Xona Space Systems

Commercial Program Manager - Business Development

Burlingame, California

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CybersecuritySalesBusiness DevelopmentLeadershipCommunicationOrganizational Skills

About the role

Xona is the navigational intelligence company bringing real-time, centimeter-level certainty to any device, anywhere on Earth.
The U.S. defined global navigation with GNSS (GPS) over 50 years ago, supporting everything from consumer applications, transportation systems, and time synchronization for critical infrastructure.
Xona's vision is straightforward: make satellite navigation dramatically more accurate, secure, and available.

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.
Communicate: Excellent communication and organizational skills, ability to create and maintain project schedules.
After nearly two decades, however, the performance and security demands of such navigation systems are increasingly beyond what GNSS can support.
Provide regular updates to the leadership team, escalating issues and proposing solutions to maintain program momentum.
We are seeking a Commercial Program Manager to ensure compliant project delivery for commercial industry customers and partners.

Ability to work in a fast-paced environment where things can move and evolve rapidly.
Ability to work autonomously in a small, dynamic team.
To comply with U.K. regulations, this role requires Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) checks, and successful candidates must be eligible to obtain UK Security Clearance (SC).
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.

2-5 years of experience in program management, or a related role.
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.
For U.K. Roles: To comply with U.K. regulations, this role requires Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) checks, and successful candidates must be eligible to obtain UK Security Clearance (SC).
For Canada Roles: Successful candidates must obtain and hold a security clearance at the reliability status level, and pass security assessment for the Canadian Controlled Goods Program (CGP) and ITAR.
We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Be the Customer Interface: Work closely with customers to match shared value propositions, build and synchronize schedules, technical requirements, and contract deliverables.
Xona Space Systems was founded in 2019 to address these threats through its space-based low Earth orbit (LEO) constellation.
Work closely with customers to match shared value propositions, build and synchronize schedules, technical requirements, and contract deliverables.

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