Senior Telecommunications Partnership Manager

SpaceX

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Work type
On-site
Location
Redmond, WA
Salary
$150,000–$205,000 / yr
Posted
1 day ago

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This role $178k
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About SpaceX

SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft with the mission of enabling humans to become a multi-planetary species. It operates the Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and Starship launch vehicles, as well as the Starlink satellite internet constellation.

SpaceX currently has 642 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Senior Telecommunications Partnership Manager

As a Senior Telecommunications Partnership Manager at SpaceX, you will join the Starlink Mobile team to drive global partnerships and sales goals by collaborating with engineering, business, and regulatory stakeholders. Your daily tasks include managing technology partnerships, developing certification roadmaps, producing system documentation, and coordinating with internal teams to ensure partner products meet all conformance requirements. You will also lead end-to-end device certification programs for cellular, IoT, and non-terrestrial network user equipment across various global regulatory bodies. This role requires expertise in telecommunications, UE testing, 3GPP RAN5 specifications, and experience in managing complex wireless product certifications. The ideal candidate has a background in partnership management or technical account management within the telecom industry, with a strong understanding of satellite-based communications and NTN technologies.

What you'll do

  • Support and develop technology partnerships for Starlink Mobile, including system interoperability management.
  • Produce system documentation and roadmaps for internal and external stakeholders at executive levels.
  • Coordinate with engineering teams to ensure partner products meet all conformance requirements.
  • Manage certification testing campaigns, resolving test failures and implementing corrective actions.
  • Track and report certification status, risks, budget, and key metrics to senior leadership.

What we're looking for

  • 7+ years of experience in partnership management, technical account management, or sales/pre-sales engineering.
  • 5+ years of experience working in the telecommunications industry.
  • Experience with UE (Users Equipment) testing and NTN/satellite-based telecommunications.
  • Demonstrated success managing device certification programs for complex wireless products.
  • Proven track record of building and managing industry partnerships with major OEMs.

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