Project Manager

Project Manager

Aerospacelab

Louvain-la-Neuve, Toulouse or Lausanne

Your mission

• Manage all phases of the assigned project – from proposal to delivery to the customer: design, manufacturing, assembly, integration and flight operations;
• Be accountable for the on time, on cost, on quality delivery of the space mission to the Internal, commercial or Institutional customer;
• Be responsible for ensuring the program achieves its goals on important criteria: Satisfaction of the internal, commercial or institutional customer, compliance with technical performance, delivery on schedule, delivery with quality, program financial results;
• Be the main interface with all the project internal/external stakeholders (customers, …);
• Define & lead the product development plan, prioritize the activities in order to ensure the most valuable and proper functionality of the product deliverable;
• Drive tradeoffs at project level;
• Manage the project team during all the phase of the project;
• Lead the partners and major suppliers including reviews and deliverables in collaboration with the supply chain department;
• Manage the various risks that occurred during the project and implement all the appropriate actions to reduce the effect;
• Promote innovation and agility inside the project in a new space context;
• Participate in continuous improvement process to a young and dynamic fast-growing company.

Must have

• MSc or PhD degree in Aerospace Engineering or related field;
• 5+ years of experience in complex system project management;
• Basic knowledge of the key technical domains in satellite design and manufacturing;
• Basic knowledge of supply chain and quality processes;
• Team player: ability to work with a team on resolving complex technical problems and complex management activities;
• Curious and creative in approaching cutting edge products in space industries;
• Customer oriented;
• Excellent communication skills and ease at working across different cultures and different levels of an organization;
• Language: Fluent English, French is a plus.