Senior Programme Manager - Land

As Senior Programme Manager for Helsing's Land domain, you are the primary point of contact for customers and partners across a complex, high-stakes defence programme. You own senior stakeholder relationships and take a considered approach to commercial engagement within a defined value proposition.

What you'll do

• Serve as the primary point of contact for senior customer and partner stakeholders, managing relationships across programme delivery and ensuring Helsing's commitments are met at every milestone
• Maintain and update programme roadmaps and steering dashboards, tracking KPIs across engineering milestones and contractual obligations to give leadership timely and accurate performance data
• Manage commercial engagement within your programme, identifying opportunities, supporting proposals and keeping delivery progress aligned to agreed value propositions
• Orchestrate Helsing's capabilities across engineering, commercial and operational workstreams, aligning contributors to the right challenges entirely independently over timelines spanning a month to a quarter
• Monitor programme risks with a forward-looking approach, preparing structured course-correction recommendations for leadership before delivery timelines are affected

What you'll need

• Have managed day-to-day delivery operations for a full programme in a defence, aerospace, automotive or engineering environment, with direct experience working within or alongside defence customers or procurement structures prior to joining the defence sector
• Have built and owned senior stakeholder relationships and can navigate complex, multi-party environments with clarity and commercial awareness
• Have developed programme steering mechanisms, dashboards and risk frameworks, and can translate programme performance into clear, decision-ready reporting for senior leadership
• Hold a PMP certification or equivalent, or are actively working towards one, and apply structured project management methodologies in high-accountability environments
• Communicate with full fluency in English and German (C1), written and spoken, are willing to travel regularly across sites, and can meet all requirements for national security clearance under applicable law

Nice to have

• Have familiarity with defence procurement structures or government contract environments, gained through supporting bids, proposals or contract delivery

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
• Enhanced parental leave: 22 weeks fully paid for primary caregivers & 6 weeks for secondary caregivers