Company Profile
At Sand Cherry Associates, we excel in the design and delivery of strategic customer-centric initiatives through digitally native, data-empowered solutions. Our client’s confidence in us is centered on exceptionally skilled, high-energy talent working with the support of the full Sand Cherry team. Finding the right match for this role is a critical aspect of continuing that success.
Overview
We're seeking an experienced Program or Project Manager to lead the planning, coordination, and execution of satellite teleport and uplink infrastructure projects across company-owned facilities and third-party sites. This role will manage infrastructure deployments, upgrades, and modifications, including antenna installations, uplink systems, and supporting ground infrastructure. The ideal candidate brings strong project management fundamentals, demonstrated experience delivering complex infrastructure projects, and previous experience with satellite ground infrastructure, teleport operations, uplink systems, or antenna deployments. The Project Manager will coordinate internal engineering and operations teams while overseeing third-party vendors and contractors responsible for construction, equipment installation, integration, and testing. Success requires strong execution, vendor management, financial oversight, and the ability to manage multiple workstreams, schedules, risks, and dependencies. This is a remote role working EST hours. Minimal travel may be required. All qualified candidates MUST be authorized to work in the United States without requiring visa sponsorship or visa transfers. Please note that we do not work C2C.
Responsibilities
Lead end-to-end project planning and execution of teleport and uplink infrastructure projects across company-owned and third-party facilities.
Develop and manage comprehensive project plans, including scope, schedules, milestones, budgets, resource requirements, dependencies, and deliverables.
Establish and maintain project governance, roles and responsibilities, stakeholder communications, and reporting cadences.
Develop and maintain project schedules, critical paths, work breakdown structures, RAID logs, action trackers, and project documentation.
Manage project budgets, forecasts, expenditures, purchase orders, change requests, and financial reporting.
Coordinate internal engineering, teleport operations, network operations, facilities, procurement, and other technical teams to align requirements, resources, and implementation activities.
Manage third-party vendors and contractors responsible for antenna construction, civil works, equipment procurement, installation, cabling, integration, and related infrastructure activities.
Oversee vendor scopes of work, schedules, deliverables, performance, contractual commitments, and acceptance criteria.
Coordinate site surveys, technical assessments, site readiness, permitting, construction, equipment delivery, installation, testing, commissioning, and operational handover.
Track procurement activities, equipment manufacturing lead times, logistics, and installation dependencies to identify and mitigate schedule risks.
Facilitate coordination among RF engineering, teleport operations, network engineering, and external implementation partners to resolve technical dependencies and implementation challenges.
Proactively identify, track, escalate, and resolve project risks, issues, decisions, and dependencies to maintain project momentum.
Manage project scope changes, assess schedule and budget impacts, and coordinate approvals through established change control processes.
Coordinate installation testing, system integration, acceptance testing, and operational readiness with engineering and operations teams.
Prepare and deliver project status reports, executive presentations, financial updates, and milestone reporting.
Ensure project activities comply with applicable safety, site access, regulatory, and operational requirements.
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