Fleet Contracts & Compliance Lead

Starlink

Texas

On-site

USD 120,000 - 160,000

Full time

12 days ago

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Job summary

SpaceX is seeking an External Fleet Manager to govern contract and compliance with suppliers, construction contractors, and service providers supporting Starship production and site operations. You will manage from scope and terms to closeout, ensure SLA enforcement, and coordinate with cross-functional teams to maintain compliant performance.

Responsibilities include writing statements of work, setting acceptance criteria, negotiating terms, tracking SLAs, and leading audits and corrective

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or 5+ years of experience in contracts, procurement, supplier management, export compliance, or regulatory compliance in manufacturing, construction, aerospace, defense, or heavy industry.
3+ years of experience in contracts, procurement, supplier management, export compliance, or regulatory compliance in manufacturing, construction, aerospace, defense, or heavy industry.
2+ years of experience as a people leader or owning a project portfolio.

Responsibilities

Own the contract and compliance posture for assigned suppliers, construction contractors, equipment vendors, maintenance and repair contractors, and on-site service providers supporting Starship production, test, and Starbase operations.
Run agreements from need through closeout, including scope, commercial terms, negotiation support, execution, change orders, amendments, claims, and closeout.
Turn requests from production, test, facilities, crane and heavy equipment, construction, maintenance, and operations into statements of work, deliverables, acceptance criteria, and schedules that can be enforced.
Own maintenance and repair contracts for critical equipment and site systems. Set the work the contractor must perform, the hours they must cover, the parts they must stage, and the condition the equipment must be in when they hand it back.
Write and enforce service level agreements with maintenance and repair contractors, including response time, restore time, uptime, parts availability, reporting, escalation, and after-action requirements.
Track each SLA with call logs, downtime records, and repair closeout; apply remedies including service credits, added coverage, or replacement of a contractor who misses the standard.
Work with maintenance, reliability, crane operations, and production during a breakdown so the contractor is called under the right agreement and equipment is returned to service against the SLA.
Review repeat repairs and SLA misses; change scope, spare-parts, or contractor when the same failure recurs.
Build and maintain compliance programs: obligation registers, flowdowns, site-access checks, corrective action when requirements are missed.
Review new and revised agreements for missing clauses; resolve with Procurement, Legal, Finance, and requesting team.
Run contract changes; keep scope, price, and schedule to the written agreement; elevate disputes with a clear record.
Lead or support supplier audits, assessments, and responses; close findings in the portfolio.
Control export-controlled and proprietary information; ensure authorization and need-to-know before data or hardware leaves SpaceX.
Onboard new suppliers and statements of work; release to work only after gates are met.
Support source selection with compliance input; flag issues before award.
Define and track metrics: cycle time, obligation aging, on-time delivery, SLA attainment, audit findings, and repeat noncompliance.
Provide leadership with clear reads on who is authorized, late, or missing SLAs, and what is blocked.
Collaborate with Legal, Procurement, Finance, Security, EHS, Quality, Maintenance, and Engineering to align terms with work realities.