Associate Programme Manager - Land

As Associate Programme Manager for Helsing's Land domain, you take ownership of broadly defined tasks within a programme, managing your workstream to completion with a high degree of independence. You build initial working-level relationships with customers within your area of responsibility and contribute meaningfully to some of Europe's most consequential defence technology programmes.

What you'll do

• Take ownership of a defined set of programme tasks within the Land domain, managing your workstream from planning through to delivery and producing high-quality outputs with limited oversight
• Build and maintain working-level relationships with customers within your area of responsibility, supporting stakeholder interactions and ensuring actions from meetings are tracked and followed through
• Develop and maintain programme tracking tools and risk registers, providing clear and timely status updates to programme leadership and flagging issues at the earliest opportunity
• Support cross-functional coordination across internal teams, ensuring the right capabilities are available within your workstream and that dependencies are identified and resolved proactively
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of Helsing's programme management practice by applying structured approaches and translating lessons learned into repeatable processes

What you'll need

• Have supported or coordinated delivery workstreams within a defence, aerospace, automotive or engineering environment, taking ownership of defined tasks and managing them to completion independently
• Have built and maintained project tracking tools or risk registers and can produce clear, accurate status reports for programme leadership
• Can apply structured, best-in-class project management approaches and are committed to developing your practice, whether or not you hold a formal certification
• Communicate with full fluency in English and German (C1), written and spoken, and are comfortable navigating standard defence and procurement terminology
• Are willing to travel regularly to partner and customer locations and can meet all requirements for national security clearance under applicable law

Nice to have

• Have some exposure to defence procurement structures or government contract environments, gained through a placement, internship or supporting proposal activity

What they offer

• Competitive salary and VSOP options
• Relocation support: up to €2,500 and 4 weeks temporary accommodation
• Learning: €500/£450 yearly allowance
• Health & wellness: gym membership and mental health support (Nilo.health)
• Enhanced parental leave: 22 weeks fully paid for primary caregivers & 6 weeks for secondary caregivers