Application Guide

How to Apply for Program Manager

at ICEYE

🏢 About ICEYE

ICEYE is pioneering the use of real-time radar satellite data to enhance climate resilience, focusing on disaster management and environmental monitoring. Unlike traditional satellite companies, ICEYE provides persistent monitoring capabilities regardless of weather or time of day, making their data critical for emergency response and climate adaptation. Working here means contributing directly to technology that saves lives and protects the environment through innovative Earth observation.

About This Role

As a Program Manager at ICEYE, you'll be the central driver ensuring key customers successfully integrate and utilize ICEYE's radar satellite data to achieve their business objectives. This role involves managing complex projects from baseline establishment through execution, while serving as the primary interface between customers and internal engineering, product, and operations teams. Your work directly impacts customer success and business growth in the climate resilience sector.

💡 A Day in the Life

A typical day might involve reviewing program schedules with engineering teams, preparing for customer meetings to discuss data integration progress, and analyzing program performance metrics to identify risks or opportunities. You could spend the morning negotiating contract changes with a government agency client, then transition to collaborating with product teams on feature requests that emerged from customer feedback, all while ensuring programs stay on track to deliver value for climate resilience applications.

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🎯 Who ICEYE Is Looking For

  • Has 5+ years of program management experience with demonstrated success managing complex technical projects involving data integration or satellite/remote sensing technology
  • Possesses strong contract negotiation skills and experience creating/executing Statements of Work for technical programs, particularly in government or enterprise contexts
  • Excels at building customer relationships in technical domains and can identify growth opportunities while ensuring existing programs deliver value
  • Can effectively interface between technical teams (engineering, software) and customers to meet cost, schedule, and performance objectives

📝 Tips for Applying to ICEYE

1

Highlight specific experience managing programs involving geospatial data, remote sensing, or satellite technology - even if not in climate resilience specifically

2

Quantify your impact on customer success metrics in previous roles, especially how you ensured customers could effectively integrate and benefit from technical products

3

Demonstrate your understanding of radar satellite data's unique value proposition by mentioning ICEYE's ability to monitor through clouds and at night

4

Showcase experience with government or enterprise contracts, as ICEYE likely works with disaster management agencies and large organizations

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Emphasize your risk management approach for complex technical programs, particularly how you've handled schedule and technical performance challenges

✉️ What to Emphasize in Your Cover Letter

['Your experience ensuring customer success with complex technical data integration, specifically mentioning any work with geospatial or remote sensing data', "How you've previously acted as the central driver between technical teams and customers to deliver program objectives", 'Your approach to identifying and maturing new growth opportunities within existing customer relationships', "Why you're specifically interested in applying satellite technology to climate resilience and disaster management challenges"]

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🔍 Research Before Applying

To stand out, make sure you've researched:

  • → ICEYE's specific radar satellite capabilities and how they differ from optical satellites (ability to see through clouds, at night, etc.)
  • → Recent ICEYE use cases in disaster management - look for news about their work with specific agencies or during recent natural disasters
  • → The company's partnerships and customer base in climate resilience and environmental monitoring sectors
  • → How synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data is used in practical applications for emergency response and climate adaptation

💬 Prepare for These Interview Topics

Based on this role, you may be asked about:

1 Describe a complex program where you ensured customer success with technical data integration - what challenges arose and how did you overcome them?
2 How would you approach establishing program baselines and schedules for a new customer implementing ICEYE data for disaster response?
3 What experience do you have negotiating contracts and Statements of Work for technical programs, particularly with government or enterprise clients?
4 How do you balance technical requirements from engineering teams with business objectives and customer needs?
5 Can you share an example where you proactively identified and managed risks in a program involving new technology implementation?
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⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid

  • Applying with generic program management experience without highlighting technical program management or customer success in data/technology contexts
  • Failing to demonstrate understanding of ICEYE's specific value proposition in climate resilience and disaster management
  • Not showing how you've previously acted as the central interface between technical teams and customers in complex programs

📅 Application Timeline

This position is open until filled. However, we recommend applying as soon as possible as roles at mission-driven organizations tend to fill quickly.

Typical hiring timeline:

1

Application Review

1-2 weeks

2

Initial Screening

Phone call or written assessment

3

Interviews

1-2 rounds, usually virtual

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