Project Manager (FTC 1 Year)

About us

At Viasat, the work you do helps people stay connected in ways that matter, from everyday moments to critical missions across air, land, sea, and space.

We’re a place for people who are curious, bold, and motivated by meaningful work. Here, you'll have the opportunity to make an impact, explore new possibilities, and grow your career in ways that align with your interests and goals. When you're ready to take on something new, you'll find leaders who support your development and help you turn your ambition into action.

What you'll do

Strategic Project Leadership

• Lead strategic initiatives and enterprise-wide projects from conception through implementation.
• Manage project scope, timelines, budgets, risks, dependencies, and deliverables.
• Develop and maintain project plans, roadmaps, status reports, and executive-level dashboards.
• Ensure projects align with organizational objectives, business priorities, and product strategy.
• Coordinate multiple concurrent initiatives across global teams.
• Drive project governance processes and facilitate project steering committee meetings when required.

Product Development Support

• Partner with Product Management and Engineering teams to support the development and launch of new products, services, and capabilities.
• Coordinate cross-functional activities required for successful product delivery.
• Help define project requirements, milestones, success criteria, and release schedules.
• Track progress against product roadmaps and support prioritization decisions.
• Identify and remove obstacles impacting product development timelines.

Stakeholder Management

• Build relationships with executives, business leaders, technical teams, and external partners.
• Facilitate collaboration across departments to achieve project objectives.
• Communicate project progress, risks, issues, and recommendations to stakeholders at all levels.
• Translate complex technical concepts into clear business-focused communications.
• Influence decision-making through data-driven analysis and effective communication.

Risk and Change Management

• Proactively identify, assess, and manage project risks, issues, and dependencies.
• Develop mitigation and contingency plans to minimize impacts on project outcomes.
• Manage project changes through established governance and approval processes.
• Support organizational change management activities to maximize adoption and business value.

Process Improvement and Operational Excellence

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across project delivery and operational processes.
• Establish and promote project management best practices, methodologies, and standards.
• Improve visibility, reporting, and accountability across strategic initiatives.
• Identify opportunities to enhance productivity, efficiency, and organizational effectiveness.

Reporting and Governance

• Provide concise and effective reporting to senior leadership and executive stakeholders.
• Develop meaningful KPIs and project performance metrics.
• Monitor project health, resource utilization, and delivery outcomes.
• Ensure project documentation is maintained and aligned with governance requirements.

The day-to-day

• Lead strategic and cross-functional projects from initiation through completion.
• Develop project charters, business cases, project plans, timelines, and resource plans.
• Partner with Product Management, Engineering, Operations, Service Delivery, Sales, and Leadership teams to deliver key business objectives.
• Coordinate product development initiatives, ensuring milestones, dependencies, and deliverables are effectively managed.
• Facilitate project planning, stakeholder workshops, governance meetings, and executive reviews.
• Identify, track, and mitigate project risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies.
• Monitor project performance and provide clear, concise status reporting to senior leadership.
• Manage project scope, schedule, budget, and resource allocation to ensure successful delivery outcomes.
• Support the development and execution of product roadmaps, business strategies, and operational improvement initiatives.
• Drive decision-making by providing data-driven recommendations and actionable insights.
• Collaborate with technical and business stakeholders to translate complex requirements into achievable plans and deliverables.
• Ensure alignment between project objectives, business priorities, and customer or market needs.
• Champion effective project management practices, governance standards, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Lead change management activities to support the successful adoption of new products, services, processes, and capabilities.
• Foster collaboration, accountability, and engagement across geographically dispersed teams.
• Establish and track key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure project success and business value realization.
• Identify opportunities to improve organizational effectiveness, efficiency, and delivery processes.
• Support executive leadership with strategic planning, portfolio management, and prioritization activities.

What you'll need

• Multiple years of demonstrated experience managing strategic business, technology, transformation, or product development projects.
• Strong project management expertise across initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and closure.
• Experience working within complex, matrixed organizations with global stakeholders.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Proven ability to influence and drive alignment across technical and non-technical teams.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities.
• Experience managing project risks, dependencies, budgets, and schedules.
• Proficiency with Jira, Microsoft Project, Azure DevOps, or similar project management tools.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office applications including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Visio.

Certifications

Preferred certifications include

• PMP (Project Management Professional)
• PRINCE2
• Agile/Scrum Certifications
• SAFe
• MSP
• Six Sigma

Preferred Qualifications/Experience

• Working with space suppliers, vendors, manufacturing especially "ESA"
• Technical Background mechanical and or electrical
• Experience supporting product development and product lifecycle management.
• Experience leading digital transformation or business change initiatives.
• Knowledge of Agile product development methodologies.
• Experience within telecommunications, networking, satellite communications, or technology industries.
• Experience facilitating executive-level planning and governance forums.
• Formal leadership or management qualifications.
• ITIL certification.

What will help you on the job

• Experience leading strategic, cross-functional projects in a technology, telecommunications, or SaaS environment.
• Experience supporting product development, product launches, or product lifecycle management.
• Strong understanding of Agile, Scrum, SAFe, or hybrid project delivery methodologies.
• Experience driving organizational change, business transformation, or process improvement initiatives.
• Familiarity with portfolio management and prioritization frameworks.
• Experience working with executive leadership and presenting to steering committees or governance boards.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to align project outcomes to organizational strategy.
• Experience using project and collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Project, Azure DevOps, Smartsheet, or Monday.com.
• Knowledge of data analysis, reporting, and KPI development to support decision-making.
• Experience managing complex stakeholder relationships across business and technical teams.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and lead initiatives in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
• Experience facilitating workshops, requirements gathering sessions, and strategic planning exercises.
• Strong negotiation, influencing, and conflict-resolution skills.
• Experience implementing continuous improvement practices and operational excellence initiatives.
• Familiarity with telecommunications, satellite communications, networking, cloud technologies, or digital services.
• ITIL, PMP, PRINCE2, Agile, Scrum Master, SAFe, or Six Sigma certifications.
• Formal leadership, business management, or change management qualifications.
• Experience working in global organizations with geographically distributed teams.
• A proactive mindset with a passion for innovation, collaboration, and delivering measurable business outcomes.

EEO Statement

Viasat is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, seeking to create a welcoming and diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, genetics, age, or veteran status or any other applicable legally protected status or characteristic. If you would like to request an accommodation on the basis of disability for completing this on-line application, please click here .