VHR Program Manager

About the role

AMOS, a Liège-based developer of ultra-high opto-mechanical systems for space and professional astronomy, is looking for a VHR Program Manager. The VHR product line consists of a modular set of recurring building blocks configured for each mission, and the role leads the VHR payload team, balancing customer requests with what the product line can absorb.

Key responsibilities

• Own the VHR product line: roadmap, configurations, performance range, cost and lead-time targets.
• Drive the modular approach: define building blocks, options and limits of recurrence.
• Arbitrate between customer requests and the standard product, deciding what is tailored and what stays recurrent.
• Coordinate the VHR payload team: priorities, workload, staffing and competence development.
• Manage the program: schedule, budget, risks, margins and milestones.
• Drive industrialization: make-or-buy decisions, supply chain, recurring cost reduction and production ramp-up.
• Prepare proposals with product configuration, cost, lead time and technical and contractual commitments.
• Manage VHR projects from kick-off to delivery, and monitor delivered products for image quality and non-conformances.
• Feed back lessons learned to the product line and report the status of the VHR line to management.

Required profile

• Master's or PhD in Engineering or Physics.
• At least 10 years in space or optical instrument programs.
• Solid technical background in optical instruments, including reading and challenging performance budgets.
• Proven product management experience: roadmap, configuration management, recurring cost and lead time.
• Experience managing schedule, budget and risks on multi-million-euro programmes.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary teams and making decisions with incomplete data.
• Fluent English; French is an asset.

Required skills

• Familiarity with ECSS standards and space project review logic.
• Product management and project management.
• Rigorous, reliable, good writing skills, natural leadership and teamwork.

What we offer

• Permanent position.
• A career path with direct impact on the company's growth and a flat hierarchy.
• Flexible ways of working and a salary package consistent with experience.