Project Manager

  

Project Manager

 

�� Challenge the Impossible​ ​

 

About Beyond Gravity

Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, Beyond Gravity is not your typical space company. We're a unique blend of agility, speed, and innovation, fusing a start-up mindset with decades of industry expertise and a track record of 100% mission success. Our dynamic team of over 1700 professionals, spread across 13 locations in six countries, is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of what is technically feasible. We're not just building crucial products for the satellites and launchers industry, we’re helping to improve life on earth.

 

Your crew

This team is responsable for ensuring the successful execution and delivery with regards to quality, time, cost and customer satisfaction. projects. In this position you will lead and develop the people within the project

office.

 

Your mission

 

Execution:

• Overall responsibility for all assigned project managers (programmatic, financial, technical), within the framework agreed with the customer.
• Coaches and holds project managers accountable to ensure programmatic success.
• Manages HR processes for direct reports (competence planning, recruitment, performance, development).
• Identifies and drives upselling and new business opportunities with internal stakeholders.
• Supports technical proposals, including cost and schedule estimates.
• Contributes to technology, product, and strategic roadmaps using business intelligence.

 

Management

• Leads and coordinates overall project planning and execution.
• Oversees project controlling with finance and project control teams.
• Coordinates with Engineering, Operations, and other functions to secure resources.
• Appoints and develops Project Managers; manages assignments, resource planning, and training needs.
• Builds a high-commitment, sustainable work environment and acts as escalation point.

 

Department Leadership

• Leads project teams to ensure contract-compliant execution, deliverables, budgets, and timelines.
• Secures team composition aligned with project needs, in coordination with line managers.
• Ensures effective communication and periodic progress reporting to the Executive Team.
• Manages milestones, deliverables, payments, and risk mitigation.
• Drives continuous improvement to create long- and short-term value.

 

Your story

 

Mandatory:

• Education in Engineering, B.Sc level / M.Sc. level Extensive Certified and/or deeply experienced within
• Project/Program Management
• Experience from project execution in an international environment
• Extensive managerial experience (>10yrs) and deep knowledge from the Space or related non-space business
• Excellent communication and coordination skills
• Holistic view, strategic orientation, and excellent analytical skills
• Lead and develop the team in accordance with the company values as well as business strategy and goals
• Customer insight, experience from the customers’ business and organization
• Technical understanding and know-how of related field of work and generalistic approach.
• Strong leadership, coordination, and communication skills; solution-driven, commercially minded, resilient under pressure, and effective at prioritizing in complex environments.
• Motivational team player and change agent with high energy; fosters collaboration, shares knowledge, develops people, and drives positive impact with a can-do attitude.
• Fluent English

 

Nice to have:

• Experience of working in other Space companies
• Experience from working in an international environment
• Project management skills: driven, fast, confident, target/solution oriented working style

 

Why Beyond Gravity

To work in a growing high technology company with career opportunities within the site or internationally.

You will be a part of an engaged team with the ambition to innovate space!

We offer a hybrid work situation, high flexibility and autonomy, and a great team to develop and have fun with!

 

��Are you ready for lift-off?​

Our core values - Passionate, Together, and Curious - transform challenges into opportunities. Embark on a journey to transcend the ordinary with us. We‘re actively reviewing candidates and will promptly select the ideal fit for our te