Space Systems Project Manager — Hybrid Role

Alexander Associates; Harwell; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Workplace pension

Learning and development allowance

Job summary

Alexander Associates is seeking an experienced Project Manager for a rapidly growing space technology company at Harwell Campus. You will lead projects from planning through delivery, coordinating engineering, commercial and operations teams to meet scope, schedule and budget.

The role requires 5+ years in project leadership within a complex engineering environment, with exposure to space hardware or aerospace systems.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in project or programme management or equivalent within complex engineering environments.
• Experience delivering complex hardware development programmes.
• Exposure to spacecraft, satellite, flight hardware or aerospace systems.
• Experience managing projects with multiple engineering disciplines.
• Strong stakeholder, customer and supplier management skills.
• Experience managing significant budgets, schedules and resources.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary project teams across engineering, commercial and operations.
• Define and maintain project objectives, scope, deliverables and schedules.
• Manage projects against cost, schedule and quality requirements.
• Control budgets, resources, labour and expenditure.
• Track progress against milestones and KPIs; adapt plans to ensure delivery.
• Identify and mitigate project risks with appropriate strategies.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to resolve technical and programme issues.
• Coordinate major milestones (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, FRR) and customer relations.
• Support bids for programmes including planning, scheduling and cost estimation.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Budget management

Project leadership

Cross-disciplinary coordination

Space sector experience

Hands-on project delivery

Job description

Alexander Associates is seeking an experienced Project Manager for a rapidly growing space technology company at Harwell Campus. You will lead projects from planning through delivery, coordinating engineering, commercial and operations teams to meet scope, schedule and budget.

The role requires 5+ years in project leadership within a complex engineering environment, with exposure to space hardware or aerospace systems.