Project Manager at Digantara

Bengaluru, karnataka, India -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

30 Mar, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

30 Dec, 25

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Project Management, Agile, Scrum, Data Processing, Risk Management, Testing Methodologies, CI/CD Pipelines, Stakeholder Alignment, Software Development, Space Domain Awareness, Digital Projects, Data-Driven Projects, KPI Dashboards, Technical Understanding, Change Management, Cross-Functional Coordination

Industry

Defense and Space Manufacturing

Description

Digantara is a leading Space Surveillance and Intelligence company focused on ensuring orbital safety and sustainability. With expertise in space-based detection, tracking, identification, and monitoring, Digantara provides comprehensive domain awareness across all regimes, enabling end-users to gain actionable intelligence on a single platform. At the core of its infrastructure lies a sophisticated integration of hardware and software capabilities aligned with the key principles of situational awareness: perception(data collection), comprehension (data processing), and prediction(analytics). This holistic approach empowers Digantara to monitor all Resident Space Objects(RSOs) in orbit, fostering comprehensive domain awareness. Why Us? Join a well-funded, fast-growing startup at the forefront of space technology. At Digantara, you’ll work on groundbreaking projects that ensure orbital safety and sustainability. We offer competitive incentives, a collaborative environment, and opportunities to innovate from day one. Role Overview The Project Manager will lead the end-to-end execution of a new software product in Space Domain Awareness. The role spans project initiation, planning, delivery, and first customer deployment, coordinating a cross-functional team (product, software, design, algorithms, data, and business) to deliver a market-competitive, innovative product on time and within scope. Note: The candidate SHOULD have demonstrated leadership experience across the entire project lifecycle—from concept and design through development, release, and continuous improvement. Key Responsibilities Develop a structured, phase-based project plan (discovery, design, build, test, deployment) with clear milestones, dependencies, and estimates. Coordinate day-to-day work across different cross-functional teams. Control scope in collaboration with the Product Owner/Manager; manage change requests and their impact on the timeline and resources. Maintain a live risk and issue log, drive mitigation and escalation paths for technical, schedule, and integration risks. Align with engineering and QA leads on test strategy (unit, integration, system, performance, and acceptance testing) Plan and coordinate initial pilot deployment(s), including any offline or controlledenvironment installations Required Qualifications 3+ years of end-to-end project management experience (concept → market launch → iteration). Proven record of managing the full lifecycle of digital or data-driven projects (preferably in SaaS, cloud, analytics, or technology platforms). Experience working with Smartsheet and other Agile/Scrum frameworks and tools (e.g. Jira, Asana). Technical Skills: Working knowledge of testing, design, and engineering. Ability to understand the scope of technical effort required and identify bottlenecks. Envisage and align all stakeholders on the scope. Understanding of CI/CD pipelines, testing methodologies, and UX processes. Preferred Qualifications Strong systems thinking mindset Exposure to Space, Aerospace, or Data Intelligence domains (for SDA/technology-focused roles). Project Management Certification (PMP, PRINCE2, etc.). Experience with KPI dashboards and data platforms. Job Location: Hebbal, Bengaluru

Responsibilities

The Project Manager will lead the execution of a new software product in Space Domain Awareness, coordinating a cross-functional team to deliver the product on time and within scope. Responsibilities include developing project plans, managing scope, and coordinating pilot deployments.