Project Manager

AAC Clyde Space

Uppsala, Sweden

About this role:

We are looking for an experienced professional to join our Project Management team, based in Uppsala.

You will be expected to lead your allocated projects throughout the project lifecycle, delivering each successfully against objectives in terms of the customer’s technical requirements, budgets, quality and in time as per the schedule.

Principle responsibilities will include customer liaison, planning project delivery, schedule management including identification of critical path activities, active risk management, management of project teams, sub-contractors and suppliers, managing project budgets in terms of cost and revenue and maintaining accurate forecasts. You will also be expected to maintain an active professional development plan as well as contribute to our company continuous improvement plans.

This opportunity is ideal for someone looking for development opportunities in project management in the New Space Industry, a technically minded business. You will be involved in a dynamic, fast paced working environment with exciting projects and challenging schedules. You will have proven experience in project management with the desire to grow your knowledge and expertise while adding value to our current ways of working.

Key Responsibilities:

Deliver the company’s projects allocated to budget, schedule and quality constraints.
Ownership of the Project Management work-package of multiple development/ and or production projects: planning, identifying and progressing critical paths, maintaining accurate forecasts and managing risks.
Maintain accurate project forecasts and delivery of project revenue and profit expectations.
Negotiate specific project requirements with customers and manage necessary variations.
Actively manage risk, issue, and action registers, and project history logs.
Manage the information flow to our project teams, partners, subcontractors and other stakeholders.
Chair project milestone reviews with customers (e.g. Critical Design Review) and ensure milestone schedules are met;
Co-ordinate sub-contractors, partners and suppliers.
Ensure continued resource availability to deliver the project plan.
Manage customer expectations and maintain good working relationships.
Ensure delivered products are compliant with the agreed Scope of Work.
Ensure project is delivered within all statutory legal and procedural requirements.
Ensure quality and delivery gives rise to repeat business.

Skills required:

Experience of managing and delivering complex engineering development projects.
Clear and disciplined competence in project management methodology
Solid understanding of hardware/software product life cycle as appropriate to specialisation.
Definition, allocation, communication, and prioritisation of tasks and priorities, within a multi-disciplined engineering and manufacturing team.
Ability to work well in an engineering development team.
Ability to work independently and demonstrate effective decision-making.
Able to communicate effectively and professionally with customers to elicit requirements and manage expectations.
Strong leadership and negotiating skills for managing all key stakeholders including internal teams, supply-chain, customers, and other key external stakeholders.
Use of suitable tools such as Microsoft Project to schedule, track, and measure project status and performance.