Senior Space Systems Delivery Lead

Alexander Associates Limited; Harwell; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Alexander Associates is partnering with a rapidly growing space technology company to deliver advanced hardware and systems for in-orbit missions. We seek an experienced Project Manager or Senior Project Manager to lead complex technology development and space hardware programmes.

You will coordinate multidisciplinary teams, customers, suppliers and partners through the full development lifecycle, from planning through verification, qualification and delivery, with close engineering involvement.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of project or programme management in a complex engineering environment.
• Experience delivering complex technology or hardware development programmes.
• Previous exposure to spacecraft, satellite, flight hardware or aerospace systems.
• Experience managing projects involving multiple engineering disciplines.
• Strong stakeholder, customer and supplier management skills.
• Experience managing significant project budgets, schedules and resources.

Responsibilities

• Lead multidisciplinary project teams across engineering, commercial and operations stakeholders.
• Define and maintain project objectives, scope, deliverables and schedules.
• Manage projects against cost, schedule and quality requirements.
• Oversee budgets, resources, labour and expenditure.
• Track progress against milestones and KPIs; adjust plans to maintain delivery.
• Identify and mitigate project risks with appropriate strategies.
• Collaborate with engineering to resolve technical and programme issues.
• Coordinate major milestones (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, FRR).
• Manage relationships with customers, funding organisations, external partners, subcontractors and suppliers.
• Support bids for programmes including planning, scheduling and cost estimation.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Budget management

Multidisciplinary leadership

Risk management

Technical leadership

Requirements analysis

Space systems

Tools

ECSS standards

NASA standards

ESA collaboration

Job description

Alexander Associates is partnering with a rapidly growing space technology company to deliver advanced hardware and systems for in-orbit missions. We seek an experienced Project Manager or Senior Project Manager to lead complex technology development and space hardware programmes.

You will coordinate multidisciplinary teams, customers, suppliers and partners through the full development lifecycle, from planning through verification, qualification and delivery, with close engineering involvement.