IRIS² Subcontractor Manager – EU Communication Gateway (Ground Segment)

SSC Space; Solna kommun; On-site; SEK 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

SSC Space is looking for an IRIS² Subcontractor Manager to drive subcontractor delivery performance and manage complex, multi-partner programs. In this role, you will ensure compliance with ESA/ECSS standards and foster effective collaborations within the aerospace sector.

The ideal candidate will possess profound experience in subcontract management and a strong industry background, enabling them to navigate contract nuances while ensuring performance targets are met. Join us and be part of Europe’s most ambitious space initiative.

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing subcontractors, suppliers, or industrial partners within complex engineering or regulated programmes.
• Strong understanding of subcontract management across scope, schedule, cost, deliverables, performance, and risk.
• Experience collaborating with procurement, contract management, legal, engineering, and programme teams.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive subcontractor delivery performance across assigned scope.
• Define and implement the subcontracting strategy, partner model, and industrial organisation.
• Drive and enforce subcontractor performance through KPIs, reporting, and structured governance.

Skills

Managing subcontractors

Coordinating stakeholders

Driving performance

Excellent communication

Education

Experience in aerospace or technical environments

Job description

Role Overview

This is not a traditional procurement role. This is a programme‑integrated leadership position where you will own subcontractor delivery performance and ensure that a complex, multi‑partner industrial ecosystem delivers coherently and reliably against demanding technical, contractual, and programme objectives.

This Role Is For You

• Have managed subcontractors or industrial partners in complex, high‑value technical programmes
• Thrive in coordinating multiple stakeholders across engineering, procurement, and programme management
• Can translate contractual and technical requirements into structured execution across suppliers
• Are comfortable driving performance, resolving issues, and enforcing accountability in multi‑partner environments
• Enjoy working in structured, compliance‑driven environments with high expectations on quality and delivery

Requirements

• Proven experience managing subcontractors, suppliers, or industrial partners within complex engineering or regulated programmes
• Strong understanding of subcontract management across scope, schedule, cost, deliverables, performance, and risk
• Relevant experience in aerospace, space, defence, telecommunications, or other regulated technical environments
• Experience collaborating with procurement, contract management, legal, engineering, and programme teams
• Strong capability in structured execution, performance tracking, and reporting across multiple suppliers
• Excellent communication skills and ability to produce decision‑support material

Highly Valuable

• Experience with satellite communications, ground segment, or network infrastructure programmes
• Familiarity with ESA, ECSS, or EU institutional programme environments
• Experience with supplier audits, quality assurance flow‑down, and compliance management

Responsibilities

• Own and drive subcontractor delivery performance across assigned scope, ensuring alignment with programme commitments
• Define and implement the subcontracting strategy, partner model, and industrial organisation
• Drive and enforce subcontractor performance through KPIs, reporting, and structured governance
• Ensure contractual and commercial alignment, including milestone tracking and change control support
• Drive compliance and quality flow‑down aligned with ESA/ECSS and programme requirements
• Identify, manage, and mitigate subcontractor risks, issues, and dependencies
• Act as central coordination point between subcontractors and internal stakeholders

What Success Looks Like

• A clearly defined and well‑functioning subcontractor ecosystem integrated into programme delivery
• Strong control over supplier performance, risks, and dependencies
• Subcontractors delivering in line with scope, schedule, cost, and quality targets
• High confidence in compliance, audit readiness, and acceptance processes

Benefits

Welcome to SSC Space (formerly Swedish Space Corporation), the perfect workplace for those passionate about technology in general and space in particular. We offer specialist expertise in satellite communications, spacecraft consulting services, rocket and balloon systems, and much more. SSC Space also operates the Esrange Space Center in Kiruna, northern Sweden, with the aim of launching satellites in the near future.

• Are you fueled by a passion for collaboration and driven to deliver through strong industrial partnerships?
• Are you ready to play a key role in one of Europe’s most ambitious space programmes?

If you answer yes, we invite you to make a significant impact as IRIS² Subcontractor Manager – EU Communication Gateway (Ground Segment). We are looking for someone who shares our core values of Customer passion, Care, Collaboration, Curiosity, and Courage.