Senior Mission Manager

Join Open Cosmos, a leading space technology company, as a Senior Mission Manager. In this role, you will take ownership of ambitious and technically complex missions, leading multidisciplinary teams and acting as the main point of contact for customers, partners, and stakeholders. You will manage the full mission lifecycle, ensuring delivery meets the highest standards and identifying risks early. Enjoy a flexible work environment, enhanced parental leave, core benefits, team days and social events, career development opportunities, and generous time off.

About Open Cosmos

Resilience and adaptability, staying focused and effective under pressure

Responsibilities

• Assumer la responsabilité de l'ensemble du cycle de vie de la mission, de la définition des exigences initiales au lancement et à la mise en service en orbite.
• Diriger des équipes multidisciplinaires à travers l'ingénierie des systèmes, l'AIT, la fabrication, la chaîne d'approvisionnement et les opérations de mission.
• Agir en tant que principal point de contact pour les clients, les partenaires et les parties prenantes, en établissant la confiance et en maintenant l'alignement.
• Commercial awareness, including contracts, supplier coordination, and delivery frameworks

Requirements

• A proactive mindset, spotting risks early and acting before they become issues
• Comfortable using project management tools (e.g. MS Project, Jira, or similar)
• Skilled at stakeholder management, able to influence, align, and manage competing priorities
• A collaborative approach, building strong relationships across teams, locations, and partners
• Familiarity with regulatory and compliance considerations in the space ecosystem
• Confidence navigating ambiguity and making informed decisions in fast-moving, high-stakes environments
• Clear, structured communication, able to simplify complexity for different audiences
• Strong grasp of project delivery in complex, multidisciplinary environments, ideally within space or high-reliability engineering
• Ability to balance scope, schedule, cost, and risk across multiple parallel workstreams
• Solid understanding of satellite systems, payloads, or mission operations