Senior Space Programs Lead | Stakeholder & Delivery

Edge Group; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 400,000 - 700,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family visas

Annual flight tickets

Medical insurance for dependents

Education allowances

Job summary

EDGE Group, based in Abu Dhabi, seeks an experienced Project Manager to lead multidisciplinary teams and coordinate with customers, government stakeholders, industry partners, and suppliers for strategic space programs and sovereign capability development initiatives.

The role combines strong project management with space systems understanding, governance, and risk management to ensure successful delivery and high-value national space programs throughout the lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Space Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Project Management, or related discipline.
• Minimum 8 years of experience managing complex aerospace, defense, satellite, or space-related programs.
• Demonstrated experience delivering large-scale technical programs with multiple stakeholders and suppliers.
• Experience managing project schedules, budgets, risks, resources, and contractual deliverables.
• Strong understanding of systems engineering processes: requirements management, verification, validation, configuration management.
• Proven experience managing customer-facing programs and executive-level stakeholder engagement.
• Strong communication, leadership, negotiation, and relationship management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of space programs from initiation through acceptance and operational handover.
• Develop and maintain integrated project plans, schedules, milestones, and resource forecasts.
• Ensure program delivery meets scope, schedule, budget, quality, and contractual requirements.
• Establish governance structures, reporting frameworks, and decision-making processes.
• Monitor program performance and implement corrective actions where necessary.
• Manage risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, and change control processes.
• Serve as the primary interface between customers, government stakeholders, partners, suppliers, and internal teams.
• Build and maintain relationships across complex stakeholder environments to align technical, operational, commercial, and strategic objectives.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Leadership

Communication

Systems engineering awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Aerospace/Space/Engineering

Master's degree (preferred)

Job description

EDGE Group, based in Abu Dhabi, seeks an experienced Project Manager to lead multidisciplinary teams and coordinate with customers, government stakeholders, industry partners, and suppliers for strategic space programs and sovereign capability development initiatives.

The role combines strong project management with space systems understanding, governance, and risk management to ensure successful delivery and high-value national space programs throughout the lifecycle.