Project Management Officer Mission Systems (Aerospace & Defense) (mfx)

With over 55 years of experience in designing and manufacturing composite aircraft Grob Aircraft is the recognized technology leader in its segment and one of the worlds leading providers of training aircraft for both civil and military customers. Over 3500 aircraft are in service worldwide. The company currently employs over 360 people.

This is a hands-on build-it-from-scratch PMO role in a regulated aerospace and defense environment not the leadership of an established fully staffed corporate PMO. You will set up structures write the first templates yourself and work directly inside live mission-systems projects.

We are looking for someone who understands aerospace and defense program realities certification logic long lead times qualification gates customer and authority interfaces. This domain knowledge is essential: it is what makes the difference between a PMO that supports the program and one that slows it down. Please note: without genuine aerospace ISR or defense program experience you will not be effective in this role regardless of seniority elsewhere.

• Establish run and continuously develop the Project Management Office (PMO) for our mission and ISR systems business

• Provide PMO support across two complementary product lines: a legacy mission system (mission pod with camera/radar and commlinks) retrofitted to existing training aircraft and a fully integrated mission platform such as the CA-1 Europa

• Define implement and maintain project management standards methods processes templates and governance frameworks across the project portfolio

• Set up and maintain central planning monitoring and controlling of budgets timelines milestones and KPIs across all projects

• Consolidate project data into transparent dashboards and executive-level reporting including status reports quarterly reviews and stage-gate assessments

• Act as the central point of contact for project managers providing methodological guidance tools and templates to ensure consistent project execution

• Coordinate and align a broad and diverse stakeholder landscape from customers internal leadership and engineering disciplines (avionics structures SW/HW) to suppliers and external integration partners

• Support portfolio-level resource planning capacity tracking and prioritization across both retrofit and integrated-platform projects

• Maintain the central risk and opportunity register; track mitigation measures and escalation paths across the portfolio

• Build and continuously improve pragmatic requirements tracking processes and tooling ensuring full traceability throughout the project lifecycle

• Drive adherence to PMO standards and support continuous improvement of project management maturity within the organization

• Degree in Business Administration Aerospace Engineering Systems Engineering or a related discipline

• Several years of hands-on PMO or project controlling experience in aerospace ISR or defense this is a hard requirement not a nice to have

• Solid working knowledge of aerospace/defense program logic: certification qualification gates milestone reviews and authority/customer interfaces

• Solid understanding of project management methods governance and reporting standards

• Experience coordinating complex multi-stakeholder environments across customers engineering and external partners

• Hands-on experience with project and requirements management tools (e.g. Jira MS Project DOORS Jama)

• Strong analytical skills and a structured process-oriented way of working

• A pragmatic roll-up-your-sleeves mentality comfortable building from a blank page in an environment with evolving processes

• Confident communication and coordination skills across all organizational levels

• Business fluent in German (>C1) and English

• Project management or PMO qualification (e.g. PMP PRINCE2 IPMA)

• Familiarity with aerospace standards and certification (e.g. DO-178C STANAGs)

• A genuinely meaningful program: shaping Europes first sovereign UCAV

• The freedom and responsibility to build a PMO the way it should be pragmatic lean and effective

• Short decision paths and direct collaboration with engineering and leadership

• A stable technology-leading mid-sized company with a long-term outlook

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