Project Manager Space Solutions

Your tasks

• In this role you will drive the new space based solution projects, working closely with internal and external organizations
• You are responsible for complex customer projects, requirement analysis and project management towards final acceptance by the customer
• You manage internal and external expectations, participate in end phases of customer contract meetings, as well as prepare and maintain realistic project challenges and delivery information
• You define internal and external project goals, take responsibility for implementation and ensure the success of the project, always with a view to cost, time, quality and customer satisfaction.
• You set up the project organization and are responsible for resource, scheduling and executing your project withing the given time and budget
• You lead the core and extended project team and are project responsible contact person for internal and external stakeholders
• You seamlessly collaborate, coordinate deliveries and create reliable relation structures with partner organizations, suppliers and other stakeholders
• You regularly report to management, partners and customers, make progress visible and address deviations
• You recognize risks, claims and opportunities early on and initiate targeted countermeasures
• You contribute your project experience and lay the foundation for successful contracts during the proposal phase.

Your Qualifications

• Technical degree with a focus on e.g. communications technology, computer science, systems engineering, economics, business administration or a comparable domain
• Professional experience in managing complex projects in the system solution business and extensive knowledge of customer requirements for complex systems
• Experience in risk, claim and opportunity management and in contract drafting
• Excellent knowledge of project management methods (IPMA level C/B, PMP, PRINCE, etc.) and agile working methods
• Basic knowledge of space based radiofrequency communications (transmitter, receivers, antenna, satellite communications, mobile phone communications) and satellite platforms.
• Experience in a matrix organization as well as strong communication skills help you to manage diverse stakeholders and communicate in line with the target group
• Ability to make decisions confidently in critical situations, to communicate and to act in a problem-solving manner involving all stakeholders
• Extensive knowledge of customer requirements for complex systems. Having affinity with the new space industry and/or scientific ESA type space programs is a plus.
• Proactive and can-do personality who enjoys to work in a internationally oriented domain and travel regulary (nationally and inetrnationally)
• You are fluent in written and spoken English

Interested?

We are looking forward to receiving your application Ideally, you should apply online with the reference number. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact your recruiting contact via LinkedIn or XING.

Equal opportunities are important to us. We are looking forward to receiving your application regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion, ideology, disability, age as well as sexual orientation and identity.

Reference number 15249

Recruiting contact Robert Nienke

At Rohde & Schwarz, we develop and manufacture solutions in the areas of Test & Measurement, Technology Systems, and Networks & Cybersecurity – driven by the vision of a secure and connected world. From software to final production, our more than 15,000 employees design products and systems that safeguard the technological sovereignty of our customers from industry, government, and sovereign sectors, while setting global standards. Our headquarters is centrally located in Munich and also serves as our main development site.