ALTEN
10,000+ employees
🚀 Aerospace
Engineering • IT Services • Aerospace
ALTEN is a leader in outsourced Engineering and R&D and IT Services, catering to various industries such as aeronautics, automotive, banking, and life sciences. With a workforce of over 57,400 employees across nearly 30 countries, ALTEN specializes in executing complex and technical projects, supporting innovation and technology advancements in multiple sectors. The company focuses on providing engineering services, project management, and IT solutions to enhance client operations and foster sustainable innovation.
Deputy Programme Manager
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🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote
⏳ Contract/Temporary
🟡 Mid-level
🟠 Senior
📋 Program Manager
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ALTEN
10,000+ employees
🚀 Aerospace
Engineering • IT Services • Aerospace
ALTEN is a leader in outsourced Engineering and R&D and IT Services, catering to various industries such as aeronautics, automotive, banking, and life sciences. With a workforce of over 57,400 employees across nearly 30 countries, ALTEN specializes in executing complex and technical projects, supporting innovation and technology advancements in multiple sectors. The company focuses on providing engineering services, project management, and IT solutions to enhance client operations and foster sustainable innovation.
📋 Description
• Support the Program Manager in leading the end‑to‑end programme delivery for a complex spacecraft mission. • Coordinate cross‑functional engineering teams (systems, electrical, mechanical, RF, AIT, software, payload) to maintain programme alignment. • Manage programme schedules, milestones, dependencies, and critical paths, ensuring timely progress across all work packages. • Oversee risk management, identifying issues early and driving mitigation strategies with engineering leads. • Support budget tracking, resource planning, and reporting activities across the programme. • Facilitate technical reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR), ensuring teams are prepared and documentation is complete. • Maintain strong stakeholder communication, providing clear updates on progress, risks, and actions. • Ensure programme activities comply with high‑reliability space standards, quality requirements, and mission constraints. • Support configuration control, ensuring changes are properly assessed, approved, and documented. • Work closely with AIT and operations teams to ensure smooth transitions into integration, testing, and mission readiness phases. • Drive continuous improvement in programme processes, communication flows, and delivery efficiency.
🎯 Requirements
• Mandatory Space industry experience — direct involvement in spacecraft programmes, satellite development, or mission‑critical space projects. • Proven experience coordinating engineering activities within complex technical programmes. • Strong understanding of spacecraft development lifecycles (design, integration, testing, verification). • Skilled in schedule management, milestone tracking, and cross‑team coordination. • Experience with risk management, issue tracking, and mitigation planning. • Ability to interpret technical documentation and communicate effectively with engineering leads. • Strong organisational and communication skills, with the ability to manage multiple parallel workstreams. • Experience supporting programme reviews and reporting to senior stakeholders. • A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, or equivalent military experience.
🏖️ Benefits
• Private Medical Insurance • Cycle & Tech Scheme • Employee assistance programme • Life insurance & Pension Scheme • Social atmosphere, regular gatherings & team buildings • Flexible way of working (role dependent)
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