Mission Operations Director — Secret Clearance

MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; Longmont (CO); On-site; USD 93,000 - 136,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

Mental health resources

Student loan repayment assistance

Adoption reimbursement

Pet insurance

Job summary

Vantor in Longmont, CO seeks a Mission Director (Secret Clearance) to lead 24/7 mission execution for satellite ground and flight operations. You will manage a robust shift team, ensure mission readiness, and maintain strong cross-functional coordination across engineering, planning, and production.

The role requires a U.S. citizen with active Secret clearance and TS/SCI eligibility; strong leadership, communication, and troubleshooting skills are essential for mission success.

Qualifications

• Must be a U.S. citizen and possess a current/active Secret security clearance with the ability to obtain a TS/SCI w/poly.
• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, engineering, or a related field; four additional years of experience may be substituted for a degree.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Operations Management or Technical Project Management.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience troubleshooting technical issues.
• Ability to accommodate 24/7 rotational shift work and support outside of regular shifts as required.

Responsibilities

• Manage an integrated ground/flight operations, planning, and production shift team of eight or more operators and engineers in support of our satellite constellation and ground infrastructure.
• Ensure mission success and systems performance to meet customer requirements in a 24/7 environment.
• Draft, validate, support, and enforce operational procedures and training.
• Maintain situational awareness of all mission planning and operations activities within the Mission Operations Center (MOC).
• Develop and maintain relationships with spacecraft support teams and cross-functional staff.
• Coordinate daily with operations and engineering leadership and regional planning teams.
• Communicate operational status, milestones, and incident management to stakeholders and leadership.
• Act as incident commander focusing on anomalies from prioritization to recovery and coordinating mitigations.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Operations Management

Technical Project Management

Incident Management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business administration engineering or related field

Tools

Windows

Linux

AWS

Job description

Vantor in Longmont, CO seeks a Mission Director (Secret Clearance) to lead 24/7 mission execution for satellite ground and flight operations. You will manage a robust shift team, ensure mission readiness, and maintain strong cross-functional coordination across engineering, planning, and production.

The role requires a U.S. citizen with active Secret clearance and TS/SCI eligibility; strong leadership, communication, and troubleshooting skills are essential for mission success.