Job title: Industrial Manager (Bronze) for Launcher products is now open within Airbus Defence & Space in Space Systems at Getafe (Madrid). You will join the Spain Future Programmes department (TSOAS).

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The position covers preparation of proposals for launcher products developed in Space Systems in Spain, for institutional and export markets, from initial studies and trade‑offs until implementation contract negotiation and signature, and hand‑over to Launchers Programs (TSOYL) for execution. In the role you will lead the industrial and/or development activities of the bid, coordinate required stakeholders, and be accountable for the successful activities’ completion and project deliverables. This position will contribute to the development of your competences for taking over larger Project Management roles.

Responsibilities

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- Leading all industrial and development activities for the proposals / studies for a competitive and successful bid and for a robust project implementation phase

- Defining the development approach and sequence through a deep analysis of project drivers and risks

- Elaborating the Development Plan, synthesizing the development approach, project roadmap and schedule, interdependencies, models policy, AIV strategy

- Defining the industrial setup baseline and alternatives, and coordinating with the procurement team the procurement activities

- Contributing to the Launcher products roadmap, with a focus on the industrial set‑up (including priorities, funding needs, R&D; planning, partnership),



and contribute to strategy definition

You will be in charge of the following main activities:

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- Leading all industrial and development activities for the proposals / studies for a competitive and successful bid and for a robust project implementation phase

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- Lead the necessary activities so that industrial and development aspects are mature for the successful bid

- Understand and contribute to the strategic decisions

- Keep focus on competitiveness for bid and robustness for project implementation, and contribute actively to costing exercises and design‑to‑value processes

- Involve and coordinate the relevant stakeholders for a collaborative and efficient approach

- Defining the development approach and sequence through a deep analysis of project drivers and risks

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- Identify key projects drivers, differentiators and interdependencies

- Perform a deep risks analysis of the project, and understand unknown elements

- Develop an efficient development approach focused on key risks and unknown mitigations

- Elaborating the Development Plan, synthesizing the development approach, project roadmap and schedule, interdependencies, models policy, AIV strategy

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- Synthesize the development approach, challenge and mature it





- Elaborate the project schedule, identify the critical path and optimise it

- Integrate the model’s policy, AIT and verification strategy through iterations with Engineering and AIT

- Dialogue with customer, challenge them when necessary and integrate feedback

- Defining the industrial setup baseline and alternatives, and coordinating with the procurement team the procurement activities

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- Define the industrial consortium considering optimum solutions between contributors’ maturity, expertise and costs, and meeting customer requirements

- Contribute to Make or Buy decisions

- Define baseline and prepare alternatives for further optimisation depending on customer industrial requirements maturity

- Initiate and steer the RFI/RFP process with procurement, and integrate feedback into the consortium

- Work with Procurement team to negotiate and to maintain Long Term Agreements with key suppliers

- Identify industrial weaknesses and define back‑up plans

Business travels can be expected on a quarterly basis in Europe and consequently, you must be willing to travel accordingly.

Skills

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- Educated to master level in Engineering.

- 5 years’ experience in Engineering or Industrial management or Project management in the space industry (in the field of launcher products would be a plus)

- 3 years’ experience in Project Management or integrated into an operational project team in the space industry (either in a study or an implementation phase)

- Airbus PM certification for Bronze level (at least on-going)

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📌 Industrial Manager (Getafe)
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