Head of Programs

Loft Federal; Arvada (CO); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Loft Federal in Arvada, CO is seeking a Program Manager to lead customer contract execution across Loft Federal programs, studies, demonstrations, and hosted payload efforts. You will establish the Federal program management operating model in partnership with Loft Orbital Inc VP of Programs and build a cadence across reviews, status, risks, and deliverables.

You will own visibility into cost, schedule, technical performance, and revenue timing, collaborating with program managers to ensure

Job description

Are you ready to embark on this exciting journey with us?

Loft Federal is committed to delivering the U.S. national security space community a fast, affordable, and streamlined pathway to orbit. As a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of Loft Orbital Solutions, Inc., we specialize in providing mission-ready space infrastructure with unmatched efficiency.

At Loft, we empower our team with autonomy, ownership, and bold problem-solving opportunities while fostering a tight-knit, supportive environment. We believe that diversity, inclusivity, and community are the foundation of an open and innovative culture. We value kind, collaborative, and mission-driven teammates who excel in problem-solving and communication—because great solutions come from great teams.

Why This Role Matters

Loft Federal is scaling from a small, operator-led business unit into a more mature federal operating organization. The business needs stronger customer contract execution, clearer program accountability, better program controls, tighter Inc-Federal integration, and a repeatable operating model for delivering complex national security space missions.

Program execution is where strategy becomes customer trust. Spacecraft, hosted payloads, mission software, security requirements, subcontractors, mission operations, revenue timing, and federal contract obligations all have to come together in a disciplined operating rhythm.

The person in this seat will have direct influence on how Loft Federal delivers current customer commitments, scales future programs, protects margin, builds customer confidence, and creates the execution credibility required to win larger federal work.

What You Will Own

• Lead customer contract execution across Loft Federal programs, task orders, studies, demonstrations, hosted payload efforts, mission software efforts, and other federal customer commitments.
• Establish the Federal program management operating model in partnership with the Loft Orbital Inc VP of Programs.
• Build and run a clear program cadence across internal reviews, customer reviews, program status, risk reviews, schedule reviews, financial reviews, subcontractor reviews, and executive operating reviews.
• Own program execution visibility across cost, schedule, technical performance, contract deliverables, risks, issues, decisions, staffing, subcontractors, revenue timing, and customer commitments.
• Partner with Program Managers to ensure each program has a clear baseline, execution plan, schedule, budget, risk register, deliverable tracker, stakeholder map, and escalation path.
• Serve as the senior escalation point for program execution issues that cut across engineering, mission operations, finance, contracts, security, quality, suppliers, and customers.
• Partner with Growth and Capture to ensure proposals