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Impulsespace

Senior Mission Manager Redondo Beach

Impulsespace, Redondo Beach, California, United States, 90278

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Senior Mission Manager Department:

Product Management

Employment Type:

Full Time

Location:

Redondo Beach

Compensation:

$145,000 - $195,000 / year

Overview As a Sr. Mission Manager at Impulse Space, you will be directly responsible for driving customer missions and external-facing programs to successful outcomes. Mission Managers are the single technical point of contact for customers from contract signature through conclusion of the program. You will work alongside other Mission Managers as part of the Mission Management team and interface with Engineering, Mission Operations, and Business Development teams. This is a technical role that involves organizing and communicating technical information to external stakeholders, and managing the schedule of deliverables to ensure programs stay on track. Limited travel may be required.

Responsibilities

Manage all technical communication with customers for assigned missions and programs

Manage all communication with the launch service provider mission management team for assigned missions

Maintain the schedule of deliverables for assigned missions and programs, ensuring all deliverables to external parties are delivered on time and all deliverables owed by external parties are received on time

Lead coordination of major reviews or technical interchange meetings with customers or launch providers

Interface directly with engineers to collect technical work products needed for mission execution

Assist the business development team in reviewing Statements of Work (SOWs) for prospective customer contracts

Assist the product and mission management teams in defining processes and documentation standards to improve the efficiency of mission management activities

Occasionally travel to support key customer meetings or hardware integration events (less than 20% travel)

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in a technical field

5+ years of demonstrated experience as a mission manager, or program manager

Demonstrated experience managing spacecraft or launch vehicle programs

Ability to communicate technical material clearly and professionally

Ability to represent company professionally to external parties

Proficiency with planning and managing schedules

Preferred Skills and Experience

8+ years of experience as a mission manager or program manager in the space industry

Active security clearance or ability to quickly reactivate clearance

Demonstrated experience working with launch service providers

Demonstrated experience working with relevant regulatory agencies

Experience in a customer-facing role

Demonstrated ability to operate in a startup environment

Familiarity with spacecraft assembly, integration, and testing

Familiarity with launch operations and/or spacecraft operations

Willingness to obtain an active clearance to work on sensitive missions; may be subject to pre-employment drug and random drug and alcohol testing

Additional Information Compensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills, education, experience, technical capabilities and internal equity. In addition to base salary, for full-time hires you may also be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of stock options, and access to medical, vision & dental coverage as well as a 401(k) retirement plan.

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including 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. Learn more about ITAR.

Equal Opportunity Impulse Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Impulse Space is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

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