Technical Program Manager, Spcacecraft RF and Regulatory

Menlo Ventures; California (MO); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

True Anomaly seeks a Senior Technical Program Manager to lead mission-critical ground station, RF, and regulatory programs across our missions. You will drive alignment among engineering, security, legal, and business operations while navigating fast-paced, regulated environments.

The role requires experience with FCC/NOAA licensing, strategic thinking, and strong communication skills. A degree and multiple years of related experience are expected.

Qualifications

• Experience with preparing, reviewing, and submitting spacecraft and/or ground station FCC and NOAA license applications.
• Strong presentation skills.
• High attention to detail.
• Proven experience and skills in team building, time management, conflict resolution, communication, briefing, strategic thinking and PM disciplines.
• Ability to manage multiple projects.
• Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills.
• 7+ years of related experience or graduate degree as an alternative to a degree.

Responsibilities

• Manage the full spectrum of spacecraft licensing, ground station coordination, and RF platform development for all True Anomaly missions.
• Ensure alignment across the organization for regulatory and RF requirements to ensure compliance and closure of gaps.
• Direct internal and external stakeholders to support regulatory programs across PM, systems engineering, IT and contracts.
• Provide risk assessments, schedule estimates, and mitigations; drive process improvements with Finance.
• Provide strategic direction, set priorities, and resolve day-to-day issues to deliver operational licenses.
• Perform risk/issue tracking, escalation, and closeout for program performance.
• Oversee subcontractor activities and deliverables; lead preparation of applications and studies.

Skills

Project management

Communication

Team leadership

Regulatory compliance

RF knowledge

Public speaking

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Graduate Degree

7+ years experience in lieu of degree

Job description

Space is a warfighting domain. True Anomaly seeks those with the talent and ambition to build the technology that secures it.

OUR MISSION

True Anomaly delivers decisive capabilities for space superiority. We build autonomous spacecraft, advanced payloads, mission software, and space-based interceptors — enabling the U.S. and its Allies to secure the space environment and counter threats from the ultimate high ground.

OUR VALUES

• Be the offset. We create asymmetric advantages with creativity and ingenuity.
• What would it take? We challenge assumptions to deliver ambitious results.
• It’s the people. Our team is our competitive advantage and we are better together.

YOUR MISSION

True Anomaly is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to lead mission-critical ground station, communication, and regulatory programs across our missions. The ideal candidate will have familiarity with spacecraft RF communications and an understanding of regulatory requirements in both spectrum and spacecraft imaging licensing. The candidate must be comfortable operating in fast-paced, regulated environments and be able to drive alignment across engineering, security, legal, compliance, and business operations teams. Your expertise in working with external stakeholders to facilitate timely and positive outcomes will play a key role in advancing our national security mission and operational excellence in the space domain.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage the full spectrum of spacecraft licensing, ground station coordination, and RF platform development for all True Anomaly missions
• Ensure alignment across the organization for regulatory and RF requirements to ensure compliance and closure where gaps exist.
• Direct the responsibilities and activities of internal and, where necessary, external stakeholders to support regulatory programs including program management, systems engineering, communications and IT, mission operations, facilities management, security, safety, and contracts/financial/supply chain support functions
• Support the Program Management Organization in identifying, providing risk assessments, schedule estimates, and recommendations for mitigations of known issues; developing recommended process improvements; facilitating opportunities with Finance
• Provide strategic direction, set priorities, and resolve day-to-day issues to deliver operational licenses for True Anomaly spacecraft
• Perform risk/issue assessments, tracking, resolution, escalation, and closeout to ensure satisfactory program performance
• Oversee and manage subcontractor activities and deliverables
• Lead preparation of applications, studies, and deliverables

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with preparing, reviewing, and submitting spacecraft and/or ground station FCC and NOAA license applications to tight timelines
• Strong presentation skills
• High attention to detail
• Proven experience and skills in team building, time management, conflict resolution, communication, briefing, presentation, strategic thinking, marketing, and literacy in the program management disciplines
• Ability to accommodate multiple projects
• Strong oral and written communication and interpersonal skills
• Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 3 years of prior relevant experience; Or, Graduate Degree and a minimum of 1 years of prior related experience; Or, in lieu of a degree, a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Eligible for Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance
• Ability to work within a cross-functional, geographically dispersed team environment to complete contractual commitments
• Experience with customer interfacing and National Security aerospace programs
• Ability to establish new & further refining existing templates, tools, & guidelines for program documentation & execution
• Experience with ensuring compliance with approved Corporate and ISO 9001:2000 Policies and Processes

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

True Anomaly is committed to equal employment opportunity on any basis protected by applicable state and federal laws. If you have a disability or additional need that requires accommodation, please do not hesitate to let us.