Project Manager

🚀 Challenge the Impossible​ ​

About Beyond Gravity

Beyond Gravity, headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, is the first space company to combine a startup mindset, agility, speed and innovation with decades of experience and proven quality. Approximately 1800 employees at 12 locations in six countries (Switzerland, Sweden, Austria, USA, Finland and Portugal) develop and manufacture products for satellites and launch vehicles with the goal of advancing humankind and enabling the exploration of the world and beyond. Beyond Gravity is the preferred supplier of structures for all types of launch vehicles and a leading provider of selected satellite products and constellation solutions in the New Space sector. In 2024, the company generated a revenue of around CHF 359 million. More information at: www.beyondgravity.com

Your Mission

The project manager leads our projects to meet all external and internal goals.The main part of our business is conducted in project form and as project manager you are responsible and have

authority for the entire project commitment; customer interface, contract, technology, time schedule and finances.Overall Responsible for assigned projects within the project charter set at project start

- Lead and coordinate all parts of the project so that all goals are achieved

- Defends the agreed scope of the project

- Responsible for the customer interface and to ensure that we optimize the customer value we create whilecreating the conditions for additional sales both within and outside the project.

- Negotiates project changes with the customer

- Responsible to identify deviations from planned project schedule and to propose and implement mitigation activities to recover from such deviations

- Responsible to identify deviations from planned project budgets and to propose and implement mitigation activities to recover from such deviations

- Conducts active risk management through all the phases of the project

- Create a motivated project team that has all the information they need to perform their tasks effectively

- Be an active member of a Product family group

- Take an active part as bid-manager during the Sell phase

- Actively support the Product Management team

- Within the group the following responsibilities also need to be covered:

o Participate in and develop the ERP/PLM environment so that it supports effective project management

o Be an active part of ERP/PLM 'management organization at Beyond Gravity

o Educate and support the project managers within the ERP/PLM environment

Your Story

Competence to lead and coordinate complex projects so that all external and internal goals are achieved.

• This requires a solid experience of project management and good skills in managing the tools in our project management process.

• Be able to independently manage customers and subcontractors so that we create effective external interfaces. It is also of the utmost importance to understand the customer's business and thus their real needs. This creates opportunities to optimize the customer value we deliver and the conditions for additional sales.

• Skills to create and continuously develop a motivated project team that performs at maximum during all the phases of the project.

• "know your numbers". The project manager must have good control of all important information (finances, schedule, contracts, goal fulfilment, etc.) and ensure that it is well known to everyone in the project who needs it.

• Curiosity about how we can constantly improve ourselves so that we can create more customer value while improving our project results. Transparency and susceptibility to external and internal influences to improvements is of great importance in the same way as the desire to share own experiences outside the project

• The group also needs a competence with the following focus: o High competence in the various ERP modules used in project management o Deep understanding of how we run projects

o The competence and willingness to share their knowledge with others

Nice to have’s:

• Deep competence in other core areas (Quality, System engineering or similar) to create effective teams in small projects

• Several years (5+) of industrial experience in project management of high technology, ideally in the Space industry (must for Senior Project Manager) Strong market understanding

- Business sense and focus on our customers' actual needs

- Openness and curiosity for new / external ideas (Strong willingness to change, e.g. the ability to work agile)

- A strong personal drive to achieve goals

- Change drive, delegation ability and trust. Responsibility for tasks assigned

- Genuinely interested in developing people with a coaching leadership, find joy in seeing people develop

- Holistic ability and the importance of understanding the whole "food chain" within the company and working against one optimization Able to keep structured and prioritize in a complex environment

- Communicative, both in external and internal relations

- Sharpness (clarity in assignments and feedback - not overlapping). Demonstrate sharpness and clarity in leadership, has strong decision-making ability and speed in delivery, and is open to outside influences with the ability to translate them internally.

- Respectfulness and prestige less

- Ability to understand and aggregate complex technical content to a suitable negotiation level

Why Beyond Gravity?

• Work in a growing high-tech company with career opportunities both locally and internationally.

• You will become part of a committed team with the ambition to innovate space!

🌌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 team.​

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Beyond Gravity is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome and encourage applications from all qualified individuals, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected categories.​

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Applications by e-mail cannot be considered. We do not accept dossiers from recruitment agencies for this position.