Predevelopment Project Manager (m/f/d) - IT, Entwicklung, Projektmanagement

Your Tasks

• Manage external funded projects, overseeing time, cost, quality, and risk while ensuring alignment with the other departments, budget, and milestone targets
• Develop and maintain project schedules, tracking progress, documenting key milestones, and providing updates through reports and presentations
• Lead the work and coordination between RFA internal teams and partners for external funded projects, ensuring effective communication between internal and external stakeholders
• Support the Finance Departmenet preparing financial reporting for external funded projects
• Take charge of technical writing and preparing project deliverables with external customers (e.g. ESA, governmental institutions) on-time, on-quality and on-budget
• Contribute to the technical work of the predevelopment team, including the creation of development roadmaps for future vehicles and technologies, mission and technical requirements, design studies and trade-offs, creation of system architectures, etc.
• Contribute to proposal writing for funded projects

Your Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or Master's degree in Aerospace, Space Engineering or similar discipline
• Work experience in project management in the space industry is a plus
• Knowledge of European/German/Bavarian funding programs and proposal processes (FLPP, ELC, RaFo-Bayern, etc.) is a plus
• Great listener that is able to simultaneously push the team forward
• Able to thrive in uncertainty and provide organization and structure where needed
• Strong technical affinity and enthusiasm for New Space Strong writing and formatting skills with excellent command of Microsoft Office
• Business-fluent English, both spoken and written (all day-to-day activities are conducted in English)
• German fluency is highly desirable due to the need for communication with external German stakeholders
• Strong time management, a team-player attitude, and emotional intelligence
• Demonstrated independence, proactivity, and structured approach to work
• Strong cost and risk awareness with a business-oriented mindset

We offer

• Atmosphere: Experience life in an international & dynamic New Space start-up
• Flexibility: Fit your working schedule to your needs with flexible working hours
• Home Office: Full-time employees benefit from 1 day per week home office
• Health: Sweat, stretch or squat it out with WellPass, a training app which connects you to thousands of gyms and studios
• Paid Time Off: 30 days annual leave and special leave days
• RFA Family: Join our regular company and team events and become part of the RFA family
• Parking: Free parking for your car and your bike