Program Manager

About us

One team. Global challenges. Infinite opportunities. At Viasat, we’re on a mission to deliver connections with the capacity to change the world. For more than 35 years, Viasat has helped shape how consumers, businesses, governments and militaries around the globe communicate. We’re looking for people who think big, act fearlessly, and create an inclusive environment that drives positive impact to join our team.

What you'll do

• Own the planning and execution of complex, cross‑functional programs from initiation to delivery
• Define program scope, objectives, schedules, and success metrics in alignment with business goals
• Coordinate and drive execution across engineering, product, operations, finance, and other stakeholders
• Manage timelines, budgets, risks, dependencies, and resource allocation across multiple projects
• Proactively identify issues, assess impact, and lead mitigation and escalation as needed
• Track progress against milestones and KPIs, ensuring transparent and accurate reporting to leadership
• Facilitate program reviews, decision forums, and stakeholder communications
• Ensure alignment between program deliverables and strategic priorities
• Drive continuous improvement of processes, tools, and execution practices
• Support change management and ensure successful adoption of program outcomes

The day-to-day

• Planning
  • Work with the team and product owner to provide initial work-package estimates.
  • Build up the development schedule based on the product owner’s prioritisation and the team’s capacity.
  • If needed flag and secure non-core team resource (specialists or overflow resource to meet the objectives).
  • Identify risk and opportunities at the individual work-package level
  • Coordinate, with the team, the refinement of larger work-packages into executable detailed plans
• Executing
  • Facilitate the daily team stand-ups
  • Monitor evolution of risks during the execution
  • Monitor, and if necessary update, the detailed work-package plan, while ensuring to remain within the agreed scope.
  • Help the team by eliminating impediments
  • Shield the team from outside pressure
  • Ensure resource remains committed and protect the team of over-committing to other parallel requests
• Reporting
  • Report to the product owner on weekly progress
  • Prepare biweekly planning updates, advertising how the short term roles into the long term.

What you'll need

• 5+ years of project management / scrum master
• 3+ years of technical engineering background
• Demonstrated experience in leading multi-disciplinary teams through multiple phases of the product development and service life-cycle.
• Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering or similar technical discipline
• Strong oral and written communications skills
• Up to 10% travel
• Swiss Citizenship, EU (27) Citizenship, or Valid Swiss Work Permit

What will help you on the job

• Familiarity with agile and lean development methodologies
• Background in antenna systems development or advanced electronic design
• Familiarity with JIRA

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.