Mission Management Team Lead

The role

The Mission Management Team Lead leads a team that manages satellites from build start to commercial acceptance in orbit. This role involves setting standards for mission management, growing the team, and acting as an escalation point for schedule and risk issues.

What you will do

• Lead, mentor and develop a team of Mission Managers
• Plan team capacity and satellite assignments
• Hire and onboard new Mission Managers
• Scale proactive risk management through processes and tooling
• Own and evolve the Build-to-Launch process and review framework
• Ensure all decision gates are held with complete inputs
• Maintain a data-driven view of satellite tracking and risk exposure
• Drive root cause analysis and corrective actions for high-priority issues
• Manage the per-satellite risk register and assess mission risk
• Run launch and early orbit phase preparation, execution and commissioning

Required qualifications

• A degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or equivalent experience in a Systems, AIT/AIV or mission role
• 7+ years of experience in the space or aerospace & defense industry, including hands-on involvement in spacecraft build, test, launch or in-orbit operations
• Proven track record in team leadership or technical lead roles
• Strong understanding of the satellite lifecycle from AIT through launch, LEOP and commissioning
• Experience with nonconformance management, root cause analysis and corrective and preventive actions
• Experience making risk-based decisions on flight hardware
• Experience running formal technical reviews and gates
• Experience in project or program management of technical missions
• Experience working directly with customers at working and management level
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Strong written and spoken English

Nice to have

• Experience with SAR or Earth Observation satellites, or with constellation-scale serial production
• Experience running a process across multiple production sites, or scaling one to new sites
• Hands-on experience in satellite operations, mission control or LEOP
• Experience introducing new products or platforms into production
• Comfort with Jira, Confluence or similar tools

Benefits

• Continuous professional development
• Training opportunities

Before you apply

• Employment is subject to applicable security screening (incl. SUPO, where required)
• Talent Acquisition interview
• Hiring Manager Interview
• Technical interview
• Panel interview on-site

About the company

ICEYE is the world leader in sovereign intelligence from space, delivering persistent monitoring capabilities via the world's largest and most advanced SAR satellite constellation. Founded and headquartered in Finland, ICEYE operates globally with over 1000 employees.