Associate/Senior Associate Founder’s Office

Digantara; India; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Digantara in Bangalore (Hebbal) is seeking a strategic programs leader to own and drive space technology initiatives directly with the Founder and CEO. You will translate high-level objectives into structured roadmaps spanning SSA, SDA, sensors, satellites, and data platforms.

You will define milestones, governance, and dashboards, coordinate across engineering, product, and business teams, and monitor risk while guiding execution from development through deployment and operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s/Master’s in engineering and MBA with 3-4 years of experience.
• Exposure to Founder’s Office, Chief of Staff, or strategic execution roles is desirable.
• Experience in high-growth tech environments preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive strategic space technology programs sponsored by the Founder and CEO.
• Translate objectives across SSA, SDA, space-based sensors, satellite systems into roadmaps.
• Define milestones, KPIs, and delivery metrics across engineering, product, and business teams.
• Establish governance and dashboards for critical initiatives and track end-to-end progress.
• Identify and mitigate technical, operational, commercial, and execution risks.

Skills

Strategic Program Management

Cross-functional leadership

Executive communication

Systems thinking

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Engineering

MBA

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Dashboards

Job description

Digantara is a leadingSpace Surveillance and Intelligence company focused on ensuring orbital safety and sustainability. With expertise in space-based detection, tracking, identification, and monitoring, Digantara provides comprehensive domain awareness across regimes, allowing end users to have actionable intelligence on a single platform.

At the core of its infrastructure lies a sophisticated integration of hardware and software capabilities aligned with the key principles of situational awareness: perception(data collection), comprehension(data processing), and prediction (analytics). This holistic approach empowers Digantara to monitor all Resident Space Objects(RSOs)in orbit, fostering comprehensive domain awareness.

Why us :

• Founder’s OfficeatDigantarawill work directly with the Founder and senior leadership to drive mission-critical space technology, product, and infrastructure initiatives from concept to execution.

• Hustle in a well-funded startup allowing you to take charge of your responsibilities and create your moonshot.

About the role

Strategic Program Management

• Own and drive strategic space technology programs sponsored by the Founder and CEO.

• Translate high-level business and mission objectives acrossSpace Situational Awareness (SSA), Space Domain Awareness (SDA), space-based sensors, satellite systems, and data platformsinto structured execution roadmaps.

• Define program milestones, dependencies, deliverables, KPIs, and success metrics across engineering, product, and business teams.

• Establish execution cadences, governance mechanisms, and program dashboards for critical initiatives.

• Track end-to-end progress across technology development, productization, deployment, and operations.

• Identify technical, operational, commercial, and execution risks and drive timely mitigation.

Strategic Execution

• Work directly with the Founder and CEO on high-priority strategic, technology, and business initiatives.

• Prepare executive-level briefs, presentations, decision documents, and program reviews.

• Convert ambiguous and complex deep-tech challenges into structured problem statements and actionable execution plans.

• Conduct detailed analysis and deep dives across satellite systems, payload development, data platforms, product initiatives, and orbital operations.

• Drive follow-through on strategic decisions across engineering, R&D, product, operations, and business teams.

• Support the Founder in evaluating new opportunities, partnerships, technologies, and strategic initiatives.

Technology Program Leadership

• Partner withSpace Systems Engineering, Payload Development, Ground Systems, Data Science, AI/ML, Product, and Software Engineeringteams.

• Drive cross-functional programs involving satellite payloads, sensor systems, orbital deployments, software platforms, and data infrastructure.

• Develop sufficient understanding of system-level architecture across space, ground, and data segments to effectively manage programs.

• Ensure alignment between product roadmap, mission requirements, technology priorities, and engineering execution.

• Monitor program health across development, system integration, testing, deployment, and operations.

• Identify cross-functional dependencies and ensure timely resolution of execution bottlenecks.

Ideal Candidate:

• Bachelor’s/master’s degree in engineeringandMBA from a reputed institutionwith strong academic and analytical grounding with 3-4 years of experience.

• Exposure toFounder’s Office, Chief of Staff, or strategic execution rolesis highly desirable.

• Prior experience inhigh-growth startups, scale-ups, or fast-paced tech companiesis strongly preferred.

• Strong understanding of complex engineering and technology systems.

• Demonstrated ability to manage cross-functional programs and drive execution in ambiguous environments.

• Strong analytical, structured problem-solving, and systems-thinking capabilities.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with executive presence.

• Strong proficiency inExcel, PowerPoint, data analysis, dashboards, and program management tools.

• Ability to operate independently in a fast-paced, high-ownership environment.

Location:Hebbal, Bangalore

Work Type: WFO , 5 days a week