Vice President of Programs – Operations

Quindar

Vice President of Programs & Operations leading mission execution at Quindar for government and commercial customers. Ensuring reliable program delivery across engineering, product, and customer programs.

Posted 4/12/2026full-timeARVADA • Colorado • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $240,000 - $275,000 per yearWebsite

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About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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

What you’ll need

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

Comp & perks

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.

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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