Senior Technical Project Manager - Aerospace & Defense

EOS group; Wellington; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

EOS is seeking an experienced project manager to lead complex, technology-driven programs in defense and space domains. You will ensure on-time, on-scope, and on-budget delivery while enforcing rigorous quality and regulatory standards.

You will embed best practices, drive full lifecycle governance, and coordinate multidisciplinary teams across the globe. You will apply PMBOK/PRINCE2/Agile/DevOps knowledge, manage vendor performance, and report progress with transparency to internal and external

Qualifications

• Experience 8+ years delivering complex engineering/technology projects (aerospace engineering/high-tech/science/R&D preferred).
• Knowledge of Capability or Acquisition life cycle management.
• Strong command of PMBOK/PRINCE2/Agile/DevOps and project controls.
• Proven vendor/contract management experience, including performance management.
• Demonstrated financial management: baselines, forecasting, cost control, and reporting (incl. milestones/EAC).
• Solid risk management and decision-making in dynamic environments; comfortable with competing priorities.
• Proficient with MS Project and enterprise reporting tools; strong data-driven reporting.
• Degree in Engineering/Business/PM; PMP/PRINCE2 Practitioner highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end ownership: Plan and deliver medium to large technical projects; own scope, schedule, budget, and quality outcomes.
• Integrated planning & governance: Build work breakdown structures, baselines, governance plans, and reporting cadence; run stage gates.
• Team leadership: Coordinate multidisciplinary international teams to integrated outcomes.
• Stakeholder management: Engage customer and internal leadership; run reviews; provide transparent progress, risks, issues, and decisions.
• Commercial & contracts: Manage vendor performance, contractual deliverables, change orders, and support negotiations with Commercial.
• Financial control: Forecasting, cost control, variance analysis, and benefits tracking; maintain profitability against targets.
• Risk & change leadership: Maintain RAID frameworks, implement mitigations/contingencies, and control scope through formal change control.
• Quality, safety, compliance: Ensure adherence to regulatory/contractual and internal quality standards; manage audits and actions.
• Continuous improvement: Lead lessons-learned cycles and embed structured ways of working across the project.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Financial management

Team leadership

Vendor/contract management

Education

Engineering/Business/PM degree

PMP/PRINCE2 Practitioner desirable

Tools

MS Project

Enterprise reporting tools

Job description

EOS is seeking an experienced project manager to lead complex, technology-driven programs in defense and space domains. You will ensure on-time, on-scope, and on-budget delivery while enforcing rigorous quality and regulatory standards.

You will embed best practices, drive full lifecycle governance, and coordinate multidisciplinary teams across the globe. You will apply PMBOK/PRINCE2/Agile/DevOps knowledge, manage vendor performance, and report progress with transparency to internal and external