Sub-Contracts Manager
At Loft, we are dedicated to delivering our innovative hardware products & satellite missions on schedule and within budget. Our company is growing, and the role of Sub-Contracts Manager is crucial to our success across the enterprise. As the primary interface between Loft and its strategic supply base, the Sub-Contracts Manager is a critical position responsible for ensuring we are able to deliver on our commitments.
- Lead the evaluation, negotiation and closure of critical sub-contracts with Loft’s strategic suppliers
- Manage contract changes (e.g., waivers/deviations, addendums, exercised options) and change control throughout contract lifecycle
- Maintain comprehensive and auditable records compliant with company and contractual requirements
- Review contracts to ensure they reflect applicable technical, quality and/or regulatory requirements
- Monitor and report sub-contractor performance against schedule, cost and quality targets
- Identify, assess and mitigate supply chain risks, escalating issues whenever appropriate.
- Develop strong relationships both internally and externally to facilitate communication, collaboration and alignment throughout contract execution.
- Support sub-contractor growth and development in alignment with Loft’s needs.
- Proven experience (6+ years) in sub-contract management
- Experience in a company with a production / test environment
- Experience with procurement of electromechanical assemblies and relevant build and test processes
- Excellent organizational and analytical skills
- Excellent negotiation, communication and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
- Ability to work with a global team and communicate effectively
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy
- Ability to work autonomously
- Proficient working in ERP system (e.g., NetSuite) and with Atlassian products (e.g., Jira, Confluence)
- Ability to handle multiple tasks and prioritize effectively
- Technical baseline understanding
- Supplier design maturity assessment
- Systems engineering literacy
- Program execution integration (IMS, risk, MR, milestone gates)
- Government/compliance rigor
- Complex aerospace supplier oversight
- Make/buy and strategic supplier selection
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business or Supply Chain Management, or a related field
- Fluent in French and/or Arabic
- Experience with purchasing and/or inventory modules in NetSuite
- Experience in aerospace industry
- Familiarity with FAR/DFARS regulations and US Government contracting protocols
- Supply Chain or Project Management certification (e.g., ASCM, PMP)
- 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance option for employees and dependents
- Flexible Spending (FSA) and Health Savings (HSA) Accounts offered with an employer contribution to the HSA
- 100% employer paid Life, AD&D, Short-Term, and Long-Term Disability insurance
- Flexible Time Off policy for vacation and sick leave, and 12 paid holidays
- 401(k) plan and equity options
- Daily catered lunches and snacks in office
- International exposure to our team in France
- Fully paid parental leave; 14 weeks for birthing parent and 10 weeks for non-birthing parent
- Carrot Fertility provides comprehensive, inclusive fertility healthcare and family-forming benefits with financial support
- Off-sites and many social events and celebrations
- Relocation assistance when applicable
Description
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- Proven experience (6+ years) in sub-contract management
- Experience in a company with a production / test environment
- Experience with procurement of electromechanical assemblies and relevant build and test processes
- Excellent organizational and analytical skills
- Excellent negotiation, communication and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
- Ability to work with a global team and communicate effectively
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy
- Ability to work autonomously
- Proficient working in ERP system (e.g., NetSuite) and with Atlassian products (e.g., Jira, Confluence)
- Ability to handle multiple tasks and prioritize effectively
- Technical baseline understanding
- Supplier design maturity assessment
- Systems engineering literacy
- Program execution integration (IMS, risk, MR, milestone gates)
- Government/compliance rigor
- Complex aerospace supplier oversight
- Make/buy and strategic supplier selection
Who We Are
Loft: Space Made Simple.
Founded in 2017, Loft provides governments, companies, and research institutions with a fast, reliable, and simple way to deploy missions in orbit.
We integrate, launch, and operate spacecraft, offering end-to-end missions as a service across Earth observation, IoT connectivity, on-orbit AI, national security missions, and more. Leveraging our existing space infrastructure and an extensive inventory of satellite buses, Loft is reducing years-long integration and launch timelines to months. With more than 30 missions flown, Loft’s flight heritage and proven technologies enable customers to focus on their mission objectives.
With a growing fleet on track to reach 30 satellites by 2027, we are scaling up quickly across our offices in San Francisco, CA | Golden, CO | and Toulouse, France to meet accelerating demand for space infrastructure.
As an international company your resume will be reviewed by people across our offices so please attach a copy in English.
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