{"id":3276396,"url":"https://alion.io/job/iceye-director-supply-chain-strategy","title":"Director, Supply Chain Strategy","company":{"id":17599,"name":"ICEYE","domain":"iceye.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/iceyefi","size_band":"501-1000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Ashby","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":85,"open_postings":34,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.588,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":56,"computed_at":"2026-11-05T05:54:30Z"}},"role":"Operations","role_family":"Operations","seniority":"head","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"explicit","locations":["Espoo, Finland","Valencia, Spain","Munich, Germany"],"countries":["FI","ES","DE"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":85000,"max_usd":189000,"period":"year","method":"global_role_cell_scaled_by_country","sample_n":2174},"experience_years_min":8,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-26T12:36:36Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-26","last_verified_at":"2026-11-05T09:49:38Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":10,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":10},"description":"Role highlights:\nDirector, Supply Chain Strategy\n\nLocation: FInland, Germany or Spain\n\nDepartment: Global Supply Chain\n\nReports to: Global Director Supply Chain\n\nEmployment type: Permanent\n\nWorkplace model: Hybrid\n\nEmployment is subject to applicable security screening (incl. SUPO, where required)\n\nWhy this role matters - The mission\nWe are seeking a strategic, commercially and legally strong Director, Supply Chain Strategy to shape how ICEYE secures, de-risks and scales the supply base behind the world's largest multisensor satellite constellation.\nYou will own ICEYE's global supply chain strategy: how we assess and manage supplier risk, which suppliers we develop as long-term partners, and where we vertically integrate through partnerships, licensing, joint ventures or acquisitions. You will also define and own our supplier portal landscape, the digital backbone of how we collaborate with suppliers. Finally, you will own how ICEYE meets local content requirements, supporting our local entities as they select and onboard in-country suppliers.\nThis role is for a leader who moves comfortably between the boardroom and the engineering bench: credible with executives, investors and partners, and equally credible with electrical, mechanical, manufacturing and supplier engineers.\nWho we are\nICEYE is the world leader in sovereign intelligence from space. We deliver persistent monitoring capabilities to detect and respond to changes in any location on Earth.\nICEYE owns the world's largest and most advanced SAR (synthetic aperture radar) satellite constellation. To our customers we provide intelligence with unmatched quality, latency and revisit times, in any weather, day or night. To governments who choose to operate their own constellation we provide this proven capability as a sovereign system.\nICEYE-built constellations serve customers in defense and intelligence, environmental monitoring, insurance and emergency management. We enable fast decisions that contribute to a safer future.\nFounded and headquartered in Finland, ICEYE operates globally with over 1000 employees across Europe, North America, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.\nYour day-to-day responsibilities\n1. Global supply chain strategy\nDefine and own ICEYE's global supply chain strategy, aligned with company, program and production roadmaps, and translate it into a multi-year plan with clear priorities, targets and KPIs.\n\nEstablish and run a structured supplier risk assessment framework covering financial health, capacity, single and sole sourcing, geopolitical and export control exposure, security and compliance.\n\nBuild and maintain a supplier risk heat-map across all critical commodities and suppliers, and use it to drive mitigation plans, dual sourcing and inventory strategies.\n\nOwn supplier due diligence for new and strategic suppliers, including ownership and security screening, ESG and compliance checks, in close cooperation with Legal, Security and Quality.\n\nLead supplier development programs that lift capability, quality and capacity of strategic suppliers, and grow a resilient, sovereign-capable supply base for defense and dual-use customers.\n\n2. Strategic partnerships & ventures\nIdentify, evaluate and execute vertical integration opportunities where owning or controlling critical technologies, processes or capacity creates strategic advantage.\n\nSupport the negotiation of long-term and strategic supply agreements, including pricing, capacity reservation, IP, liability, security and exit terms.\n\nStructure and negotiate license agreements and joint venture agreements with industrial and technology partners.\n\nAct as the M&A lead in the vertical integration domain: build the target pipeline, lead technical and operational due diligence, shape business cases and drive post-merger integration of acquired capabilities into the supply chain.\n\nWork closely with Corporate Development, Finance and Legal, and present recommendations to the executive team and board.\n\n3. Supplier portals\nDefine and own ICEYE's supplier portal strategy, roadmap and architecture.\n\nLead the selection, implementation and continuous improvement of supplier portals for onboarding, qualification, forecasting, order collaboration, document exchange and performance scorecards.\n\nEnsure portals integrate with ERP and PLM, and meet ICEYE's information security and export control requirements.\n\nDrive supplier adoption and use portal data to improve visibility, risk monitoring and decision making.\n\n4. Local content & local supply\nOwn ICEYE's approach to local content, industrial participation and offset requirements in customer programs and sovereign missions.\n\nAssess local content obligations early in bids and contracts, and translate them into sourcing plans with clear targets and tracking.\n\nSupport ICEYE's local entities in identifying, assessing, selecting and onboarding local suppliers, applying ICEYE's risk assessment, due diligence and qualification standards.\n\nDevelop local suppliers so they can meet ICEYE's technical, quality and security requirements, and integrate them into the global supply base and supplier portals.\n\nReport on local content performance and compliance to program teams, local entity leadership and customers.\n\n5. Leadership & organization development\nBuild, lead and develop a team of supply chain strategy, strategic sourcing and supplier management professionals, including managers.\n\nDefine the operating model, workflows and governance for strategic sourcing and supply continuity across electronics, mechanical, electromechanical and specialty process categories.\n\nDevelop hiring profiles, succession plans and long-term talent strategies to scale the organization.\n\nFoster a culture of urgency, technical rigor, proactive risk management and high accountability.\n\n6. Securing serial supply continuity\nPartner with the Supply Chain Category Managers, who own category strategies and day-to-day supply continuity for serial production, and ensure the supply chain strategy actively supports their goals.\n\nIdentify structural supply risks that category management alone cannot resolve, such as single and sole sources, capacity bottlenecks, obsolescence, technology dependencies and geopolitical exposure.\n\nPropose and execute structural solutions that secure continuous supply: strategic partnerships, long-term supply agreements, licensing, joint ventures, vertical integration and M&A.\n\nBuild business cases with Category Management, Finance and Engineering that compare make, buy, partner and acquire options.\n\nTrack how these initiatives improve supply security, lead-times and cost at rate.\n\n7. Supporting supplier engagement\nSupport the Supply Chain Category Managers, who own the relationships with suppliers in their categories, including executive-level engagement with strategic suppliers where needed.\n\nBring the strategic view into supplier relationships: risk heat-map findings, due diligence results, supplier development needs and partnership or integration opportunities.\n\nSupport Category Managers in negotiations that need long-term agreements, capacity commitments or partnership structures.\n\n8. Cross-functional & executive alignment\nAct as the senior supply chain voice in executive, engineering, program management and manufacturing forums.\n\nTranslate evolving technical and business requirements into executable supply chain strategies across electronics, mechanical and system-level builds.\n\nCommunicate risks, mitigation plans and critical dependencies proactively to leadership and program teams.\n\n9. Risk management & development-to-production continuity\nIdentify and mitigate risks to continuous supply, including component availability, obsolescence, material constraints, export limitations, supplier capacity and financial stability.\n\nEnsure supply risks are visible at program milestones and production readiness reviews (PRR).\n\nDrive early qualification of alternate components, materials, processes and sources.\n\nEnsure engineering and product teams understand how design decisions affect supply resilience, lead-times and cost at rate.\n\nSupport Continuous Production Configurations with sourcing strategies that scale across electronics and mechanical domains.\n\nWhat we’re looking for\nMust haves:\nMBA and/or a law degree (LL.M. or equivalent), combined with a technical background, ideally a degree in engineering or a related discipline.\n\n8+ years in supply chain, strategic sourcing or supply management roles in hardware-intensive industries, with 5+ years leading teams, including managers.\n\nProven track record of defining and executing supply chain strategy, including supplier risk management, supplier due diligence and supplier development programs.\n\nHands-on experience negotiating and structuring strategic supply agreements, license agreements and joint ventures, and supporting or leading M&A transactions, ideally in a vertical integration context.\n\nStrong understanding of commercial and contract law, including IP, liability, compliance and export control topics.\n\nSolid technical understanding of hardware supply chains.\n\nExperience defining and implementing supplier portals or supplier collaboration platforms integrated with ERP and PLM.\n\nDemonstrated success securing continuous supply in serial or rate production environments.\n\nStrong executive communication, negotiation, commercial and cross-functional leadership skills.\n\nNice to haves:\n\nExperience in space, aerospace, defense or other regulated high-reliability industries.\n\nFamiliarity with export control regimes (EU dual-use, ITAR/EAR) and security-cleared supply chains, and with local content, industrial participation or offset requirements in defense programs.\n\nExperience in corporate development, M&A advisory, strategy consulting or legal counsel for industrial transactions.\n\nExperience building supply chains across Europe, North America and Asia.\n\nBenefits\nOur benefits are designed to support your health and wellbeing, at work and beyond. We keep improving them based on employee feedback, and offerings vary by location. Talent Acquisition will confirm what applies for this role and location during the process.\nBase salary range for this position is [xxxx-xxxx local currency] per month (gross), dependant on experience, and will be negotiated individually.\nOur Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion\nWe want ICEYE to be a place where people can be themselves and do great work. Different backgrounds and perspectives make us stronger, which is why we work to create an environment where people feel included, respected, and able to speak up. Whatever your background, we want you to bring your authentic self to the table.\nWe’re committed to fair, inclusive hiring and equal opportunity. Everyone is welcome to apply. If you need any adjustments or support during the recruitment process, tell us-we’ll do our best to help.\nApply now to start your ICEYE journey, and help us continue to make the impossible possible together. 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