Program Director

🏢 Turion Space · 📍 Irvine, CA · 💼 onsite · ⏰ FullTime

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Position Summary & Responsibilities

At Turion Space, we’re on a mission to secure Earth and expand humanity’s reach beyond it. We’re developing spacecraft for national security, in-space servicing, and orbital debris removal. As we prepare for upcoming launches and expand our portfolio of government and commercial programs, we’re looking for a Program Director to drive execution across program portfolios and ensure successful deliveries from concept through launch.

This role is based at our Irvine, California headquarters.

As a Program Director at Turion, you’ll be responsible for leading a portfolio of programs across their entire lifecycle from proposal, contract negotiations, execution, delivery, and closeout. You’ll work cross-functionally with engineering, supply chain, assembly, integration, and test (AI&T), mission operations, and leadership to manage scope, schedule, budget, and customer communications. A successful candidate will bring experience working with U.S. Government agencies (e.g., DoW, Space Force, NASA) and leading integrated teams. Specifically, this role is targeted in candidates with experience leading complex space programs in the GEO Space Domain Awareness (SpDA) industry and conducting Rendezvous Proximity Operations (RPO).

Key Responsibilities:

Lead planning, execution, and delivery for a portfolio of spacecraft missions operating in LEO, MEO, GEO, or other orbital regimes against the cost, schedule, and technical baselines
Serve as the primary interface with government customers, cultivating relationships and representing Turion in all program-related matter
Build and manage program teams and external supplier relationships to meet contractual and technical requirements
Develop program execution strategies, master schedules, and detailed program plans, coordinating across all internal functions
Monitor and report program performance metrics, financials, risks, and opportunities to internal and external stakeholders
Support proposal development, business capture activities, and contract negotiations<

🎯 Candidate Preparation Guide For Turion Space Applicants

Key Role Competencies & Evaluation Highlights

Key Role Focus:

Mission-critical aerospace systems reliability combined with intense startup agility and a hands-on hardware/software integration mindset.

📋 Preparation Priorities (Key Areas to Clarify):

1. Overly bureaucratic mindset or slow-moving defense-contractor mentality.
2. Inability to troubleshoot physical hardware or debug low-level embedded code live.
3. Lack of safety-first rigor when dealing with propulsion or orbital assets.

✨ Recommended Role Alignment Hook:

I design rugged space systems that survive extreme environments without losing sight of rapid iteration and launch velocity.

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