Director of Mission Management
Reflect OrbitalSpace-based solar company
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About the role
TL;DR
Lead mission management, launch, and regulatory strategy for spacecraft.
- •Reflect Orbital is hiring a Director of Mission Management to build and lead the function responsible for moving our spacecraft from mission planning to orbit.
- •You will own Reflect’s company-wide launch and regulatory strategy while remaining directly involved in the execution of our most important missions.
- •Key Responsibilities Own mission management across Reflect’s spacecraft portfolio, including launch planning, launch-provider integration, regulatory execution, and mission readiness.
- •Build the integrated launch and regulatory roadmap required to support Reflect’s spacecraft-production and constellation-deployment plans.
- •Develop launch strategies that balance schedule, orbit, cost, capacity, technical compatibility, regulatory readiness, and program risk.
- •Own senior relationships with launch providers, regulatory agencies, and other critical mission partners.
- •Establish the operating system for mission management: integrated schedules, readiness reviews, risk reviews, and post-mission lessons learned.
- •Requirements 8+ years of experience in spacecraft mission management, launch integration, or a closely related field.
- •Experience personally taking multiple spacecraft missions through launch-provider integration and regulatory approval.
- •Strong working knowledge of FCC spacecraft licensing and spectrum coordination.
- •Experience building a team, function, or operating system in a fast-growing environment.
- •Ability to move fluidly between strategy, negotiations, detailed reviews, and execution.
Required skills
Program ManagementProject ManagementRisk ManagementCompliance ManagementNegotiationStrategic Planning
Nice-to-have skills
Product ManagementCustomer Success
Domain expertise
aerospace
Benefits & perks
Health insurance, Dental insurance, Vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401K, Unlimited paid time off, Lunches provided
Tech stack
PythonJavaScriptTypeScriptGoRustBashNode.jsDjangoFlaskFastAPISpringExpressRuby on Rails.NETASP.NETNestJSLaravelSymfonyGinEchoActixPhoenixMicroservicesPandasNumPySparkAirflowdbtTableauPower BI