VHR Program Manager

AMOS; Luik; Sur place; EUR 110 000 - 150 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Permanent contract

Competitive salary package

International environment

Learning and evolution opportunities

Résumé du poste

AMOS, based in Liège, designs Very High Resolution optical payloads for space missions and is part of the Aerospacelab group. We seek a VHR Program Manager to lead the VHR product line, coordinate the payload team and drive performance, cost and schedule targets.

You will arbitrate customer needs against the product roadmap, manage multi-disciplinary teams, ensure ECSS compliance, and report status to management in an international environment.

Qualifications

• Master or PhD in Engineering or Physics.
• At least 10 years in space or optical instrument programs.
• Solid technical background in optical instruments; can challenge performance budgets.
• Proven product management experience: roadmap, configuration management, recurring cost, lead time.
• Product-oriented; prefers recurrence over tailoring; knows when to break the rule.
• Proven experience in project management and coordination of multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience managing schedule, budget and risks on multi-million-euro programmes.
• Familiar with ECSS standards and space project review logic.
• Ability to decide with incomplete data and defend commitments to customers/management.
• Natural leader and team player.
• Fluent in English; French is an asset.

Responsabilités

• Own the VHR product line: roadmap, configurations, performance range, cost and lead-time targets.
• Drive the modular approach: define building blocks, options, recurrence limits.
• Arbitrate between customer requests and the standard product; decide what is tailored vs recurrent.
• Coordinate the VHR payload team: priorities, workload, staffing, development.
• Manage the program: schedule, budget, risks, margins, milestones.
• Drive industrialization: make-or-buy, supply chain, cost reduction, ramp-up.
• Prepare proposals: product configuration, cost, lead time, commitments.
• Manage VHR projects from kick-off to delivery: scope, schedule, cost, contracts.
• Monitor delivered products: image quality, non-conformances, feedback to roadmap.
• Feed evolution roadmap with Optical Payload Architect and Technology Development.
• Report status and health of the VHR product line to management.

Connaissances

English fluency

Optical instruments expertise

Product management

Project management

Budget/Cost management

Leadership / team coordination

ECSS standards knowledge

Decision making with incomplete data

Customer/management diplomacy

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Translation not required

Formation

Master or PhD in Engineering or Physics

Description du poste

Located in Liège, AMOS (Advanced Mechanical & Optical Systems) is a company specialized in the development of ultra-high opto-mechanical systems, mostly dedicated to space industry and professional astronomy.

AMOS is now part of the Aerospacelab group, a Belgian satellite manufacturer. Within the group, AMOS develops Very High Resolution (VHR) optical payloads of Earth observation satellites.

Since 1983, AMOS has been a recognized player around the world. AMOS works with prestigious international clients and partners. More than 100 passionate employees put their expertise at the service of the development of innovative solutions, while respecting the values of the company:

• Team spirit, to unite individual strengths and assets to achieve collective success;
• Excellence, through the commitment and quality of everyone's work;
• Respect, through recognition by listening, openness and consideration, whether colleague, partner, or client.

In order to strengthen its teams, AMOS is looking for a « VHR Program Manager » (H/F).

Main responsibilities

As VHR Program Manager , you own our Very High Resolution (VHR) product line. You lead the VHR payload team. The product line is built on a modular approach: a set of recurring building blocks, configured mission after mission. Your job is to make that approach work — technically, commercially and industrially. You arbitrate every day between what the customer asks and what the product line can absorb. In particular, you will be responsible for

• Owning the VHR product line: roadmap, product configurations, performance range, cost and lead-time targets.
• Driving the modular approach. Defining the building blocks, the options, and the limits of recurrence.
• Arbitrating between customer requests and the standard product. Deciding what is tailored and what stays recurrent.
• Coordinating the VHR payload team: priorities, workload, staffing, competence development.
• Managing the program: schedule, budget, risks, margins, milestones.
• Driving the industrialization: make-or-buy, supply chain, recurring cost reduction, production ramp-up.
• Preparing the proposals: product configuration, cost, lead time, technical and contractual commitments.
• Managing VHR projects sold to the customers, from kick-off to delivery: scope, schedule, cost and contractual commitments.
• Monitoring the delivered products: image quality, non-conformances, return of experience.Feeding back into the product line what each project reveals.
• Feeding the evolution roadmap, together with the Optical Payload Architect and Technology Development.
• Reporting the status and the health of the VHR product line to the management.

Requirements

• Master or PhD in Engineering or Physics.
• At least 10 years in space or optical instrument programs.
• Solid technical background in optical instruments. You read a performance budget and you challenge it.
• Proven product management experience: roadmap, configuration management, recurring cost, lead time.
• You are product-oriented. You favour recurrence over tailoring, and you know when to break that rule.
• Proven experience in project management and coordination of multidisciplinary teams.
• You manage schedule, budget and risks on multi-million-euro programmes.
• Familiar with ECSS standards and with the space project review logic.
• You decide with incomplete data.
• You explain and defend a commitment in front of customers and management.
• Natural leader. Team player.
• Fluent in English. French is an asset.

Soft skills: Autonomous / Rigorous/ Proactive/ Flexible / Result-oriented

Our offer

• An exciting international business sector, at the forefront of technology.
• A teamwork in a friendly and international environment.
• Learning and evolution opportunities.
• A permanent contract with a complete salary package.

Willing to take on this challenge?