The Senior Program Manager oversees strategic projects, managing expectations and communications with C-level stakeholders, and ensuring timely delivery. Responsibilities include project planning, execution, risk management, and cross-functional leadership.
Company Summary
EchoStar builds solutions that help families and communities stay connected. We'll launch your career and empower you to change lives.
Our brands include Boost Mobile, DISH TV, Gen Mobile, Hughes and Sling TV. We serve millions of customers with offerings ranging from satellite to streaming services and global to personal networking solutions.
Department Summary
Our DISH Technology team challenges the status quo and reimagines capabilities across industries. Whether through research and development, technology innovation or solution engineering, our team members play vital roles in connecting consumers with the products and platforms of tomorrow.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
Senior Program Manager sought by DISH Wireless, L.L.C. in Littleton, Colorado. Manage executive project expectations including owning escalation, communication, and C- level interaction on critical strategic projects for the company. Design, planning, development, and implementation of strategic corporate projects. The scope of which includes project reviews, executive communication and approval, requirements gathering, and eventual deployment and implementation of the product or project. Manage coordination and project deliverables between internal DISH project organizations as well as 3rd party partners to deliver the project on time and on budget. Work cross-functionally as a dynamic leader to effectively guide projects from concept to deployment and facilitate cross-functional meetings
guiding large project teams. Document all aspects of the project including requirements, risks, issues, project schedule, and meeting agendas/notes. Manage detailed technical requirements and to translate into program execution plans.
Skills, Experience and Requirements
Requires Bachelor's degree (or foreign equivalent) in Telecommunication, Telecommunication
Engineering, or a closely related field plus 4 years of experience in job offered or Technical
Manager or similar roles. Also requires 4 years of work experience with/using the following
(which may have been gained concurrently):
• 5G Wireless ORAN technology • Data analysis / reporting • RAN features • OSS UTF, DCAP, and QXDM • Power BI
Salary Ranges
Compensation: $142,623.16/Year - $142,623.16/Year
Benefits
Employment is contingent on successful completion of a pre-employment criminal background
check, which may include a drug test.
Rate of Pay: $142,623.16
Benefits information available at careers.dish.com.
Apply at careers.dish.com. Ref: 2026-99102 if applying externally through careers.dish.com;
Ref: 2026-99105 if applying internally. May also apply by emailing resume with (Ref:
2026-99102) to [email protected]. The posting will be active for a minimum of 3
days. The active posting will continue to extend by 3 days until the position is filled.
EchoStar builds solutions that help families and communities stay connected. We'll launch your career and empower you to change lives.
Our brands include Boost Mobile, DISH TV, Gen Mobile, Hughes and Sling TV. We serve millions of customers with offerings ranging from satellite to streaming services and global to personal networking solutions.
Department Summary
Our DISH Technology team challenges the status quo and reimagines capabilities across industries. Whether through research and development, technology innovation or solution engineering, our team members play vital roles in connecting consumers with the products and platforms of tomorrow.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
Senior Program Manager sought by DISH Wireless, L.L.C. in Littleton, Colorado. Manage executive project expectations including owning escalation, communication, and C- level interaction on critical strategic projects for the company. Design, planning, development, and implementation of strategic corporate projects. The scope of which includes project reviews, executive communication and approval, requirements gathering, and eventual deployment and implementation of the product or project. Manage coordination and project deliverables between internal DISH project organizations as well as 3rd party partners to deliver the project on time and on budget. Work cross-functionally as a dynamic leader to effectively guide projects from concept to deployment and facilitate cross-functional meetings
guiding large project teams. Document all aspects of the project including requirements, risks, issues, project schedule, and meeting agendas/notes. Manage detailed technical requirements and to translate into program execution plans.
Skills, Experience and Requirements
Requires Bachelor's degree (or foreign equivalent) in Telecommunication, Telecommunication
Engineering, or a closely related field plus 4 years of experience in job offered or Technical
Manager or similar roles. Also requires 4 years of work experience with/using the following
(which may have been gained concurrently):
• 5G Wireless ORAN technology • Data analysis / reporting • RAN features • OSS UTF, DCAP, and QXDM • Power BI
Salary Ranges
Compensation: $142,623.16/Year - $142,623.16/Year
Benefits
Employment is contingent on successful completion of a pre-employment criminal background
check, which may include a drug test.
Rate of Pay: $142,623.16
Benefits information available at careers.dish.com.
Apply at careers.dish.com. Ref: 2026-99102 if applying externally through careers.dish.com;
Ref: 2026-99105 if applying internally. May also apply by emailing resume with (Ref:
2026-99102) to [email protected]. The posting will be active for a minimum of 3
days. The active posting will continue to extend by 3 days until the position is filled.
EchoStar Englewood, Colorado, USA Office
EchoStar Corporate Headquarters - Meridian Office
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9601 S Meridian Boulevard, Englewood, CO, United States, 80112
EchoStar Denver, Colorado, USA Office
EchoStar Downtown Denver Office - DGC Office
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1615 17th St., Denver, CO, United States, 80202
EchoStar Littleton, Colorado, USA Office
EchoStar Wireless Headquarters - Riverfront Office
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5701 S Santa Fe Dr., Littleton, CO, United States, 80120
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