Manager - Earth Observation

Novaspace; Paris; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Novaspace in Paris, France seeks a highly motivated, technically minded consultant to grow within the Earth Observation team. You will work on market entry strategies, economic and cost-benefit analyses, investment cases, and impact assessments, while gathering user requirements and coordinating programmes.

You will contribute to market intelligence reports, business development at international conferences, and EO practice management across countries.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or equivalent.
• 4 to 6 years’ experience in the space sector.
• Advanced consulting skills: problem solving, analytics, writing and presentation skills.
• Fast learner, flexible, organised and detail-oriented.
• Ability to work independently and in a team.
• Excellent knowledge of MS Office Suite.
• People management experience is a plus.
• Fully fluent in English.
• EU citizen or permanent EU residence/work permit.
• Flexibility for occasional international travel.

Responsibilities

• Market trends monitoring of the commercial Earth Observation industry.
• Market Intelligence reports: EO market demand across sectors and regions.
• Consulting assignments: market analyses, business cases, due diligence, socio‑economic impact.
• Proposal coordination for commercial and institutional clients.
• Business development at international conferences.
• Contribution to EO practice management: strategy development and cross‑country coordination.

Skills

Consulting skills

MS Office

Team player

English fluency

Education

Master’s degree or equivalent

Job description

Are you a highly-motivated, technically-minded, critical thinker looking for your next challenge?

Our consulting service lines span management consulting, market development and innovation advisory. We are looking for individuals willing to grow their skills across typical consultant tasks such as: sector and market entry strategies, economic and cost benefit analyses, investment business cases, impact assessment of policy options, market studies, strategic and business planning, user requirement gathering and analysis, programme and project management.

If this sounds like you, then read on!

This position is within the Earth observation team and supports the following activities:

• Market trends monitoring of the commercial Earth Observation industry
• Market Intelligence reports: Earth Observation market demand in various sectors (agriculture, defense, maritime, finance, etc.), regions and types of payloads, including a global industrial ecosystem analysis (go-to-market strategies, value chain analysis, benchmark of satellites, etc.).
• Consulting assignments through strategic market analyses, business case assessment, due diligence, socio-economic impact assessment, etc.
• Proposal coordination and contribution for commercial and institutional clients
• Business development at selected international conferences
• Contribution to EO practice management: strategy development, recruitment, team coordination across countries

Desired skills & experience :

• Master’s degree or equivalent
• 4 to 6 years’ experience in the space sector is ideal, existing knowledge in Space Applications (e.g., Earth Observation, Remote Sensing, Navigation, or IoT…).
• Advanced consulting skill-set: problem solving skills, quantitative and qualitative analytics, advanced writing skills and presentation skills
• Fast learner, flexible, organised, meticulous and detail-oriented
• Ability to work independently and yet to work effectively and nicely in a team
• Excellent knowledge of MS Office Suite
• People management experience is a plus
• Fully fluent in English
• EU citizen or permanent EU residence/work permit
• Flexibility for occasional international travel