Job Summary:
Loft Orbital is a company focused on simplifying access to space by providing end-to-end missions as a service. They are seeking a Technical Program Manager to support mission and program engineering teams, enhance processes, and ensure the successful delivery of satellite missions.
Responsibilities:
• Represent MPE teams for program and mission development activities, attending key meetings. Monitor progress and communicate changes in priorities, schedules, risks, and dependencies
• Encourage and enforce best practices in deliverable tracking and reporting using Jira and Confluence, integrating with program/mission schedules where possible
• Identify and address process inefficiencies, propose experiments, and implement solutions (often through automation)
• Support team leads in roadmap planning, requirements gathering, and monthly/quarterly deliverable reviews
• Act as the point of contact for stakeholders regarding the status, risks, and dependencies of major initiatives
• Drive and support Agile-based software development, improving visibility, processes, and documentation
• Foster cross-team and cross-office collaboration, helping teams work efficiently across different time zones
Qualifications:
Required:
• 3+ years of technical program/project management experience (preferably in software)
• Proficiency with Jira and Confluence
• Demonstrated experience facilitating Agile development teams (Scrum, Kanban, or similar)
• Analytical mindset plus the ability to develop processes to address operational challenges, automating whenever possible
• Strong interpersonal skills; capable of influencing others without formal authority
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to develop materials for an executive audience
• Ability to travel at least once per quarter for cross-office collaboration
Preferred:
• Background in the space industry, tech startups, and organizations building both hardware and software solutions
• Previous experience working with an international team across time zones
• Experience in product management or working closely with product teams
• Experience with Python or automation/scripting in software engineering environments
Company:
Loft Orbital leases space on satellites for any organization to collect information about the Earth, from space. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered in San Francisco, USA, with a team of 201-500 employees. The company is currently Growth Stage.