Do you want to work with a team that is building new services from the ground up? Do you have a passion for technology and a desire to bring delightful services to life in an entirely new way? Then join us at Project Kuiper.
Project Kuiper is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world. We are looking for a Technical Program Manager to accelerate the delivery of our distributors onboarding, with a particular focus on projects and products spanning cross functional business, product and engineering teams. As one of our key team members, you will be responsible for managing stakeholders, technical deep dives such as requirements definitions, at both internal and external customers.
The successful candidate will be both entrepreneurial and highly analytical, able to work extremely effectively in a matrixed organization and be adept at understanding fixed broadband businesses. We are looking for someone customer obsessed and technologically savvy with a proven track record of leading new initiatives, especially in consumer related products and services using distribution channels.
Project Kuiper’s success requires leaders who are owners, and who possess the entrepreneurial spirit needed to create new products. Our leaders solve complex problems and get things done.
“This position may require access to information, technology, or hardware that is subject to export control laws and regulations, including the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). Employment in this position is contingent upon obtaining any required export licenses or other approvals from the United States government. As such, the successful candidate must be eligible to obtain any necessary export licenses or approvals based on their nationality, citizenship, and any other factors considered by the applicable export control regulations.”
Key job responsibilities
1. Manage stakeholders to understand their schedule, cost, functionality and quality requirements, ensuring clear documentation and communication amongst internal and external customers.
2. Lead and manage technical deep dives with internal and external partners to drive complex integration programs in preparation for product launch.
3. Work across multiple product and engineering teams to define product specifications
4. Work with business and technical leaders to define, and track business and operational success metrics for key programs.
5. Assist product managers in building accurate product roadmaps that account for cross-team dependencies and minimize delays.
6. Work closely with business teams to determine best ways to drive adoption and product success.
7. Maintain and communicate the master project schedule, collecting, analyzing and reporting metrics that reflects progress against planned goals and deliverables.
8. Ensure that schedule changes are tracked and communicated efficiently to the right people at the right cadence.
9. Lead post-project retrospectives with lessons-learned, incorporate improvements into our development processes. 5+ years of technical product or program management experience
7+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience
Experience building and evaluating system-level technical design
5+ years of technical program management working directly with software engineering teams experience
Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules 5+ years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management experience
Experience managing projects across cross functional teams, building sustainable processes and coordinating release schedules
Experience defining KPI's/SLA's used to drive multi-million dollar businesses and reporting to senior leadership
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