Quindar

Vice President of Programs – Operations

Quindar

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: ARVADAColoradoUnited States

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Salary

💰 $240,000 - $275,000 per year

Job Level

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About the role

  • 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.

Requirements

  • 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.
Benefits
  • We take work life balance very seriously. We require employees to take 15 days off but provide unlimited PTO and follow most US federal government holidays.
  • Mental health is just as important as physical so we provide quarterly health & wellness benefits.
  • Comprehensive health insurance for you and your family with 100% coverage for employees.
  • We encourage employees to save for retirement and provide 4% 401(k) matching.
  • Annually we have a 4-day company offsite. Previous locations include San Francisco, Nashville, Denver, Santa Fe, New Orleans, San Diego, Bozeman, and New York City.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
program managementoperational planningsoftware deliveryhardware systems integrationprocess developmentexecution trackingdelivery reportingmission deploymentsystem reliabilityoperational infrastructure
Soft Skills
leadershipcross-functional team collaborationaccountabilitycommunicationorganizational skillsproblem-solvingstrategic planningculture buildingstakeholder managementurgency
Certifications
U.S. TS/SCI with Poly