Program Manager - Hyper

Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT); Oslo fylke; On-site; NOK 1,100,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Pension schemes

Training courses

On-site training room

Company cabin

Support for sports

Job summary

KSAT is seeking a Program Manager to lead the Hyper program workstreams from design through launch and in-orbit commissioning. You will coordinate with engineering, suppliers and launch providers to ensure cost, schedule and technical baselines are met.

The role requires substantial experience delivering hardware to orbit, strong scheduling skills, and the ability to obtain NATO clearance and work rights in Norway or Sweden. This is a high-ownership, global role with regular travel.

Qualifications

• Degree in aerospace, systems engineering or a related technical field is required.
• 7+ years of program or project management experience in space, satellite or aerospace.
• Proven experience delivering hardware to orbit and managing external suppliers.
• Strong scheduling skills using MS Project or Primavera.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of one or more Hyper program workstreams from design to launch and in-orbit commissioning.
• Coordinate across internal engineering, external suppliers, and launch service providers.
• Manage cost, schedule, and technical baselines and report status to leadership.
• Lead gate reviews, milestone reviews, and interface alignment across teams.
• Plan procurement inputs, including SOWs, supplier selection and change control.
• Maintain risk registers and surface blockers to keep the critical path on track.

Skills

Program management

Schedule management

Stakeholder management

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related technical field

Tools

MS Project

Primavera

Job description

Manage end-to-end delivery of Hyper program workstreams, coordinating schedules, budgets, risks, and suppliers from design to launch.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related technical field
• 7+ years of program or project management experience in space, satellite, or aerospace
• Demonstrated experience delivering hardware to orbit
• Strong command of schedule management tools like MS Project or Primavera
• Eligible to obtain and maintain a NATO security clearance and right to work in Norway or Sweden
• Competitive salary, health insurance, and pension schemes
• Training courses and access to an on-site training room
• Company cabin and support for sports
• High-ownership role working on a next-generation relay constellation

HYPER powered by KSAT seeks Program Manager!

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.

We are a rapidly growing organization with solid finances. With us, you get skilled and committed colleagues, a flexible and varied everyday life, opportunities to grow and a unique opportunity to help develop an exciting future for KSAT. If this wasn't enough, we also offer, among other things:

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.

Get to know us better through - SPACE UP YOUR CAREER: https://karriere.ksat.no/ - we are looking forward to hearing from you!

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