Program Manager, Spire Global
$130.5-171k
+ 📈 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
More information about location
Office located in Boulder, CO
Provider of space-based data, analytics, and space services
Job no longer available
Provider of space-based data, analytics, and space services
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
$130.5-171k
+ 📈 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
More information about location
Office located in Boulder, CO
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To provide customers with comprehensive data and analytics that protect our environment and our communities, transform global logistics, contribute to economic stability, and put moonshot goals within reach.
Role
Who you are
- You are an experienced program manager with a proven track record of delivering complex hardware engineering projects
- You have successfully led cross-functional teams through the design, development, and deployment of mission-critical hardware systems
- Your expertise extends to navigating intricate supply chains, managing technical risks, and ensuring seamless integration of complex engineering components
- You thrive in high-stakes environments, balancing technical, commercial, and operational priorities while maintaining strong relationships with customers, suppliers, and partners
- Your ability to drive execution, mitigate risks, and align diverse stakeholders makes you a trusted leader capable of delivering high-reliability solutions in the aerospace and space technology industries
- At least 5 years’ experience in managing complex programs in space, defense, aerospace or similar industry
- Bachelor's Degree in business, engineering, or applicable field of study or equivalent work experience
- Successful track record driving resource, scope, and schedule management across multiple programs simultaneously
- Must hold full U.S. Citizenship
- Self-motivated and proactive with the ability to apply critical and strategic thinking to shape solutions out of complexity
- Flexible and calm in the face of ambiguity and issues
- Experience interfacing and negotiating directly with commercial customers
- Exceptional communication and leadership skills with the ability to win the confidence of highly skilled engineers and executive staff alike
- Adept at building consensus across cross-functional teams
- Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multitasking skills
- Strong English language verbal and written communications
- Project Management Professional (PMP) / PRINCE II certification or equivalent
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft products
What the job involves
- Through Spire Space Services, customers build and operate their own satellite constellations on top of Spire’s proven satellite, ground, and web infrastructure. In your role, you will be instrumental in our customers’ success, managing the execution of the deployment of their applications to space
- In your role, you will be instrumental in our customers’ success, managing the schedule and budget of the deployment of their applications to space
- As a Program Manager, you will be responsible for all aspects of program management from initial planning, through execution and monitoring, to program completion, including a focus on timely delivery, budgets, resource allocation and management, and scope management
- The role also includes providing support, planning and oversight to proposals for new programs. As this is a customer-facing role, you will directly interface with representatives with customer teams and will be responsible for documenting and communicating essential information as well as leading discussions or initiatives to drive desired outcomes and conclusions
- The successful candidate will work with a variety of stakeholders to ensure deliverables and milestones are met within scope and budget
- This role will work across several departments to ensure aspects of various programs are compatible with resources to fulfil program requirements
- Serve as the customer's primary point of contact during the program and ensure full customer satisfaction throughout
- Lead development and maintenance of comprehensive program plans to enable appropriate resourcing, execution, monitoring and control
- Drive and influence on-time, within scope, and within budget delivery of programs
- Lead collaboration with procurement, manufacturing and engineering disciplines to manage program deliveries
- Perform proactive risk management, actively working to mitigate and retire program risks
- Develop high-level knowledge of Spire satellite, payload, and operations systems to assist customers during the development of their service with Spire, escalating to and working with Spire technical teams and subject matter experts as required
- Lead development of schedules, scope, risk and cost assessments for new program proposals
- Sound business judgement, commercial acumen and ability to solve complex problems
- Negotiating and influencing skills, establishing and maintaining relationships that promote a successful program outcome
- Access to US export controlled software and/or technology may be required
Our take
There’s been an increasing focus on big data in recent years, and Spire Global aims to lead the field in the biggest data of all - Earth Intelligence - with its suite of satellites collecting data from beneath the Earth’s surface to the edge of the atmosphere.
It identifies three main areas of use for its data - Aviation, Maritime, and Weather. Its capabilities in these fields include providing over 660M position reports each day for the aviation industry, building intelligent routing and tracking systems for maritime shipping, and supplying in-depth weather forecasting and climate impact analysis.
Beyond this, Spire Global's satellite system has countless other applications, such as real-time observation in active conflicts, and wildfire tracking. Operating in a rapidly developing market for space-based data, Spire continues to expand its satellite network and capaibilities as demand for global monitoring and environmental intelligence grows.
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Insights
18% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 10 rounds)
Aug 2024
$4.7m
GRANT
Sep 2019
$19.6m
GRANT
Total funding: $202.6m
Company benefits
- Name your own satellite: Be remembered throughout time by choosing a name for a LEMUR satellite.
- Family Leave: Family is important. Our parental and family leave is designed to let you make the most of those precious moments.
- Learning & development: Spire more than encourages and supports ongoing personal improvement and a growth mindset, we welcome it!
- Launch Attendance: One of the perks from launching satellites into space is that Spire often has VIP access to view the launch.
- Generous time off policy: Take the time you need. Our flexible time-off policy promotes a positive work-life balance.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Our EAP makes sure you have access to support and counseling sessions whenever you need it.
- Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP): Our ESPP provides eligible employees with an opportunity to purchase Spire shares through accumulated contributions.
- Fitness Reimbursement: Spire encourages fitness activity to promote employee well-being with reimbursed gym membership expenses.
- Employee Referral Program: Spire is always looking for outstanding people to join our team, and you can help and be awarded a referral bonus.
- Healthy snacks & beverages: To help our employees to be as productive as possible, we provide healthy snacks and beverages in each of our offices.
Company HQ
Tysons, VA
Leadership
Theresa Condor
(CEO)Theresa has been with Spire since 2013, initially joining as a GM of Space service and Earth Intelligence, before becoming COO in 2021 and CEO in 2025.
Alison Engel
(CFO)Prior to joining Spire Global in 2025, Alison spent over 2 years at LeaseAccelerator as the CFO. She also spent over 5 years at Gannet as a VP of Finance and Senior VP/CFO & Treasurer.
Celia Pelaz
(COO)Prior to joining Spire Global in 2025, Celia spent nearly 8 years at HENSOLDT in various roles, including CSO and COO.
Johann Gabriel Oehme
(CTO)Johann joined Spire Global in 2025 as Chief Transformation Officer, moving into the role of Chief Technology Officer later in the same year. Previously, he spent 4 years at Aerotech Peissenberg as a Managing Director & CCO. He also spent 22 years at Airbus, holding various roles including VP of A350 Customer & Business Development and VP Head of Programme Procurement.
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