Senior Technical ProjectProgram Manager — Defense and Public Programs

• Lead defense and public-sector software projects from project initiation through iterative delivery

• Define and continuously refine project scope together with customers and engineering teams

• Translate operational needs into actionable technical work packages and delivery priorities

• Balance customer value technical feasibility budget timing and engineering capacity

• Coordinate engineering execution across internal teams and external partners

• Manage schedules budgets risks dependencies and contractual commitments

• Translate operational requirements into actionable technical priorities

• Represent in customer reviews demonstrations and steering committees

• Several years of experience leading technically complex iterative projects

• Diplomatic and collaborative working style combined with the confidence to challenge assumptions and drive decisions

• Proven experience in defense public-sector technology robotics embedded software aerospace or comparable environments

• Proven experience working with the Bundeswehr ecosystem or NATO / allied defense customers

• Strong technical understanding of distributed software systems spanning embedded edge networking and cloud environments

• Ability to work effectively with software architects system engineers developers and integration teams

• Sound judgment when balancing scope technical complexity budget timing and customer priorities

• Experience coordinating multiple projects organizations and technical disciplines

• Comfortable driving projects forward despite evolving requirements and technical uncertainty.

• Fluent German and English; willingness to travel

• Eligibility to obtain security clearance (existing clearance is a plus).

• Existing German security clearance

• Experience working in classified environments

• Familiarity with Software-Defined Defense C2/C4ISR Multi-Domain Operations tactical communications or AI-enabled defense systems

• Familiarity with DevSecOps CI/CD software integration verification & validation or distributed systems

• Experience with public procurement or multi-partner defense projects

You will help build the software foundations that allow NATO and allied nations to develop and field defense capabilities faster with greater technological sovereignty and control over their systems.

You will work directly with customers engineers public-sector organizations and industrial partners on technically demanding programs with operational relevance.

brings modern software engineering deterministic middleware safety-critical AI systems continuous integration verification and validation into defense shortening the path from requirement to deployable capability.

If you want to work on technically demanding programs with direct relevance for our security and resilience and help change how defense software is developed and delivered this is the place to do it.