reporting frameworks, and executive dashboards.
• Conduct program reviews, status meetings, and executive briefings.
• Ensure effective change management and configuration management processes.
• Coordinate execution across intelligence operations, remote sensing, GEOINT, collection management, analytics, training, and technology deployment functions.
• Oversee transition from initial operational capability to full operational capability.
• Ensure synchronization across collection, processing, exploitation, dissemination, and training activities.
• Support implementation of advanced geospatial and intelligence systems.
• Provide leadership and strategic direction for programs involving: Satellite imagery, Remote sensing technologies, GEOINT exploitation, Geospatial analytics, ISR operations, AI/ML-enabled intelligence capabilities.
• Translate technical requirements into executable program plans.
• Interface effectively with Vantor technical SMEs and customer leadership regarding remote sensing and geospatial capabilities.
• Identify and manage program risks, issues, dependencies, and mitigation plans.
• Track performance metrics, operational readiness measures, and program KPIs.
• Lead corrective action planning when required.
• Ensure delivery quality, schedule adherence, and budget performance.
• Brief senior executives, military leaders, and government officials.
• Facilitate strategic planning sessions and governance boards.
• Manage customer expectations and maintain alignment across multiple stakeholder groups.
• Serve as escalation authority for program issues and decisions.
Qualifications:
Required:
• 15+ years of progressive program management experience leading large, complex programs.
• 10+ years managing multi-disciplinary teams in government, defense, intelligence, aerospace, geospatial, or technology sectors.
• Extensive experience leading international or overseas programs.
• Proven experience establishing and leading PMOs.
• Experience managing geographically dispersed and multicultural teams.
• Experience leading teams of 20+ personnel across multiple functional disciplines in a customer-facing operational environment.
• Strong understanding of remote sensing.
• Strong understanding of satellite imagery.
• Strong understanding of Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT).
• Strong understanding of GIS technologies.
• Strong understanding of intelligence analysis.
• Strong understanding of ISR operations.
• Strong understanding of data analytics.
• Strong understanding of AI/ML-enabled analytic systems.
• Familiarity with the intelligence lifecycle and collection-to-analysis workflows.
• Exceptional executive communication and presentation skills.
• Demonstrated ability to engage with senior government and military leaders.
• Strong organizational transformation and change management experience.
• Proven ability to lead through ambiguity and manage competing priorities.
• Bachelor's degree in one of the following or related fields: Program Management, Engineering, Geospatial Intelligence, Geography, Remote Sensing, GIS, Intelligence Studies, Defense Studies, Data Science, Computer Science.
Preferred:
• Experience supporting Ministry of Defense, Intelligence, ISR, GEOINT, or National Security organizations.
• Experience establishing operational intelligence centers, fusion centers, or geospatial operations centers.
• Experience with satellite tasking, collection management, or imagery exploitation programs.
• Prior military, intelligence community, or defense industry leadership experience.
• Experience working in the GCC or Middle East region.
Company:
A spatial intelligence firm. Founded in 2025, the company is headquartered in Denver, USA, with a team of 1001-5000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage.