Global Telecom Program Manager - Space & Satellite Deployments

astspacemobile; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

AST SpaceMobile is seeking a Program Manager to join our Telecommunications PMO. Lead end-to-end service readiness and delivery programs for strategic telecom partners, coordinating cross-functional teams to ensure on-time service launches.

You will manage integrated plans, track milestones, risks, and issues, and drive governance and executive communications. Strong leadership and collaboration across engineering, operations, and commercial teams are essential.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of program or project management experience.
• 3+ years managing customer-facing or partner-facing delivery programs.
• Proven success managing complex service deployments, network implementations, or technology rollouts.

Responsibilities

• Develop integrated end-to-end program plans for service delivery.
• Track milestones, dependencies, risks, issues across multiple workstreams.
• Establish and manage program governance with status reporting and executive communications.
• Coordinate readiness activities and milestone reviews for successful service launches.
• Facilitate stage-gate reviews and ensure entry/exit criteria are met.
• Monitor KPIs and provide visibility to stakeholders.
• Coordinate engineering, deployment, operations, and support functions.
• Lead stakeholder meetings, delivery reviews and governance forums.
• Capture lessons learned and drive process improvements.
• Leverage automation and PM platforms to improve delivery efficiency.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Cross-functional coordination

Analytical thinking

Prioritization

Negotiation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Telecommunications, Business Administration, Project Management, or related field

Master's degree or MBA preferred

PMP or equivalent certification preferred

Tools

Microsoft Project

Smartsheet

Jira

Confluence

SharePoint

Microsoft Teams

Job description

AST SpaceMobile is seeking a Program Manager to join our Telecommunications PMO. Lead end-to-end service readiness and delivery programs for strategic telecom partners, coordinating cross-functional teams to ensure on-time service launches.

You will manage integrated plans, track milestones, risks, and issues, and drive governance and executive communications. Strong leadership and collaboration across engineering, operations, and commercial teams are essential.