Principal Program Manager, Leo Satellite Operations

Amazon; Redmond; On-site; AUD 254,000 - 343,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs

Paid time off

Job summary

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC is seeking a senior Program Manager for the Leo satellite initiative in Redmond. You will own end-to-end program strategy across satellite command, file transfer, telemetry, and logging, coordinating with embedded software and AWS cloud development teams.

You will partner with engineering leaders to translate objectives into actionable plans, manage cross-team risks, and report metrics reflecting delivery health and service availability for Leo

Qualifications

• 7+ years of technical product or program management experience.
• 10+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience.
• 5+ years of software development experience.
• Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end program strategy for Leo satellite onboard agents and ground services, aligning roadmaps across satellite command, file transfer, telemetry, and logging workstreams.
• Partner closely with engineering leaders to translate business and mission objectives into actionable program plans, driving clarity on scope, dependencies, and sequencing across embedded software (C, C++, Rust) and AWS cloud service development.
• Identify, track, and resolve cross-team risks, blockers, and dependencies between Leo ground service teams and satellite agent teams to keep programs on schedule.
• Define and report on program metrics/OKRs that reflect delivery health, space safety posture, and service availability for Leo satellite Internet customers.
• Drive operational rigor — business reviews, roadmap planning, retrospectives — and build mechanisms that scale as the team and fleet grow.
• Communicate program status, risks, and trade-offs clearly to senior leadership and stakeholders across engineering, product, and operations.
• Lead process improvements that increase development velocity and quality across the software development lifecycle, from requirements through implementation, test, and operations.

Skills

Program management

Software development

Embedded software (C, C++, Rust)

Cross-functional leadership

AWS cloud

Tools

AWS

Job description

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC is seeking a senior Program Manager for the Leo satellite initiative in Redmond. You will own end-to-end program strategy across satellite command, file transfer, telemetry, and logging, coordinating with embedded software and AWS cloud development teams.

You will partner with engineering leaders to translate objectives into actionable plans, manage cross-team risks, and report metrics reflecting delivery health and service availability for Leo