Programme Manager - Anti-Ballistic Missile System

About the role

Destinus is the programme prime of a four-nation European consortium developing an anti-ballistic missile system at operational pace, and is responsible for the exo-atmospheric interceptor. As Programme Manager you will turn technical direction into disciplined execution, owning the schedule, budget, risks, actions, governance and information flow across industrial partners and national stakeholders, while keeping a small senior engineering team focused on delivery.

Key responsibilities

• Own the integrated programme schedule across Destinus and partner work packages, tracking critical paths, dependencies, milestones and deliverables.
• Run the programme operating rhythm, including technical boards, work-package reviews and partner meetings, ensuring decisions and actions are tracked to closure.
• Manage budget tracking, programme risks, issues and escalations to programme leadership.
• Manage export-control, security, releasability, document control and controlled information flows across consortium partners.
• Coordinate partner deliverables, interfaces, data exchanges and review preparation.
• Support governmental and customer milestones with clear programme status, documentation and reporting.

Required profile

• 10+ years of programme or project management experience in defence, aerospace or another regulated technical environment.
• Experience running complex multi-party or international programmes with industrial and government stakeholders.
• Fluent professional English; French, German or Dutch is a plus.
• Highly desirable: experience with missile, aerospace, weapons or other government defence programmes, and with setting up programme structures for new or early-phase development.

Required skills

• Hands-on experience with export-controlled and/or classified programmes, including security, releasability and information-control procedures.
• Integrated scheduling, budgets, milestones, risk management, action tracking and document control.
• Technical literacy to follow engineering reviews and turn decisions into clear actions.