The Exploration Company - Lead Project Manager Dual Use In-Orbit Services

• In your capacity as Dual Use In-Orbit Services Project Manager, your role will be continuously evolving, but day-to-day your duties will include: • Lead the complete development of orbiters and associated in-orbit service capabilities for defence and dual-use missions, from mission definition and early concept studies through qualification, launch, commissioning, flight and operations. • Translate customer objectives and operational needs into clear mission, system and programme requirements. • Establish and maintain the project baseline, including scope, schedule, budget, resources, technical performance and quality objectives. • Define the project organisation, work breakdown structure, milestones, reviews and decision gates. • Drive disciplined decision-making, issue resolution and change control throughout the project lifecycle. • Ensure successful delivery against commitments in terms of technical performance, schedule, cost, quality and customer satisfaction. • Monitor industrialisation, procurement, manufacturing and supply-chain activities, ensuring that critical path items and long-lead equipment are actively managed. • Work closely with engineering and industrial teams to ensure the timely delivery of flight and ground hardware, software, documentation and operational products • Act as the main point of contact for institutional and defence customers throughout the project lifecycle. • Support and lead the preparation of proposals, responses to Invitations to Tender, Requests for Proposals and other business opportunities related to defence and dual-use in-orbit services. • Coordinate and lead multidisciplinary teams across programme management, systems engineering, spacecraft engineering, operations, manufacturing, supply chain, quality and business functions. • What We Would Love to See from You • In the role of Dual Use In-Orbit Services Project Manager, ideally, you will have the following: • Master’s degree in aerospace engineering. • Typically 10 or more years of professional experience in the aerospace or space sector, including substantial responsibility for project or programme management and technical delivery. • Proven experience leading the end-to-end development of satellites, orbiters, spacecraft or complex space systems. • Demonstrated delivery of flight hardware, including experience through integration and test, qualification, launch preparation and/or in-orbit operations. • Established customer-facing experience, ideally including direct interaction with DLR, the German Federal Ministry of Defence or comparable institutional and defence organisations.