Program Manager - Hyper

KSAT – Kongsberg Satellite Services; Oslo fylke; On-site; NOK 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Pension scheme

Training courses

Travel opportunities

Job summary

KSAT Hyper seeks a Program Manager to own end-to-end delivery of Hyper workstreams, coordinating internal engineering, external suppliers, and launch service providers. You will drive cost, schedule, and technical baselines from design through launch and in-orbit commissioning.

The role requires a hardware‑to‑orbit track record, strong cross‑functional collaboration, and willingness to travel to supplier sites and launches.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 7+ years in space, satellite, or aerospace program management with hardware delivery responsibility.
• Proven experience delivering hardware to orbit from development to integration and launch.
• Experience managing external suppliers through requirements flow-down and milestone reviews.
• Strong scheduling and earned-value management skills (MS Project, Primavera).
• Willing to relocate to Tromsø, Oslo, Trondheim, or Stockholm and travel internationally.
• Right to work in Norway or Sweden and NATO security clearance eligibility.

Responsibilities

• Own the integrated schedule, budget, and risk register for your program scope.
• Manage relationships with external suppliers and subcontractors, tracking deliverables and reviews.
• Coordinate across payload, software, ground, and regulatory teams to align interfaces.
• Plan and execute program gate reviews (KO, PDR, CDR, TRR, ORR) with defined criteria.
• Own procurement inputs including SOW, supplier selection, milestones, and change control.
• Maintain the program risk register and elevate blockers to protect the critical path.
• Support launch campaign planning and coordination with launch providers and on-site representation.
• Contribute to program reporting and board-level status updates with the Head of Programs.

Skills

Program management

Stakeholder coordination

Risk management

Written communication

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Aerospace Engineering/Systems Engineering

Tools

MS Project

Primavera

Job description

Location: Tromsø, Oslo, Trondheim, or Stockholm. Regular travel to supplier, launch, and customer sites, including outside Europe.

Type: Full-time

Reports to: Head of Programs, Hyper

Eligibility: Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a NATO security clearance, and hold the right to work in Norway or Sweden.

About KSAT Hyper

KSAT (Kongsberg Satellite Services) is building Hyper, a next-generation communications service delivering a real‑time, global relay network by integrating a LEO satellite constellation with KSAT's extensive ground infrastructure. Hyper provides seamless, low‑latency connectivity and data delivery for satellite operators across defence, civil, and commercial domains.

We are now hiring a Program Manager to sit within the Hyper Programs function, reporting to the Head of Programs. This is a hands‑on delivery role for someone who has seen hardware reach orbit — and knows what it takes to get it there on schedule and within budget.

Your Role

As Program Manager, you will own end‑to‑end delivery of one or more Hyper program workstreams — from early design through launch and in‑orbit commissioning. You will coordinate across internal engineering, external suppliers, and launch service providers, and keep the program on track against cost, schedule, and technical baselines.

As Program Manager, You Will

• Own the integrated schedule, budget, and risk register for your program scope, reporting status and critical‑path risks to the Head of Programs.
• Manage relationships with external suppliers and subcontractors — tracking deliverables, chairing milestone reviews, and enforcing acceptance criteria.
• Coordinate across internal workstreams (payload, software, ground, regulatory) to maintain interface alignment and surface cross‑team dependencies early.
• Plan and execute program gate reviews (KO, PDR, CDR, TRR, ORR); define entry and exit criteria and drive open actions to dated closure.
• Own procurement inputs for your scope: SOW development, supplier selection, contract milestone definition, and change control.
• Maintain the program risk register, track mitigations, and elevate blockers that threaten the critical path.
• Support launch campaign planning and coordination with launch service providers, including environmental testing, documentation, and on‑site representation as required.
• Contribute to program reporting, stakeholder briefings, and board‑level status updates in coordination with the Head of Programs.

Key Focus Areas

• Integrated schedule and cost performance — earned value, variance analysis, and recovery planning
• Supplier and subcontractor management through requirements, qualification, review, and acceptance
• Cross‑functional coordination across payload, software, ground, and regulatory teams
• Gate governance and risk management from development through launch
• Launch campaign planning and in‑orbit commissioning support

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 7+ years of program or project management experience in space, satellite, or aerospace, with direct responsibility for hardware development and delivery.
• Demonstrated experience delivering hardware to orbit — from component development through integration, environmental testing, launch, and on‑orbit commissioning.
• Proven ability to manage external suppliers through requirements flow‑down, milestone reviews, and formal acceptance.
• Strong command of schedule management tools and techniques (e.g., MS Project, Primavera, or equivalent); experience with critical‑path analysis and earned‑value management.
• Experience planning and executing major design and readiness reviews (PDR, CDR, TRR, ORR).
• Excellent cross‑functional coordination, risk management, and written communication skills.
• Professional working proficiency in English.
• Based in, or willing to relocate to, Tromsø, Oslo, Trondheim, or Stockholm, and able to travel to supplier, launch, and customer sites internationally.
• Right to work in Norway or Sweden, and able to obtain and maintain a NATO security clearance.

Preferred

• Experience on LEO smallsat or constellation programs.
• Familiarity with relay, communications, or data‑delivery satellite systems.
• Existing national or NATO security clearance (Secret / Hemmelig or above).
• Experience working within or alongside European space primes, ESA, or national space agency programs, or with U.S. primes and launch providers.
• Working proficiency in Norwegian or Swedish.

Why Join KSAT Hyper

• Own end‑to‑end delivery on a next‑generation relay constellation — from hardware development through launch and in‑orbit operations.
• Work at the intersection of a proven global ground‑network operator and a fast‑moving new‑space program.
• A high‑ownership role with direct access to the Head of Programs and the broader Hyper leadership team.
• Work from Tromsø, Oslo, Trondheim, or Stockholm — at the centre of the Nordic space and defence ecosystem, and close to KSAT's own ground network.
• Competitive compensation and a mission that connects the world from orbit.

KSAT – A Stellar Workplace

• We are a social group who do things outside of work, both under the auspices of the company and on private initiative. Here you will be included from day one.
• Competitive salary conditions, training courses, training room at work that employees are free to use, very good health insurance and pension schemes, telephone and mobile subscriptions, company cabin, support for sports, etc
• An environment you are guaranteed to learn from - regardless of your level of expertise today. You will join an environment with high competence and with a strong desire and will to deliver world‑class quality - at all levels of the organisation.

KSAT sees the importance to ensure diversity in the company by taking gender, age, and cultural background into account during recruitment. Candidates must be eligible to obtain NATO- and/or Norwegian security clearance. This is a firm requirement for the position, and candidates in final stages will go through a background check done by Semac.

We review applications on an ongoing basis.