Senior Programme Manager - Militarisation - Air

Highlights

• Lead end-to-end militarisation of CA-1 from development to qualified delivery.
• Serve as primary interface to government customers and industry partners.
• Oversee qualification, testing and trial campaigns for air platform systems.

What they offer

• Competitive salary and VSOP options
• Relocation support: up to €2,500 and 4 weeks temporary accommodation
• Learning: €500/£450 yearly allowance
• Health & wellness: gym membership and mental health support
• Regular company events and monthly social allowances
• Enhanced parental leave: 22 weeks for primary caregivers & 6 weeks for secondary
• Family support: 5 days family emergency leave and remote work option during pregnancy

Ideal candidate

Mission-driven programme leader with defence or aerospace background who thrives in complex multi-stakeholder environments. You bring structure to ambiguity and care deeply about delivering sovereign capabilities for democracies.

Requirements

• Have delivered complex militarisation programmes end-to-end, from early-stage development through qualification, testing, and operational handover in a defence or aerospace environment
• Have served as the primary programme interface with government customers and defence industry partners, managing commitments across multi-stakeholder environments
• Have coordinated cross-functional teams, including Engineering, Product, Procurement, Legal, and Compliance, around shared programme objectives in a regulated, time-critical context
• Have applied MIL-Spec standards, STANAG and NATO requirements, and airworthiness regulations as a core part of active programme delivery
• Have managed programme schedule, risk registers, and budget across multiple concurrent sub-streams, making sound decisions under ambiguity and complexity