Space Supplier Program Lead

ATX Venture Partners; Golden (CO); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company-paid health benefits

401(k) & equity options

Relocation assistance

Paid holidays

Job summary

Loft is seeking a Supplier Program Manager to lead sub-contract management with strategic suppliers across space, launch, and data services. You will prepare and execute complex contracts, manage changes, and ensure compliance and performance against schedule, cost, and quality targets.

In a fast-paced, international environment, you will collaborate with Engineering, Legal, Finance, and Vendors to align on deliverables and risk mitigation, maintaining auditable records and a strong design

Qualifications

• 6+ years of proven experience in sub-contract management.
• Experience with procurement of multi-million contracts.
• Hands-on experience with contract lifecycle management: drafting, negotiating, executing SoW/MSA or milestone-based contracts.
• Excellent organizational and analytical skills; able to track multiple active contracts simultaneously.
• Strong negotiation, communication, and stakeholder management skills; interface with engineering and management.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven, international environment.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy; comfortable with legal and commercial contract language.
• Ability to work autonomously while keeping internal stakeholders informed.
• Fluent in English.

Responsibilities

• Participate in evaluation, negotiation and closure of critical sub-contracts with Loft's strategic suppliers across space, launch, and ground & data services.
• Manage contract changes (waivers/deviations, addenda, exercised options) and change control throughout the full contract lifecycle.
• Maintain comprehensive and auditable records compliant with company, contractual, and export control requirements.
• Review contracts to ensure they reflect applicable technical, quality, and regulatory requirements; flag non-conformances to Engineering and Legal.
• Monitor and report sub-contractor performance against schedule, cost, and quality targets; feed results into team supplier performance framework (≥90% on-time delivery KPI).
• Identify, assess, and mitigate supply chain risks; elevate issues to Director of Strategic suppliers and stakeholders.
• Develop relationships internally (Program Execution, Engineering, Legal/Contracts, Finance) and externally (Vendors) to facilitate communication.
• Maintain understanding of technical baseline and assess supplier design maturity.
• Coordinate deliverables, acceptance milestones and ensure suppliers are integrated into the program IMS, risk reviews, MRs, and milestone gate readiness.
• Support BD with supplier inputs for proposals and pricing; contribute to the long-term Approved Vendor List strategy.

Skills

Sub-contract management

Procurement

Contract lifecycle management

Organization

Negotiation

Communication

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Business/Supply Chain

Tools

NetSuite

Jira/Confluence

Job description

Loft is seeking a Supplier Program Manager to lead sub-contract management with strategic suppliers across space, launch, and data services. You will prepare and execute complex contracts, manage changes, and ensure compliance and performance against schedule, cost, and quality targets.

In a fast-paced, international environment, you will collaborate with Engineering, Legal, Finance, and Vendors to align on deliverables and risk mitigation, maintaining auditable records and a strong design