Head of CTO Office

constellr GmbH; München; Hybrid; EUR 120.000 - 180.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

VSOP stock option plan

Hybrid working model

Flat hierarchy

Zusammenfassung

constellr GmbH in Munich seeks a Head of CTO Office to own the tech organisation's strategic initiatives end to end, turning ambiguous mandates into finished outcomes. You sit at the intersection of strategy, org design and executive communication, representing the CTO in cross-functional sessions and steering meetings.

You will own the operating cadence of the CTO organisation, shape leadership planning, meetings, calendars, and decision tracking, and drive visuals and one-pagers to inform

Qualifikationen

• 3–6 years in management consulting, Chief of Staff, or strategic roles requiring analytical insight and fast synthesis.

Aufgaben

• Translate CTO priorities into observable plans with clear ownership.
• Own portfolio of strategic initiatives from inception to completion.
• Co-lead org design and change management; drive executive communication.
• Condense complex topics into one-pagers and visuals for decision making.
• Run leadership cadence: agendas, decisions, blockers escalation.
• Provide independent, ground-level insights to ensure initiatives align with strategy.
• Help CTO focus on high-impact decisions with structure and momentum.

Kenntnisse

Management consulting

Strategic communications

Visual storytelling

Portfolio management

Executive communication

Change management

Confidential topics handling

English proficiency

Jobbeschreibung

At constellr, we're harnessing the power of space to solve one of Earth’s greatest challenges: climate resilience & security in a changing world. Our thermal satellite constellation delivers the most accurate land surface temperature data on the market, equipping commercial players, governments, defence agencies, and global institutions with the thermal intelligence they need to make strategic decisions– from national security and infrastructure to agriculture and climate resilience. As a fast-scaling company with offices in Brussels, Freiburg, Munich, Washington and Toulouse, our multidisciplinary team of engineers, scientists, and strategists is building the future of space-based Earth observation

Your Role

Earth observation is entering a new paradigm. For decades, satellite data meant looking into the past: scenes captured days or weeks ago, retrieved from an archive. We areturning it into a live signal:nearreal timeinsights derived from space-based sensorsthat arrive while it still matters,informingdecisions where seconds count.

As Head ofCTO Office you are a force multiplier andadvisor to the CTO. You own a portfolio of the tech organisation's strategic initiatives end to end: you take ambiguous,high prioritymandates and return finished outcomes.You sit at the intersection of strategy, orgdesignand executivecommunication.Yourepresentthe CTO in cross functional working sessions and steering meetings,prepare decisions, and track them until they are executed.

Own the operating cadence of the CTO organisation:MgmtCommunication,leadership planning, meeting cadence, executivecalendarand decision tracking, automating wherever possible.

Key responsibilities

• Translate the CTO's strategic priorities intoobservableplans and track executionwith the company success as top priority.
• Own a portfolio of strategic initiatives frominceptionto completion,maintainingclear ownership,visibilityand momentum across all workstreams.
• Partner with the CTO and her VPs on organisation plans: quarterly and annual strategy,staffingand development plans.Co-lead org design and change management: reorg rollout, communication, offsite design.
• Condense andvisualise:turn sprawling topics into onepagers, and complex structures into visuals that make decisions obvious. Board inputs,talks,exec material, leadership updates. Stresstestthe thinking before it leaves the office.
• Run the leadership cadence: agenda setting, decision tracking, follow through, escalation of blockers.
• Bring independent, unbiased insight from the ground: make connections across the organisation others do not see, and question whether initiatives still match the strategy.
• Your success is measured by the leverage you create. You help the CTO focus on the highest-impact decisions by bringing clarity,structureand momentum to the technology organisation

Job requirements

About you

• 3–6 years of experience in management consulting, Chief of Staff roles, strategic communications, or similar positions that required strong analytical thinking and the ability to quickly turn complex information into clear, actionable insights.
• Entrepreneurial mindset, e.g. gained through programs like TUM CDTM or similar
• Great at visual storytelling: you make an org chart, a roadmap or a decision readable in one look, and you enjoy building slides that people remember.
• Y ou keep track of many initiatives in parallel without losing detail, and everyone around you trusts your overview.
• Y ou turn twenty pages into one, a debate into three options, a month of work into five minutes of exec time.
• You have driven change in real organisations and know that change management is stakeholder and people work.
• You build trust quickly, exercise sound judgment, and are comfortable handling highly confidential topics with professionalism and discretion.
• Professional English is required . German is an advantage.

Why join constellr?

• High-Impact National Security Mission: Be part of an ambitious mission to launch the world’s first commercial thermal infrared constellation, delivering sovereign-grade "behavioural" intelligence from space to close critical blind spots for defence, intelligence, and maritime surveillance agencies.
• Fast-Paced "New Space" Innovation: Work at the leading edge of a rapidly evolving defence sector. By leveraging modern, agile New Space methodologies, you will help design, build, and deploy dual-use thermal payloads into operational orbit at a speed and scale that traditional aerospace models simply cannot match.
• Broad Interdisciplinary Exposure: Accelerate your professional growth by collaborating daily with a diverse, international cohort of astrophysicists, software developers, and defence-system engineers.
• Inclusive & Scientific Culture: Join a high-trust team deeply committed to diversity, inclusion, and scientific excellence, where academic curiosity is paired with high autonomy and a flat hierarchy.
• Financial Upside & Well-being: Benefit from a Virtual Share Option Plan (VSOP) for permanent employees, giving you a true stake in the company's growth, alongside highly flexible hybrid working models.