About us
We are EnduroSat! A fast-growing space scale-up at the forefront of satellite innovation, specializing in advanced software-flexible satellites for commercial, governmental, and scientific endeavors.
This is more than a job, it’s a mission We are making space universally accessible and redefining what’s possible.
We get things done We take ownership of what we do, and we work hard to make a difference.
We are fearless Transparency is our only way forward. We dare to address and resolve issues head-on.
We learn from our mistakes We deliver, take informed risks, and evolve to achieve our goals. We compare with the best version of ourselves.
What is the role?
As our VP of Mission & Programs, you will own how EnduroSat's US missions get delivered, flown and operated. Two functions report to you: Program Management, who run execution and are the voice of the program to the customer, and Mission Operations, who operate our satellites in orbit. You are accountable for the outcome those two teams produce together — a mission that makes Space Services seamless to the customer.
You are the gatekeeper of the customer success at EnduroSat US. You will own the relationship from contract award through the end of mission, ensuring beyond any requirements, that the customer gets their data when and how they expect.
You will work as a peer to our VP of Engineering & Chief Engineer, who owns the technology and give you the reality check from the engineering side. That partnership and constant internal challenge is the center of this job. You commit to what the customer needs, they commit to what we can build, and you need to work together to bridge those. An engineering background is critical — enough to read technical documentation, follow a trade, and zoom beyond the requirements into what the customer actually wants to achieve, even if they don’t quite know it yet.
Some of your daily tasks will include
1. Program execution — deliver what we sold
Own execution across the US program portfolio. Scope, schedule, cost, risk, and delivery from contract award through on-orbit operations.
Build and defend realistic schedules. Critical path, dependencies, and ownership to make what was committed happen.
Run the risk discipline. Identify risk early, fund the mitigation, and escalate before it becomes a surprise.
Own the portfolio view. Where programs compete for the same engineers, test chambers, or cleanroom time, you make the call, you communicate it, and you own the consequence.
Run the milestone cadence. SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, and launch readiness — scheduled, prepared, and closed out with actions that you can actually sign off on. The Chief Engineer owns whether the design is technically ready; you own getting us to the date and getting the review closed.
Support capture and proposals with deliverable baselines, schedules, and cost inputs. Responsibility that you can execute what you commit to.
Own program financial performance. Budgets, forecasts, actuals, variance, and margin. You should be able to explain any program's position without preparing for a week.
Hire and lead the Program Managers assigned to US programs.
2. Mission Operations — keep what we fly performing
Own flight operations for the US fleet. Tasking and scheduling, pass planning, payload commissioning, routine health monitoring, and end-of-life.
Set operational readiness standards. Procedures written and rehearsed before launch, scripts validated, rehearsals run, and no mission reaching LEOP on improvisation.
Scale operations through systems and automation. Turn what your team learns in the control room into concrete requirements for the SpaceOps mission control suite and hold the line on automation as the fleet grows faster than headcount.
Own the operational commitments we make to customers. Tasking responsiveness, data latency, reporting — and the evidence that we are meeting them.
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