Associate/Senior Associate Founder’s Office

Why us :

Founder’s Office at Digantara will work directly with the Founder and senior leadership to drive mission-critical space technology, product, and infrastructure initiatives from concept to execution.

About the role

Strategic Program Management

• Own and drive strategic space technology programs sponsored by the Founder and CEO.
• Translate high-level business and mission objectives across Space Situational Awareness (SSA), Space Domain Awareness (SDA), space-based sensors, satellite systems, and data platforms into structured execution roadmaps.
• Define program milestones, dependencies, deliverables, KPIs, and success metrics across engineering, product, and business teams.
• Establish execution cadences, governance mechanisms, and program dashboards for critical initiatives.
• Track end-to-end progress across technology development, productization, deployment, and operations.
• Identify technical, operational, commercial, and execution risks and drive timely mitigation.

Strategic Execution

• Work directly with the Founder and CEO on high-priority strategic, technology, and business initiatives.
• Prepare executive-level briefs, presentations, decision documents, and program reviews.
• Convert ambiguous and complex deep-tech challenges into structured problem statements and actionable execution plans.
• Conduct detailed analysis and deep dives across satellite systems, payload development, data platforms, product initiatives, and orbital operations.
• Drive follow-through on strategic decisions across engineering, R&D, product, operations, and business teams.
• Support the Founder in evaluating new opportunities, partnerships, technologies, and strategic initiatives.

Technology Program Leadership

• Partner with Space Systems Engineering, Payload Development, Ground Systems, Data Science, AI/ML, Product, and Software Engineering teams.
• Drive cross-functional programs involving satellite payloads, sensor systems, orbital deployments, software platforms, and data infrastructure.
• Develop sufficient understanding of system-level architecture across space, ground, and data segments to effectively manage programs.
• Ensure alignment between product roadmap, mission requirements, technology priorities, and engineering execution.
• Monitor program health across development, system integration, testing, deployment, and operations.
• Identify cross-functional dependencies and ensure timely resolution of execution bottlenecks.

Ideal Candidate:

• Bachelor’s/master’s degree in engineering and MBA from a reputed institution with strong academic and analytical grounding with 3-4 years of experience.
• Exposure to Founder’s Office, Chief of Staff, or strategic execution roles is highly desirable.
• Prior experience in high-growth startups, scale-ups, or fast-paced tech companies is strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of complex engineering and technology systems.
• Demonstrated ability to manage cross-functional programs and drive execution in ambiguous environments.
• Strong analytical, structured problem-solving, and systems-thinking capabilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with executive presence.
• Strong proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, data analysis, dashboards, and program management tools.
• Ability to operate independently in a fast-paced, high-ownership environment.