Constellation Integration Program Manager

Maxar; Westminster (CO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Vantor seeks a Constellation Integration Program Manager to own end-to-end execution and integration across a complex satellite constellation—from spacecraft development to ground systems, communications, and mission operations.

You will connect space, ground, network, operations, suppliers, customers, and external partners into a single executable program, maintaining cost, schedule, technical performance, risks, and readiness across $100M+ efforts.

Qualifications

• Must be a U.S. Citizen and able to obtain security clearance.
• 10+ years of experience executing complex, multidisciplinary technical programs involving hardware, software, systems engineering, integration, test, operations, or similarly complex engineered systems.
• Demonstrated ownership of major technical programs, integrated portfolios, or mission capabilities with significant cost, schedule, technical, supplier, and operational complexity; experience with programs or portfolios at the $100M+ scale strongly preferred.
• Experience integrating multiple system elements into a cohesive operational capability rather than managing a single isolated product or workstream.
• Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain an integrated program architecture spanning technical milestones, acquisition and supplier activities, development, integration, verification, deployment, and operational readiness.
• Experience developing and actively managing integrated master schedules, critical paths, cross-program dependencies, major milestones, resource constraints, and schedule risk.
• Demonstrated ability to establish and manage program baselines, including work breakdown structures, cost and schedule performance, forecasts, estimates to complete, and recovery plans.
• Experience managing technical, cost, schedule, integration, supplier, operational, and external dependency risks and opportunities.
• Demonstrated ability to translate engineering development, integration, verification, test, and operational activities into measurable program milestones, entrance/exit criteria, and decision points.
• Experience driving execution across systems engineering, hardware, software, integration and test, mission operations, acquisition, supply chain, finance, customers, suppliers, and external partners without relying solely on

Responsibilities

• Establish the integrated execution framework for the constellation and identify critical-path and cross-segment dependencies.
• Drive decisions, remove blockers, and surface problems before they become crises.
• Develop credible recovery options and drive them to closure when execution moves off plan.
• Ensure the complete constellation capability works and becomes operational when we say it will, not just individual programs or milestones.

Job description

Vantor is forging the new frontier of spatial intelligence, helping decision makers and operators navigate what's happening now and shape what's coming next. Vantor is a place for problem solvers, changemakers, and go-getters-where people are working together to help our customers see the world differently, and in doing so, be seen differently. Come be part of a mission, not just a job, where you can: Shape your own future, build the next big thing, and change the world.

To be eligible for this position, you must be a U.S. Person, defined as a U.S. citizen, permanent resident, Asylee, or Refugee.

Export Control/ITAR: Certain roles may be subject to U.S. export control laws, requiring U.S. person status as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3).

Please review the job details below.

We are seeking a Constellation Integration Program Manager to own end-to-end program execution and integration across a complex satellite constellation-from spacecraft acquisition and development through ground systems, communications, system integration and verification, launch and deployment, commissioning, mission operations, and integration with the broader portfolio.

You will treat the constellation as an integrated mission capability, not a collection of independent programs. You will connect space, ground, network, operations, suppliers, customers, and external partners into a single executable program and maintain an accurate picture of cost, schedule, technical performance, dependencies, risk, and operational readiness across $100M+ efforts.

This is a technically engaged execution role, not a process-management or status-reporting position. You will work directly with engineering and operational teams to understand the architecture, critical interfaces, technical maturity, integration sequence, and failure modes behind the plan. You do not need to be the deepest subject-matter expert in every discipline, but you must understand complex technical systems well enough to ask hard questions, challenge assumptions, connect issues across organizational boundaries, and recognize when apparently local problems threaten the broader mission.

You will establish the integrated execution framework for the constellation, identify critical-path and cross-segment dependencies, drive decisions, remove blockers, and surface problems before they become crises. When execution moves off plan, you will help teams build credible recovery options and drive them to closure.

Success means the complete constellation capability works and becomes operational when we say it will-not simply that individual programs, contracts, or milestones report green.

Our environment is fast-moving, technically demanding, and highly collaborative. We expect clear communication, ownership, integrity, intellectual curiosity, sound judgment, and a bias toward execution. Strong performers use facts, build bridges across disciplines, make decisions with imperfect information, learn quickly, and deliver on commitments. They get into the details when necessary, remain calm when programs encounter problems, and take responsibility for moving the mission forward.

Minimum Qualifications

• Must be a U.S. Citizen and able to obtain security clearance.
• 10+ years of experience executing complex, multidisciplinary technical programs involving hardware, software, systems engineering, integration, test, operations, or similarly complex engineered systems.
• Demonstrated ownership of major technical programs, integrated portfolios, or mission capabilities with significant cost, schedule, technical, supplier, and operational complexity; experience with programs or portfolios at the $100M+ scale strongly preferred.
• Experience integrating multiple system elements into a cohesive operational capability rather than managing a single isolated product or workstream.
• Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain an integrated program architecture spanning technical milestones, acquisition and supplier activities, development, integration, verification, deployment, and operational readiness.
• Experience developing and actively managing integrated master schedules, critical paths, cross-program dependencies, major milestones, resource constraints, and schedule risk.
• Demonstrated ability to establish and manage program baselines, including work breakdown structures, cost and schedule performance, forecasts, estimates to complete, and recovery plans.
• Experience managing technical, cost, schedule, integration, supplier, operational, and external dependency risks and opportunities.
• Demonstrated ability to translate engineering development, integration, verification, test, and operational activities into measurable program milestones, entrance/exit criteria, and decision points.
• Experience driving execution across systems engineering, hardware, software, integration and test, mission operations, acquisition, supply chain, finance, customers, suppliers, and external partners without relying solely on

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