Mission Manager

Northwood Space
Los Angeles
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 5+ yearsSkills: ["Communication","Leadership","Organization","Problem-solving","Stakeholder management"]

Lead cross-functional customer missions from onboarding to deployment and ongoing support, coordinating with Engineering, Product, Business Development, and Operations to ensure mission readiness and successful launches. Manage program plans, surface risks early, and drive decisions for mission outcomes while supporting post-launch operations; travel up to 30% as needed.

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Northwood Space
Northwood Space
4 months ago

Mission Manager

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Job Summary

Lead cross-functional customer missions from onboarding to deployment and ongoing support, coordinating with Engineering, Product, Business Development, and Operations to ensure mission readiness and successful launches. Manage program plans, surface risks early, and drive decisions for mission outcomes while supporting post-launch operations; travel up to 30% as needed.
Location: Los Angeles
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead customer missions from onboarding through integration, launch readiness, operational handoff, and ongoing support.
  • •Build and manage program plans, including milestones, owners, risks, dependencies, schedules, readiness criteria, and communications.
  • •Serve as the main programmatic point of contact for customers and internal teams.
  • •Understand customer mission requirements, workflows, success criteria, operational needs, and constraints.
  • •Coordinate across Engineering, Product, Business Development, and Operations to resolve issues and keep deployments on track.
Travel: Medium travel

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years of experience in technical program management, mission management, customer operations, deployment management, customer success, product operations, or a related role.
Experience:5+ yearsSpaceSatellite communicationsGround station deployments
Skills:CommunicationLeadershipOrganizationProblem-solvingStakeholder management
Tech Stack:HardwareSoftwareNetworkingInfrastructureGround stationTelecommunications

Company Brief

Northwood Space
Builds modern, scalable ground infrastructure and phased-array antenna systems to improve satellite-to-Earth communications, providing rapidly deployable ground stations and networking for commercial and government space missions.
Industry: Space Technology
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Growth Stage Startup
Funding: Series B
Headquarters: Los Angeles, United States
Founded: 2023
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