Orbital Systems Program Manager

Deltavision Gmbh

Job

In this role, you will oversee the planning and execution of a space program, managing schedules, budgets, and risks while maintaining client and partner relationships and coordinating internal team efforts.

Job summary

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Your role in the team

  • As Orbital Systems Programme Manager, you will own the end-to-end delivery of one of deltaVision's space programmes. You will be the single point of accountability for schedule, budget, scope and risk, and deltaVision's primary interface to partners, subcontractors and customers.
  • Working alongside our Orbital Systems architects and technical domain leads, you will keep a programme on track - from early phase through delivery.
  • Your responsibilities:
  • Own the programme baseline: schedule, cost, scope, work-package structure and critical path across all phases.
  • Führen Sie den Programmsteuerkreislauf durch - Planung, Meilenstein- und Gate-Management, Earned-Value-Tracking, Risiko- und Chancenmanagement, Änderungsmanagement und Fortschrittsberichterstattung an interne und externe Stakeholder.
  • Act as deltaVision's primary interface to consortium partners, coordinating cross-organisation dependencies, interfaces and deliverables.
  • Manage the customer and authority relationship for your programme, including reviews, milestone acceptance and contractual deliverables.
  • Lead internal programme execution across the contributing domains (systems engineering, hardware, and test), keeping teams aligned to plan.
  • Own subcontractor and supplier management within the programme scope: statements of work, NDAs, negotiation, monitoring and delivery.
  • Drive preparation and defence of programme reviews (SRR/PDR/CDR-class) and lead the associated documentation and data-package readiness.
  • Flag strategic dependencies and resource conflicts early, across programme and company priorities.
  • Ensure compliance with ECSS project management, configuration, and quality requirements.
  • Support related bid and proposal activity, contributing programmatics, planning and cost inputs.

Our expectations of you

Qualifications

  • Proven track record managing cost, schedule and scope on complex, multi-stakeholder space programmes.
  • Starke Kenntnisse in Planung, Risikomanagement und Reporting-Tools sowie -Methoden.
  • Sound technical judgement across space systems, enabling credible dialogue with domain leads and partners.
  • Excellent stakeholder management, negotiation, and communication skills.
  • Verantwortungsbewusst, strukturiert und ruhig unter Druck, mit einer agilen, praktischen Denkweise.
  • Passion for creating a new spaceflight paradigm (space logistics & orbital refuelling).
  • Additional advantages:
  • Vertrautheit mit Antriebs- oder fluidischen Systemen.
  • German language proficiency.

Experience

  • 5+ Jahre Erfahrung als Programm- oder Projektmanager für Raumfahrzeuge oder Raumfahrzeugsysteme, mit nachgewiesener End-to-End-Lieferverantwortung.
  • Hands-on experience with ECSS project management, review (SRR/PDR/CDR), and milestone frameworks.
  • Experience coordinating across consortia, partners and/or subcontractors, ideally in an institutional (ESA / national agency) funding context.
  • Experience in a defence / dual-use environment and eligibility to obtain a national security clearance (VS-NfD).

What we offer

  • Sofortiger und flexibler Einstieg.
  • Permanent full-time position (40 h/week).
  • Attraktives Gehalt.
  • 30 days annual vacation and flexible working hours.
  • Bike leasing, company ticket, and EGYM Wellpass.
  • Complimentary beverages, company events, and professional development opportunities.

Topics you will work on

Job locations

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  • Location Munich
    Bayern, Germany

About your employer

deltaVision GmbH, a deep-tech startup based in Munich, specializes in the development of cryogenic and high-pressure fluid technology. The company provides solutions for aerospace, orbital refueling, and related in-space mobility applications. Since its founding in 2022, deltaVision has focused on the production of advanced fluid control systems.

Company type
Startup
Work model
Onsite
Industry
Aviation, Space Travel
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Orbital Systems Program Manager

Deltavision Gmbh