# Senior Satellite Launch Manager

Hiring organization: [BlackSky](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/blacksky)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/7cff41e7-8a79-4a32-92d4-d42b9cde3aca

Listed on BlackSky's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: Senior
- Location: Seattle, WA
- Remote: yes
- Salary: 130000 – 160000 USD per year

## Summary

BlackSky is seeking a program manager to lead satellite launch campaigns, overseeing contractor relationships, integrated scheduling, and team training while managing complex hardware testing and launch integration activities. This role suits someone with extensive aerospace project management experience who can operate independently across competing priorities and thrive in a fast-paced, high-stakes launch environment.

_Our summary, not BlackSky's wording._

## Skills named

Project Management

## Required

- Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent experience
- 8 years of project management or related experience
- Space/satellite launch experience
- Experience managing complex systems with hardware and integrated software dependencies
- Experience working with launch providers as mission manager or launch integration lead
- Ability to travel up to 50%
- U.S. citizen or eligible to obtain ITAR authorization

## Nice to have

- Aerospace systems experience
- International launch experience
- Team leadership and inter-team cooperation skills
- Experience developing launch provider artifacts
- Experience presenting to external customers
- Hardware and test lab experience

Apply on BlackSky's site: https://boards.greenhouse.io/blacksky/jobs/8859321002?gh_jid=8859321002