Mission Manager (Space)

Location: Hybrid in Porto or Coimbra, Portugal; successful candidates must be able to travel between both offices. Candidates must have the legal right to work in their chosen location.

Company

hirify.global provides end-to-end satellite mission services, from design and manufacturing through launch and operations, using space-based data and connectivity for Earth observation, IoT connectivity, and secure communications.

What you will do

• Manage assigned mission phases or smaller end-to-end mission activities across schedule, cost, and delivery objectives.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams across engineering, manufacturing, AIT, operations, supply chain, commercial functions, suppliers, and external partners.
• Maintain project schedules, milestones, budgets, delivery tracking, reports, and action registers.
• Act as a day-to-day point of contact for internal stakeholders and selected customers or partners.
• Identify risks, dependencies, and delivery challenges, and support mitigation planning.
• Contribute to technical and programmatic reviews, mission readiness, integration campaigns, launch preparation, and operational planning.

Requirements

• Strong understanding of project management fundamentals, including scope, schedule, cost, and risk management.
• Awareness of spacecraft systems, payloads, or multidisciplinary engineering programmes.
• Proficiency with project management and tracking tools such as MS Project, Jira, or similar platforms.
• Strong organisational and coordination skills across multiple workstreams and stakeholders.
• Clear, structured communication skills with technical and non-technical audiences.
• Understanding of supplier, stakeholder, and contract management principles.
• Ability to balance priorities and maintain momentum in fast-moving delivery environments.
• Proactive, ownership-driven mindset with strong attention to detail, collaboration, adaptability, and resilience.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on space technology and satellite missions serving customers around the globe.
• Mission-driven environment focused on making space accessible and solving real-world challenges.
• Diverse, ambitious, supportive, respectful, and inclusive workplace.
• Equal opportunity employer committed to belonging and challenging bias.