Senior Technical Program Manager

About the role

Loft Orbital is making space simple by building and operating the infrastructure that enables our customers’ missions. As a Senior Technical Program Manager on the Infrastructure team, you’ll bring structure and clarity to a highly cross-functional environment. You’ll coordinate workloads and programs, support global on-call operations, strengthen the team’s ways of working, and ensure risks, dependencies, and escalations are visible and managed. Your work will directly improve the efficiency of our engineering teams and the reliability and scalability of our satellite operations. This is a high-autonomy role with broad visibility and significant room to shape how you work, making a direct impact on how Loft manages and scales its satellite fleet while partnering with teams across Infrastructure, Operations, Solutions, Product Engineering, and other functions.

• Support Cloud, Test, and Space Infrastructure teams in workload management, program delivery, and cross-functional coordination
• Support on-call scheduling across global time zones
• Own the ways of working within the Infrastructure team and ensure our processes are followed and aligned to necessary standards
• Manage internal Risk register and escalation as appropriate to program and cross-functional deliveries

Requirements

• 8+ years of technical program/project management experience in software and service operations
• Proficiency with Jira and Confluence
• Demonstrated experience facilitating Agile development teams (Scrum, Kanban, or similar)
• Analytical mindset plus the ability to develop processes to address operational challenges, automating whenever possible
• Strong interpersonal skills; capable of influencing others without formal authority
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to develop materials for an executive audience
• Ability to travel at least once per quarter for cross-office collaboration

Nice to Haves

• Background in the space industry, tech startups, or organizations building both hardware and software solutions
• Previous experience working with an international team across time zones
• Experience in product management or working closely with product teams
• Experience with Python or automation/scripting in software engineering environments and metric generation

Benefits

• 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance option for employees and dependents
• Flexible Spending (FSA) and Health Savings (HSA) Accounts offered with an employer contribution to the HSA
• 100% employer-paid Life, AD&D, Short-Term, and Long-Term Disability insurance
• Flexible Time Off policy for vacation and sick leave, and 12 paid holidays
• 401(k) plan and equity options
• Daily catered lunches and snacks in office
• International exposure to our team in France
• Fully paid parental leave; 14 weeks for birthing parent and 10 weeks for non-birthing parent
• Carrot Fertility provides comprehensive, inclusive fertility healthcare and family-forming benefits with financial support
• Off-sites and many social events and celebrations
• Relocation assistance when applicable

Pay

State law requires us to share the base compensation range for this role: $150,000–$190,000 per year. This range is intentionally wide to evaluate individuals based on unique experience and abilities.