Senior Program Manager Launch Services (m/f/d)

The role

The Senior Program Manager Launch Services will drive integrated launch planning and scheduling across the organization. This person acts as the central coordination point between mission management, launch operations, development, and production.

What you will do

• Own and maintain the integrated launch schedule across missions, campaigns, and launch sites
• Coordinate launch site bookings, flight allocations, and key hardware delivery milestones
• Ensure alignment of launch plans with customer commitments and operational readiness
• Identify capability, resource constraints and bottlenecks before they impact mission execution
• Drive resolution of schedule conflicts, critical path issues, and execution risks
• Develop launch forecasts and capacity planning to support operational and commercial objectives
• Track and report KPIs, mission performance metrics, and launch campaign costs
• Support budget planning through cost monitoring and forecasting
• Provide consolidated schedule, capacity, risk, and performance reporting to senior leadership
• Maintain a single source of truth for the launch schedule and launch capacities

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s / Master’s degree in aerospace engineering, business administration or other relevant fields
• 7+ years of proven experience in program management, project management, or operations management within aerospace, automotive, manufacturing, defense, or another highly complex engineering environmen
• Strong understanding of technical dependencies and interrelationships across engineering, production and operations organizations
• Excellent stakeholder management skills and the ability to align teams around common objectives
• Outstanding communication skills and confidence interacting with both technical experts and senior leadership
• Proactive mindset with strong problem-solving abilities and a focus on execution
• Professional proficiency in English

Nice to have

• Experience in launch services, spaceflight operations, aerospace programs, mission management, or launch campaigns
• Familiarity with production planning, capacity planning, and forecasting methodologies
• Participation in operational campaigns

Benefits

• Employee Participation Program: virtual company share program
• 30 days of vacation
• Company pension plan with 20% employer contribution after the probation period
• Subsidised lunch
• Flexible mobility budget: choice between fully financed Deutschlandticket, JobRad bicycle leasing, FINN JobAuto, or a fuel allowance
• Sport Clubs membership: sponsored sports club memberships (EGYM Wellpass)
• Individual learning allowance granted after the probation period
• Childcare allowance for non-school-age children

Before you apply

• Due to security clearance requirements, affiliations with countries listed under § 13 para. 1 no. 17 SÜG may affect the application process

About the company

Isar Aerospace is a fast-growing company aiming to provide sustainable and environmentally friendly launch solutions for small and medium-sized satellites and constellations into Low Earth Orbit. They are building a modern space business to enable faster, better and cheaper access to space.