# Senior Program Manager

The Senior Program Manager - Ground System Modem leads end-to-end delivery of the modem within a complex SATCOM ground-system solution. This role is accountable for integrated planning, supplier execution, cross-functional and technical alignment, acceptance, deployment, and operational readiness. Combining strong program leadership with telecommunications/SATCOM knowledge, the Senior Program Manager works across engineering, System Architecture, Product Owners, Integration and Test, program controls, Procurement, Operations, and external suppliers to manage dependencies, risks, commitments, and critical decisions. The role may establish a new program or take ownership of an in-flight delivery, quickly building a fact-based view of status, priorities, critical path, supplier commitments, and recovery needs. Success requires strong supplier and stakeholder leadership, commercial and contractual awareness, and a delivery-focused approach that drives issues and decisions to closure. Key Responsibilities Program Definition and Execution Define and maintain the Ground System Modem program execution framework, including the delivery roadmap, scope, integrated schedule, milestone baseline

- **Id**: 4287472
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/telesat-senior-program-manager>
- **Role**: Management
- **Role family**: Management
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Ottawa, Canada
- **Countries**: CA
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-29T22:09:21Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-29
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T22:16:32Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 15
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 7094
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Satellite Communications, Space Services

## Company

- **Id**: 6592
- **Name**: Telesat
- **Domain**: telesat.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/telesat>
- **Size band**: 201-500
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Lever

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 81
- **Open postings**: 14
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.571
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 84
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Technologies

- **Agile** — Optional: no
- **Confluence** — Optional: no
- **Jira** — Optional: no
- **Microsoft Project** — Optional: no
- **Scrum** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 15

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **Canada** — Iso: CA; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-13T22:16:32Z

## Visa

- Country: CA; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Approved LMIA in the last two years; Filings 12m: 0

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 15
- **Expected fill days**: 84
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T00:17:13Z

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