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Vice President of Programs & Operations

Quindar· Operations
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Hybrid (Denver, CO / Remote (US))$240k - $275kFull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

VP of Programs & Operations to lead mission execution and scale programs across commercial and government/national security customers, delivering mission-ready satellite deployments and building the execution infrastructure across engineering, product, and customer programs.

Responsibilities

  • Own execution of customer programs across commercial and government missions
  • Ensure delivery of program milestones, mission deployments, and operational readiness
  • Serve as the executive owner responsible for successful program delivery
  • Coordinate directly with government and commercial stakeholders to ensure mission success
  • Establish repeatable processes for integrating the Quindar platform into customer mission environments
  • Lead operational planning for new satellite missions and customer integrations
  • Reduce time required to onboard new missions onto the Quindar platform
  • Ensure integrations meet reliability, security, and operational requirements
  • Build and lead a program management organization responsible for coordinating delivery across engineering, product, and customer stakeholders
  • Implement structured program reviews, execution tracking, and delivery reporting
  • Drive cross-team accountability to ensure programs execute on schedule
  • Develop operational processes for deploying Quindar across multiple customer environments
  • Establish operational dashboards and reporting to provide visibility into program health and delivery timelines
  • Identify operational bottlenecks and implement systems that increase delivery speed and reliability
  • Partner with company leadership to ensure operational readiness for new customer programs and mission deployments
  • Translate company growth plans into operational requirements for staffing, infrastructure, and execution
  • Support expansion into new government and commercial mission environments
  • Recruit and lead program management and operational staff as the company grows
  • Establish a culture of ownership, urgency, and accountability across operational teams
  • Build the operational infrastructure required to support large-scale satellite mission deployments

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience leading programs, operations, or delivery organizations
  • Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. TS/SCI with Poly
  • Experience working in a fast-paced organization or startup
  • Demonstrated experience delivering complex software or software/hardware systems
  • Experience supporting government, aerospace, or national security programs
  • Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams delivering mission-critical systems
  • Experience building operational processes in fast-growing organizations

Skills

Required:Program managementGovernment and national security program deliveryOperational scalingStakeholder management

Benefits

  • We work in a cutting edge industry and you will have direct impact on space missions
  • 15 days of vacation with unlimited PTO and federal holidays observed
  • Quarterly health & wellness benefits
  • Comprehensive health insurance for employee and family
  • 4% 401(k) matching
  • Annual 4-day company offsite (various locations)
  • Opportunity to shape the next version of Quindar’s operations culture and infrastructure
Last updated Aug 19, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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About Quindar

The platform to monitor and automate satellite operations

Quindar is a web app used by satellite owners to analyze, test and operate their constellation. For example, Airbus could use Quindar to operate their satellite fleet with minimal human intervention. We’re six former OneWeb engineers who helped build the software platform that currently operates the second largest satellite constellation in the world. The space industry is shifting from companies launching a handful of satellites over a decade, to launching hundreds of satellites EACH in just a few years. Our SaaS platform automates mission management and for a single engineer to operate hundreds of satellites instead of the traditional model of many engineers operating a single satellite.

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