Job Description

We are seeking a technically rigorous, operationally disciplined Delivery Project Manager to join our growing team working at the forefront of space technology.

In this role you will own programme delivery from baseline to closure — schedule, cost, technical execution, subcontractor management and delivery risk — across complex programmes spanning satellite services, bespoke delivery and government and defence contracts. You will keep programmes on track and ensure that the business always has the programme intelligence needed to manage customers and contracts with accuracy and confidence.

What You'll Do:

Planning & Schedule Control

• Establish and maintain the programme baseline across scope, schedule, cost and quality, structured through the WBS, critical path and technical compliance, with all changes managed through formal change control

• Own the cost performance picture by driving and challenging ETCs and actuals, interpreting EVM outputs and ensuring programme reporting reflects delivery reality

• Drive a proactive risk culture across the programme, ensuring risks are surfaced early, assigned to the right owners and actively retired before they impact delivery or contract performance

• Produce and maintain programme documentation, including schedule, risk register, action logs and technical review outputs, to the standard required for internal governance and contractual deliverables

Execution & Programme Coordination

• Coordinate across engineering, MAIT and launch teams, managing dependencies, aligning resources and keeping cross-functional interfaces on track

• Manage subcontractors, tracking performance to plan, managing technical interfaces and escalating delivery risks in time for commercial or contractual action

• Drive internal technical reviews (PDR, CDR, TRR and equivalents) — coordinating timing, ensuring outputs are actioned and that programme progression is not held by unresolved issues

• On internal programmes without an external customer or funding body, serve as the sole programme lead carrying full accountability for delivery, governance and reporting

Delivery Assurance & Risk Management

• Accountable for the integrity of all programme data — schedule, cost, risk and technical status — ensuring it is accurate, current and actionable

• Maintain delivery standards and programme governance throughout execution — to Spire's internal standards and any applicable contractual, regulatory or security requirements

• Prepare programme status reports and milestone evidence packages for funding body reporting, government reviews and/ or contractual deliverables

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Drive alignment across engineering, product and operations on priorities, dependencies and delivery commitments

• On customer-facing programmes, you will work in close partnership with a Strategic Account Manager who owns the customer relationship and commercial performance

• Communicate programme status clearly to leadership, stakeholders and, where applicable, customers and funding bodies

Key Qualifications & Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical field

• 5+ years of experience in programme or project delivery within aerospace, space systems, defence or a comparable technically complex industry

• Proven track record of managing complex programmes end-to-end, including schedule baseline, subcontractor coordination, cross-functional team leadership and formal technical review processes

• Strong command of programme management tools — proficient with MS Project, Primavera, JIRA or equivalent; ideally certified (PMP, IPMA or equivalent)

• Rigorous approach to risk management — able to maintain accurate risk registers, drive active mitigation and translate delivery risk into the language needed for commercial and leadership decisions

• Demonstrable ability to apply engineering knowledge in a programme delivery context; assessing risk, interrogating plans, and holding technical teams to account on delivery

• Experience working on government, national security or export-controlled programmes — with an understanding of the delivery, compliance and documentation obligations those programmes carry

• Excellent communication skills — able to present programme status with clarity and authority to engineering teams, senior leadership and, when required, customers and funding bodies

Preferred Skills:

• German Ü2 security clearance (or eligibility to obtain)

• UK SC clearance or eligibility to obtain

• US Secret clearance or eligibility to obtain

• Experience across the full space mission lifecycle, from concept and design through PDR/CDR/TRR, MAIT, launch integration and LEOP

Spire operates a hybrid work model, and this position will require you to work a minimum of three days per week in the office.

Access to US export-controlled software and/or technology may be required for this role. If needed, Spire will arrange the necessary licenses—this is not something candidates need to have before applying. #LI-DC1