Senior IT Program Manager (Satellite/IoT)

Location: Barcelona, Spain; hybrid model with 3 days in the office and 2 remote

Company

Satellite connectivity company developing a constellation that enables standard commercial devices to communicate directly from space.

What you will do

• Establish and maintain a company-wide inventory of active and planned software initiatives across technical and business departments.
• Create portfolio-level visibility across concurrent initiatives, including owners, scope, milestones, dependencies, resource needs, risks, and delivery confidence.
• Review technical plans and forecasts with software engineering leadership, identifying unrealistic estimates, missing work, capacity gaps, and emerging risks.
• Prepare portfolio reporting for the CTO and Senior Manager of Infrastructure & Software Engineering using Jira, Confluence, Google Workspace, dashboards, dependency maps, and Gantt views.
• Provide direct Project Manager or Product Owner support for selected initiatives that require deeper involvement.

Requirements

• Extensive senior-level experience leading complex software programs and portfolios across multiple teams and parallel initiatives.
• Strong technical understanding of the software development lifecycle, including full-stack systems, embedded engineering, cloud and infrastructure, DevOps, observability, distributed platforms, and mission-critical software.
• Advanced project and program management expertise covering portfolio governance, integrated roadmaps, Gantt planning, dependency mapping, resource and capacity analysis, risk management, and executive reporting.
• Advanced working knowledge of Jira, Confluence, and Google Workspace.
• Strong stakeholder leadership and communication skills, including facilitating trade-offs, influencing without authority, and translating technical complexity into executive decisions.
• Must be based in Barcelona and work from the office 3 days per week.

Nice to have

• Experience in satellite, aerospace, telecommunications, IoT, or other mission-critical engineering environments.
• Technical degree or equivalent engineering background, with PgMP, PMP, or PRINCE2 credentials.
• Practical experience using AI assistants such as Claude or ChatGPT for analysis, planning, documentation, reporting, and stakeholder preparation.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on a satellite connectivity project with broad real-world impact.
• Flexible schedule and hybrid work focused on results rather than hours.
• Coverage of 50% of eligible courses or master’s degrees, plus Spanish and Catalan classes.
• 50% coverage of private health insurance and Urban Sports Club, with flexible compensation through Cobee.
• International team with more than 20 nationalities, a dedicated buddy, catering, parking support, and team leisure and sports activities.

Hiring process

• Apply for the position through the company’s recruitment process.