Program Manager

Job :

Location:

London, England, GB (Remote)

Employment Type:

Full-time Function:
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Job Description Seeking an experienced Program Manager to join our team in London to lead the delivery of a major spacecraft mission within the space sector. You will oversee programme execution from early design phases through integration, testing, and final mission readiness, ensuring technical, schedule, and delivery objectives are met across all engineering domains.

Location:

London On Site: 1-2x a month

Clearance:
Clearable Experience Level: Mid Level

Key Responsibilities:

Lead the end‑to‑end programme delivery for a complex spacecraft mission, ensuring alignment with mission objectives and customer expectations.

Own the programme schedule, milestones, dependencies, and critical paths, driving on‑time delivery across all work packages.

Coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams (systems, electrical, mechanical, RF, software, payload, AIT) to maintain programme coherence.

Oversee risk management, identifying programme‑level risks and implementing mitigation strategies with engineering leads.

Manage budget, resources, and reporting, ensuring financial and operational transparency throughout the programme lifecycle.

Lead technical and programme reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR), ensuring readiness, completeness, and quality of deliverables.

Maintain strong stakeholder communication, providing clear updates on progress, risks, decisions, and required actions.

Ensure programme activities comply with high‑reliability space standards, quality requirements, and mission constraints.

Oversee configuration control, ensuring changes are properly assessed, approved, and documented.

Support spacecraft integration, test, and verification phases, ensuring smooth transitions into AIT and mission readiness.

Drive continuous improvement in programme processes, communication flows, and delivery efficiency.

Represent the programme at senior‑level discussions, customer meetings, and strategic planning sessions.

Qualifications

Required Skills:

Mandatory Space industry experience — direct involvement in spacecraft programmes, satellite development, or mission‑critical space projects.

Proven experience managing complex technical programmes with multidisciplinary engineering teams.

Strong understanding of spacecraft development life cycles (design, integration, testing, verification).Skilled in schedule management, milestone tracking, and programme‑level planning.

Experience with risk management, issue tracking, and mitigation planning.

Ability to interpret technical documentation and communicate effectively with engineering leads and stakeholders.

Strong organisational, leadership, and communication skills.

Experience leading programme reviews and reporting to senior management.

Required Qualifications:

A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, or equivalent military experience.

Desirable

Skills:

Familiarity with ECSS or similar space‑industry standards.

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