Senior Mission Lead – Launch Campaigns (Remote)

SEOPS; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

SEOPS is seeking a Mission Management Lead to steer launch campaigns and oversee customer missions from contract award through launch readiness. You will lead Mission Managers and Integration Specialists, drive planning, and ensure safety and operational compliance.

This player-coach role blends hands-on mission planning with leadership, requiring extensive spaceflight experience, strong stakeholder engagement, and up to 30% travel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, Physics, or another technical field.
• 4+ years of aerospace or spaceflight industry experience.
• Direct experience supporting launch integration activities and launch campaigns.
• Experience leading complex mission, integration, or operational activities involving multiple organizations.
• Ability to travel up to 30%.
• U.S. Person status required in accordance with ITAR/EAR regulations.

Responsibilities

• Lead launch campaign planning and execution across an assigned rocket manifest.
• Direct on-site payload integration and mission execution activities during launch campaigns.
• Coordinate integration activities between customers, launch providers, engineering teams, mission assurance personnel, and launch site operators.
• Ensure customer missions satisfy all applicable integration, safety, readiness, and operational requirements.
• Lead resolution of launch campaign issues, integration anomalies, and mission execution challenges.
• Support review and assessment of customer safety packages, mission documentation, operational procedures, and readiness products.
• Evaluate mission compliance against launch provider, government, and site-specific integration requirements.
• Serve as the senior mission representative during critical mission execution events and launch campaign operations.
• Perform additional customer coordination, launch provider coordination, and mission support activities as required to meet mission-specific objectives and program needs.
• Directly supervise Mission Managers and Integration Specialists, including performance management, coaching, professional development, and workload assignment.
• Support recruiting, interviewing, onboarding, and training activities within the Mission Management organization.
• Establish team priorities, monitor resource utilization, and ensure consistent execution of department processes and standards.

Skills

Mission leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Customer engagement

Launch integration

Mission planning

Team development

Performance management

Workload planning

Written and executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical field

Job description

SEOPS is seeking a Mission Management Lead to steer launch campaigns and oversee customer missions from contract award through launch readiness. You will lead Mission Managers and Integration Specialists, drive planning, and ensure safety and operational compliance.

This player-coach role blends hands-on mission planning with leadership, requiring extensive spaceflight experience, strong stakeholder engagement, and up to 30% travel.