Global Supply Manager, Ground Infrastructure (Starlink)

The role

This person will manage ground infrastructure suppliers and regional procurement for Starlink. They will set targets for spend, speed, and quality while cultivating strategic partnerships with datacenters, fiber companies, and ISPs.

What you will do

• Support and execute long-term agreements with major suppliers by developing creative and flexible contracts
• Ensure procurement and delivery of regional ground infrastructure is completed on time and on or under budget
• Conduct comprehensive analysis of regional spend, reliability, service, and supplier data
• Develop and own the regional quarterly planning process and budget
• Set and meet aggressive targets for spend/suppliers, speed, and quality
• Evaluate major investment decisions and expansion plans in your region
• Build cross-functional relationships and drive performance and continuous improvement
• Drive improvement, standardization, and scalability of operational planning, workflow, tools, and resources

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 6+ years of experience in hardware or product management, engineering, procurement, supply chain management, strategy and operations, or technology
• 9+ years of experience in hardware or product management, engineering, procurement, supply chain management, strategy and operations, or technology in lieu of a degree
• Must be willing to work long hours and occasional weekends when necessary
• Willingness to travel to domestic and international ground station sites
• Onsite in the Redmond, WA office 5 days a week

Nice to have

• Experience mentoring or directly managing team members or interns
• Demonstrated success in critical multidisciplinary project execution
• Self-starting, able to identify areas for improvement with minimal direction
• Excellent project management, communication, and organizational skills
• Experienced negotiator with proven commercial results
• Strong technical aptitude to understanding complex contracts/commercials, technical specifications, and physical hardware at sites/datacenters
• Experience presenting to leadership

Benefits

• Company stock or long-term cash awards
• Potential discretionary bonuses
• Ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Short and long-term disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid parental leave
• 3 weeks of paid vacation
• 10 or more paid holidays per year
• Paid sick time in compliance with state and federal law
• Company shuttles from select Seattle locations to the SpaceX Redmond office Monday to Friday

Before you apply

• Applicant must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful permanent resident, Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from

About the company

SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. The company is actively developing technologies to enable human life on Mars.