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Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in managing complex aerospace and defense programs, with a strong focus on stakeholder engagement, project governance, and systems engineering processes. Proficient in delivering large-scale technical programs while ensuring compliance with contractual requirements and managing customer expectations.
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Project ManagementSystems EngineeringStakeholder EngagementRisk ManagementTechnology Transfer
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Hard Skills
Aerospace EngineeringSpace Systems EngineeringRequirements ManagementVerification and ValidationConfiguration ManagementBudget ManagementSchedule ManagementContractual DeliverablesElectro-Optical Satellite ProgramsSynthetic Aperture Radar Satellite Programs
Soft Skills
LeadershipCommunicationNegotiationRelationship Management
Certifications & Qualifications
PMP®PgMP®PRINCE2 Practitioner
Industry Keywords
AerospaceDefenseSatellite ProgramsEarth ObservationRemote SensingGEOINTISRTechnology TransferUAE Government ProcurementNational Security Space Applications
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesPMPRemote Sensing
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Lead end-to-end delivery of space programs from initiation through acceptance and operational handover
- Develop and maintain integrated project plans, schedules, milestones, and resource forecasts
- Ensure program delivery meets agreed scope, schedule, budget, quality, and contractual requirements
- Establish project governance structures, reporting frameworks, and decision-making processes
- Monitor program performance and implement corrective actions
- Manage project risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, and change control processes
- Serve as the primary interface between customers, government stakeholders, partners, suppliers, and internal teams
- Build and maintain relationships across complex stakeholder environments
- Manage customer expectations and communicate program status, risks, milestones, and key decisions
- Lead executive reviews, steering committees, governance boards, and customer engagement activities
- Support proposal development, contract negotiations, and program transition activities
- Coordinate engineering, systems engineering, mission operations, supply chain, quality, and commercial teams
- Manage requirements, interfaces, verification, validation, integration, testing, and acceptance activities
- Oversee readiness reviews and transition into operational service
- Coordinate satellite, payload, ground segment, and external partner workstreams where applicable
- Manage Technology Transfer and Transfer of Knowledge activities supporting sovereign capability development
- Coordinate training, mentoring, and knowledge-sharing activities with international partners and suppliers
- Track contractual ToT and ToK commitments and ensure measurable outcomes
- Support sustainable in-country technical and operational capability development
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Space Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Project Management, or a related discipline
- Minimum 8 years of experience managing complex aerospace, defense, satellite, or space-related programs
- Demonstrated experience delivering large-scale technical programs involving multiple stakeholders, suppliers, and engineering disciplines
- Experience managing project schedules, budgets, risks, resources, and contractual deliverables
- Strong understanding of systems engineering processes, including requirements management, verification, validation, and configuration management
- Proven experience managing customer-facing programs and executive-level stakeholder engagement
- Strong communication, leadership, negotiation, and relationship management skills
- Ability to operate effectively within complex and high-visibility program environments
- English proficiency required
- Preferred: direct experience managing Electro-Optical (EO) satellite programs
- Preferred: direct experience managing Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite programs
- Preferred: experience managing Earth Observation, remote sensing, GEOINT, ISR, or related space system programs
- Preferred: experience managing satellite, payload, ground segment, mission operations, or integrated space system projects
- Preferred: experience managing Technology Transfer (ToT), Transfer of Knowledge (ToK), training, or capability development programs
- Preferred: experience working with international space partners, system integrators, and technology providers
- Preferred: experience delivering programs for government, defense, intelligence, or sovereign customers
- Preferred: PMP®, PgMP®, PRINCE2 Practitioner, or equivalent project management certification
- Preferred: Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Space Systems, Systems Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field
- Preferred: understanding of satellite mission lifecycles, spacecraft development, system integration, and operational deployment
- Preferred: knowledge of GEOINT, ISR, Earth Observation, and national security space applications
- Preferred: familiarity with UAE government procurement processes and strategic national programs
- Preferred: knowledge of the UAE space and defense ecosystem, including key government entities, industry stakeholders, and regulatory frameworks
- Established professional network within the UAE space and defense sectors is advantageous
Benefits
Comp & perks- Salaries are highly competitive and tax-free
- Family visas (depending on role and seniority)
- Annual flight tickets (depending on role and seniority)
- Medical insurance for you and your dependents (depending on role and seniority)
- Education allowances for your children (depending on role and seniority)
- Extensive opportunities to develop new skills through a dedicated learning academy and digital learning platforms
- Strong career support
- Freedom to innovate
- Opportunity to collaborate with world-class talent from across the globe