Commercial Program Manager - Business Development

Xona Space Systems, Inc

$90K — $130K *
Business Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2-5 years in program management or related fields.
  • Technical degree in engineering or similar disciplines.
  • Experience in business development or sales roles.
  • Knowledge of PNT systems, GNSS, and alternative navigation technology.
  • Familiarity with industrial timing and consumer IoT OEM sectors.
  • PMP, AGILE, or relevant certifications preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the primary customer interface for value proposition alignment.
  • Ensure effective communication among product, operations, and business teams.
  • Provide regular program updates to the leadership team and propose solutions.
  • Collaborate with teams to enhance processes, tools, and reporting for growth.
  • Adapt and thrive in a fast-paced startup environment and work autonomously.
  • Exhibit strong communication and organizational skills to maintain project schedules.

Benefits

  • Work in a dynamic, startup environment with growth potential.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams on innovative projects.
  • Opportunity to shape and improve business processes and tools.
Full Job Description
We are seeking a Technical Business Development Manager to ensure compliant project delivery for commercial industry customers and partners. The successful candidate will be expected to work effectively with cross-functional teams in identifying, capturing, and delivering on customer programs and schedules. Xona's program manager must be able to maintain customer accounts and also generate new accounts, work closely with internal and external technical teams, and align these activities to Xona's overall business objectives.

What you'll do
  • Be the Customer Interface: Work closely with customers to match shared value propositions, build and synchronize schedules, technical requirements, and contract deliverables.
  • Coordinate Across Teams: Facilitate communication across product, operations, and business teams to ensure deliverables are met.
  • Interface with Leadership: Provide regular updates to the leadership team, escalating issues and proposing solutions to maintain program momentum.
  • Contribute to Process Development: Collaborate with business and product team members to improve processes, tools, and reporting structures to scale with the company's growth.
  • Thrive in a Startup Environment: Ability to work in a fast-paced environment where things can move and evolve rapidly. Ability to work autonomously in a small, dynamic team.
  • Communicate: Excellent communication and organizational skills, ability to create and maintain project schedules.

Preferred Qualifications
  • 2-5 years of experience in program management, or a related role.
  • Technical educational background, in engineering or a related field.
  • Business development and/or sales experience.
  • Knowledgeable of PNT systems, GNSS, and alternative navigation technologies.
  • Well networked and knowledgeable of industrial timing and/or consumer IoT OEM companies.
  • PMP, AGILE training or other relevant certifications.

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