Senior Director, Radar Technical Program Management

Why LeoLabs ?

At LeoLabs , we’re building the living map of activity in space. Through our proprietary global radar network and AI-enabled analytics platform, we collect millions of measurements daily on more than 25,000 objects in low Earth orbit (LEO). Our radar-powered intelligence protects billions in assets, monitors adversarial behavior, and ensures safe operations for commercial and government missions.

We’re not just building technology, we are redefining global security, safety, and transparency in space. As orbital activity accelerates and threats grow more complex, LeoLabs is a trusted partner for Space Domain Awareness, Space Traffic Management, and Satellite Operations for top-tier space operators and allied defense organizations.

If you're looking to work on mission-critical challenges at the forefront of aerospace, national security, and AI, your impact starts here.

LeoLabs is seeking a Senior Director, Radar Technical Program Management to lead the integrated technical execution of our most complex radar, hardware, production, and infrastructure programs.

This role is a senior technical leadership role responsible for coalescing the entire Radar organization around a single, credible execution plan which will be visible across the enterprise. The role operates across the Radar organization, spanning radar systems engineering, RF and electromechanical engineering, software and embedded systems, supply chain, manufacturing, EHS, site development, integration, test, operations, and maintenance.

You will also partner closely with Product, customer-facing Program Management, Finance, and other cross-functional teams. You will translate product objectives and customer commitments into credible engineering plans, identify system-level dependencies, resolve blockers, and own the integrated execution plan of record from development through operational deployment.

You will initially lead several high-priority initiatives and, as the portfolio grows, build and lead a small team of technically credible program leaders.

Success in this role requires technical depth, engineering judgment, systems thinking, practical hardware-development experience, and the ability to engage credibly with senior engineers while driving complex programs to measurable outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
Lead Complex Technical Programs

- Lead multidisciplinary radar, hardware, manufacturing, deployment, and operational-readiness programs from definition through completion.

- Translate product requirements, technical objectives, customer commitments, and operational needs into program definitions with clear scope, success criteria, major milestones, interfaces, dependencies, and decision points.

- Drive execution through ambiguity, evolving requirements, incomplete information, and aggressive schedules while maintaining accountability for overall program outcomes.

Own the Radar Program Plan of Record

- Coordinate execution across Radar Systems, Hardware Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Global Infrastructure, Radar Operations, Product, and customer-facing Program Management.

- Own the integrated technical program baseline and cross-functional commitments for scope, schedule, cost, readiness, and risk. Establish change control and drive escalation and recovery, and ensure decisions are made by appropriate functional authority. Product retains roadmap and prioritization authority while engineering leaders retain technical design authority.

- Build schedules that reflect engineering maturity, critical paths, long-lead materials, supplier and site dependencies, resource contention, and schedule risk.

- Assess the downstream schedule and resource effects of architecture changes, component substitutions, test failures, supplier delays, and scope changes, and update the plan of record accordingly.

Lead Technical Readiness, Risk, and Change Management

- Define and lead technical and deployment readiness reviews a