Director, Change Management Gateway & Satellite
AST SpaceMobile · Lanham, Maryland, United States
Posted 20 days ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 20 days AST SpaceMobile's roles stay open a median of 45 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 1% of AST SpaceMobile's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at AST SpaceMobile
- low 0 stale, 6 reposted of 231 open
- Hiring momentum
- 268 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from AST SpaceMobile's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for AST SpaceMobile.
About this role
The Director of Change Management at AST SpaceMobile will oversee the entire change management process for both the Gateway and Satellite domains. This role involves leading the Change Advisory Board, ensuring that all changes are thoroughly assessed for risk and readiness, and maintaining network availability through effective governance of change policies and procedures. The director will also mentor a change management team and report on key performance indicators related to change success and incidents.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of AST SpaceMobile as an employer.
What you need
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications, Systems Engineering, or a related technical field
- Minimum of 15+ years of experience in telecommunications, satellite communications, or network operations
- At least 5+ years leading change management, CAB governance, or operational readiness functions in a complex, mission-critical environment
Nice to have
- Master’s degree in Engineering Management, Business Administration, or a related discipline
- ITIL certification (Change/Release Management) strongly preferred
- Experience governing changes across both ground-segment (gateway/RAN) and space-segment (satellite/payload) systems
- Strong background in ITIL-aligned change, release, and configuration management practices
- Experience implementing change automation, CAB workflows, and forward-schedule tooling (e.g., ServiceNow or Jira)
Worth weighing
- No salary listed
- Extensive travel required based on business needs
- Role involves high-stakes decision-making under time-critical conditions
- Position may require working in a network/satellite operations center environment
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