Mission Director (Secret Clearance)

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Maxar Intelligence is a provider of secure, precise, geospatial intelligence. We deliver disruptive value to government and commercial customers to help them monitor, understand and navigate our changing planet. Our unique approach combines decades of deep mission understanding and a proven commercial and defense foundation to deploy solutions and deliver insights with unrivaled speed, scale and cost effectiveness.
Maxar Intelligence is currently seeking a Mission Director in our Mission Operations Center to join our team in Longmont , CO.
Your Project: In this role, you will be responsible managing the operational mission and personnel of a Mission Operations crew. You will preserve the spacecraft and ground systems , ensure existing and potential satellite tasking requirements are met , generate revenue in the form of imagery and ancillary data , and ensure cloud cover assessment and product production are completed for Maxar Intelligence's internal and external customers and meet Service Level Agreements.
Your Career: We are very serious about professional development and continuing education at Maxar. We offer our team members with the opportunity to define their own career trajectory. Our group has amazing resources to support learning and development. You will work with your manager, or a mentor, to set goals and design a development plan to advance your career.
What We Offer: Time for dedicated professional development, conference attendance, corporate partner and industry training, peer group collaboration, hackathons, as well as paid certifications, education reimbursement and student loan forgiveness. There is a reason we boast awards like Best Employer, Best Place to work, Top employer, candidate experience winner. Our strength is in our people. Each team member makes a unique contribution
to our collective mission. So, we recognize that with best-in-class benefits like:
• 401K
• Career growth opportunities
• Family friendly benefits like maternity and paternity leave, adoption reimbursement, flexible hours, hybrid work options
• Program to help you grow like tuition reimbursement, hackathons, and career development
• Student loan repayment
• Generous time off
• Plus everything you'd expect from a leading employer such as a matching and immediately vest 401K plan, robust insurance coverage, medical, dental and vision, etc.
What you'll do day-to-day (with your colleagues):

• Manage an integrated ground / flight operations , planning and production shift team of eight or more operators and engineers in support of Maxar Intelligence s atellite constellation and ground infrastructure along with other support teams as directed by management .
• Responsible for mission success and systems performance necessary to meet customer requirements in a 24/7 environment .
• Draft, validate, support and enforce operational procedures and completion of required trainings .
• Maintain a high level of situational awareness of all m ission p lanning and o perations activities within the Mission Operations Center (MOC) .
• Develop and maintain relationships with various spacecraft support teams such as spacecraft and operations engineering, management, training, production, IT, and planning teams.
• Daily coordination with Maxar o perations and e ngineering l eadership and r egional c ollection p lanning teams .
• Provide effective communication with team members, cross-departmental staff and leaders regarding operational status, mission milestones, and incident management of business impacts and resolution .
• As a designated i ncident c ommander , focus on an anomaly from prioritization to recovery by managing resources, communicating to stakeholders and leadership and by adhering to the Incident Management p olicy .
• C ommunicat e with external customers regarding operational capabilities to include mission impacting anomalies, planned and unplanned maintenance activities, the impacts of the activities, and the mitigations in place to minimize the impacts .
• Interview, train, evaluate, coach, support career development and corrective actions and preventative solutions for team members .

Minimum requirements for this position:

• Must be a U.S. citizen and possess a current/active Secret security clearance with the ability to obtain a TS/SCI w/poly
• Bachelor's degree in business administration, engineering, or a related field. Four additional years of experience may be substituted for a degree
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Operations Management or Technical Project Management
• Minimum of 2 years of experience troubleshooting technical issues
• Ability to accommodate 24/7 rotational shift work and support outside of regular shifts as required

These skills would be amazing:

• 5+ years of leadership experience
• Experience with aerospace and/or satellite ground systems
• Troubleshooting experience for AWS-based systems
• Ability to e ngage with crew members and adjacent teams
• Must possess/demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Calm disposition in stressful situations
• Proficiency in Windows and Linux environments
• Ability to support time-sensitive requirements
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment
• Ability to multi-task, results driven, strong sense of ownership and urgency

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In support of pay transparency at Maxar, we disclose salary ranges on all U.S. job postings. The successful candidate's starting pay will fall within the salary range provided below and is determined based on job-related factors, including, but not limited to, the experience, qualifications, knowledge, skills, geographic work location, and market conditions. Candidates with the minimum necessary experience, qualifications, knowledge, and skillsets for the position should not expect to receive the upper end of the pay range.
• The base pay for this position within Colorado is: $90,000.00 - $150,000.00 annually.
For all other states, we use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop market-driven ranges for our roles, and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, health and welfare insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees. You can find more information on our benefits at: https://www.maxar.com/careers/benefits
The application window is three days from the date the job is posted and will remain posted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire. If the job is reposted regardless of reason, it will remain posted three days from the date the job is reposted and will remain reposted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire.
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Maxar Technologies values diversity in the workplace and is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.