Programme Manager

What you'll do

• Own day-to-day delivery of defence programmes or major workstreams, with responsibility for schedule, coordination, and execution.
• Translate customer requirements and contractual inputs into clear plans, milestones, and priorities that teams can execute against.
• Work directly with customers, partners, and internal stakeholders, supporting meetings, reviews, and delivery discussions.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams across engineering, operations, and external suppliers to keep programmes moving at pace.
• Track progress, risks, and dependencies, surfacing issues early and driving resolution rather than escalation.
• Support commercial and programme activities, including change control, delivery planning, and customer reporting.
• Prepare clear, concise programme materials that enable fast, high-quality decisions.
• Learn by doing: operating close to real customers, real constraints, and real delivery pressure.

Who you are

• A programme or project professional with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in defence, aerospace, policy, or similarly high-consequence environments.
• Comfortable operating between analysis and execution, not confined to either.
• Fluent native-level German and fluent English, able to work confidently in bilingual, cross-cultural defence settings.
• Some exposure to customer-facing work, even if not yet the primary owner.
• Organised, structured, and reliable under pressure, with growing confidence in owning delivery outcomes.
• Curious about how programmes actually succeed; commercially, technically, and organisationally.
• Motivated by responsibility and progression, not static roles or narrow task ownership.
• Energised by working in a small, fast-moving team where learning is accelerated and performance is visible.

What we offer

• A mission driven environment with the opportunity to work on one of Europe’s most consequential defence challenges, with direct impact on sovereign capability and security.
• Daily collaboration with top experts across engineering, operations, and defence, with real opportunity to learn from the best, contribute, and grow.
• High ownership and autonomy; no time tracking, no micromanagement, just clear objectives and accountability for outcomes.
• A fast paced environment where good ideas are implemented quickly, and feedback from test and flight drives real decisions.
• A culture that values clarity, integrity, and excellence, and supports people who take initiative and push boundaries responsibly.
• Competitive compensation and real share options aligned to responsibility and impact, not tenure or hierarchy.