Commercial Project Manager - Lead Customer Delivery in the Space-Tech Sector
Edinburgh | Sadly no sponsorship or re-location options
Are you a confident, customer-focused Project Manager who thrives at the centre of complex, high-impact technology projects? We're hiring a Commercial Project Manager to lead mission-critical software delivery for a rapidly scaling, industry-leading space technology company.
In this role, you'll be the primary face of the organisation for satellite operators, space agencies, and commercial customers across the globe. You'll build strong, trusted relationships, deeply understand customer priorities, and guide them through the delivery of software solutions that power satellite operations, onboard flight systems, mission control, and ground station platforms.
You'll oversee project scope, schedules, budgets, risks, and expectations-balancing technical insight with commercial awareness and the confidence to lead conversations at all levels. Working closely with engineering, DevOps, testing, and operations teams, you'll ensure smooth, successful delivery while keeping customers informed, supported, and delighted.
This role is ideal for someone who combines relationship excellence with structured project leadership, financial oversight, and pragmatic problem-solving. If you enjoy being customer-facing, influencing outcomes, and delivering projects that matter, this is a rare opportunity to join a company in an exciting high-growth phase.
What you'll bring
Strong customer relationship skills and the ability to inspire confidence
Experience managing complex software or technical projects
Competence with Agile/Scrum and tools like JIRA, MS Project, Redmine, or similar
Strong financial and commercial awareness-budgets, forecasting, scope control
Ability to translate between customer needs and engineering delivery
Calm, pragmatic problem-solving in high-pressure mission environments
Why join?
You'll be part of a fast-growing, innovative organisation reshaping how space software is built and operated worldwide. With a collaborative culture, employee ownership, and major expansion ahead, this is an opportunity to grow your career while influencing projects used in orbit and on the ground.
Hybrid in Edinburgh | Global customers | High-trust, customer-facing role | Space sector innovation