Mission Manager

Jobtailor; Harwell; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a proactive project manager to lead spacecraft missions from development through launch. You will manage mission phases, coordinate multidisciplinary teams across engineering, manufacturing, AIT, operations, and supply chain, and maintain schedules, budgets, and delivery tracking.

The role requires strong communication, risk management, and stakeholder engagement; proficiency with MS Project or Jira; and a clear understanding of technical and contractual requirements.

Qualifications

• Strong project management fundamentals across scope, schedule, cost, and risk.
• Awareness of spacecraft systems, payloads, or multidisciplinary engineering programmes.
• Proficiency with project management and tracking tools such as MS Project, Jira, or similar platforms.
• Strong organisational and coordination capability across multiple workstreams and stakeholders.
• Clear and structured communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences.
• Understanding of supplier, stakeholder, and contract management principles.
• Ability to balance priorities and maintain momentum in fast-moving delivery environments.
• Proactive and ownership-driven mindset with strong attention to detail.
• Collaborative approach, building effective relationships across teams, partners, and customers.
• Adaptability and resilience for changing mission needs.

Responsibilities

• Manage assigned mission phases or smaller end-to-end mission activities across schedule, cost, and delivery objectives
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams across engineering, manufacturing, AIT, operations, supply chain, and commercial functions
• Maintain project schedules, milestones, budgets, and delivery tracking activities
• Act as day-to-day point of contact for internal stakeholders and selected customers or partners
• Support technical and programmatic reviews, action tracking, reporting, and progress monitoring
• Identify risks, dependencies, and delivery challenges while supporting mitigation planning
• Ensure mission activities align with technical, contractual, and quality requirements
• Support communication and coordination between technical teams, suppliers, and external partners
• Contribute to mission readiness activities including integration campaigns, launch preparation, and operational planning
• Support spacecraft mission delivery from development and integration through launch and operations

Skills

Project Management

Risk Management

Budget Management

Schedule Management

Delivery Tracking

Clear Communication

Organizational Skills

Collaboration

Adaptability

Attention to Detail

Tools

MS Project

Jira

Job description

• Manage assigned mission phases or smaller end-to-end mission activities across schedule, cost, and delivery objectives


• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams across engineering, manufacturing, AIT, operations, supply chain, and commercial functions


• Maintain project schedules, milestones, budgets, and delivery tracking activities


• Act as day-to-day point of contact for internal stakeholders and selected customers or partners


• Support technical and programmatic reviews, action tracking, reporting, and progress monitoring


• Identify risks, dependencies, and delivery challenges while supporting mitigation planning


• Ensure mission activities align with technical, contractual, and quality requirements


• Support communication and coordination between technical teams, suppliers, and external partners


• Contribute to mission readiness activities including integration campaigns, launch preparation, and operational planning


• Support spacecraft mission delivery from development and integration through launch and operations

Requirements

• Strong understanding of project management fundamentals including scope, schedule, cost, and risk management


• Awareness of spacecraft systems, payloads, or multidisciplinary engineering programmes


• Proficiency with project management and tracking tools such as MS Project, Jira, or similar platforms


• Strong organisational and coordination capability across multiple workstreams and stakeholders


• Clear and structured communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences


• Understanding of supplier, stakeholder, and contract management principles


• Ability to balance priorities and maintain momentum within fast-moving delivery environments


• Proactive and ownership-driven mindset with strong attention to detail


• Collaborative approach, building effective relationships across teams, partners, and customers


• Adaptability and resilience when managing changing priorities and evolving mission needs


• Legal right to work in the chosen location


• Application and CV submitted in English

Core Competencies

Demonstrates strong project management capabilities, including proficiency in managing schedules, budgets, and risks while ensuring alignment with technical and quality requirements. Exhibits effective communication and coordination skills across multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders to support mission delivery.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Project Management Fundamentals


• MS Project Proficiency


• Risk Management


• Stakeholder Management


• Organizational Skills

Hard Skills

• Project Management


• Risk Management


• Budget Management


• Schedule Management


• Delivery Tracking

Soft Skills

• Clear Communication


• Organizational Capability


• Collaboration


• Adaptability


• Attention to Detail

Industry Keywords

• Spacecraft Systems


• Payloads


• Multidisciplinary Engineering


• Mission Readiness


• Integration Campaigns

Tools & Technologies

• MS Project


• Jira