Senior Technical Program Manager
South Park Commons is a community and early-stage venture firm that helps talented founders and technologists move from an idea (-1) to a company (0). It runs a no-cost, no-equity residency program for ideation and exploration, and provides $1M to $10M in funding for founders ready to build venture-scale companies.
About South Park Commons
South Park Commons operates a talent-dense community of technical founders, researchers, and domain experts who test ideas, find collaborators, and build conviction on what to build and how to build it. Its offering spans two stages: a six-month Residency with no cost or equity focused on ideation and exploration, and Funding of $1M to $10M for members ready to build venture-scale companies. Beyond capital, SPC provides learning forums on frontier topics (embodied AI, reinforcement learning, energy-efficient computing, AI in biotech), live programming with industry leaders, partner collaboration from a team of former founders and operators, social scaffolding to counter the isolation of early company building, and up to $1M in credits and perks from partners like Anthropic, OpenAI, Microsoft, GCP, and AWS. SPC has spaces in San Francisco, New York, and Bengaluru, and its community has produced companies such as Render, Luma Labs, Pilot, Comun, Anthropic, Unit21, and Profound.
Skills
About the Role
You will lead Muon Space's Programs efforts, responsible for successfully delivering solutions, products, and technology while managing cost and schedule baselines on contracts with U.S. Government and Commercial Organizations. You will be a key member of the Mission Engineering team, collaborating closely with engineering, business, legal, finance, and operations departments. You will support the portfolio's growth by fostering organic growth on existing contracts and supporting captures of new contracts. You will delight customers and users with high-quality products and solutions delivered on time and on budget, meeting contractual obligations. You will turn program pieces into well-organized roadmaps, schedules, and budgets, tracking them throughout the program lifecycle. You will monitor and ensure successful execution of the contracts you manage, and support business development through proposals, RFI responses, customer engagement, and organic growth.
Requirements
- 5+ years relevant experience in program management
- B.S. in an engineering discipline, M.S. or Ph.D. preferred
- Track record of successfully delivering complete systems (hardware, firmware, software, algorithms) on time, to scope, with high quality
- Experience in development and/or program management of satellite based systems. Ability to instantiate and manage integrated master schedules
- Expertise in modern, cloud-based productivity tools
- Excellent analytical and interpersonal skills, with ability to work successfully across all engineering disciplines
- Experience in vendor and contract management
Responsibilities
- Lead a multidisciplinary aerospace development effort, driving day-to-day execution of the program
- Engage with internal and external stakeholders to plan and coordinate the resources necessary to execute the program
- Synchronize a diverse technical team by establishing tools, practices, and process
- Participate in technical discussions, ask probing questions, and work with the team to pull together scoping, schedules, and solutions to issues
- Track and report program metrics on schedule, resource, cost, risk, and technical performance
- Serve as the face of the company to customers, subcontractors and suppliers
Benefits
- Equity compensation
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 401k retirement plan
- Short & long term disability and life insurance
- Three weeks paid vacation for new employees
- 12 paid holidays
- Unlimited sick time
- Paid parental leave