Program Manager - UAE
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About the Role
ICEYE seeks a Program Manager to deliver complex satellite mission programs end-to-end, ensuring customer success and on-time execution. The role requires 5-10 years of experience in advanced technology environments and strong customer-facing skills.
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Responsibilities
- Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of satellite mission programs, ensuring schedules, budgets, performance objectives, and quality requirements are consistently achieved
- Build and maintain strong customer relationships through proactive communication, effective issue resolution, and reliable program execution
- Develop and maintain integrated program plans that align stakeholders, resources, budgets, and milestones
- Proactively identify, manage, and mitigate program risks, dependencies, and escalations
- Coordinate cross functional teams and stakeholders to drive alignment, remove bottlenecks, and accelerate mission execution
- Provide timely and accurate program reporting, dashboards, and governance updates
Requirements
- 5–10 years’ experience delivering complex, multi stakeholder programs in advanced technology environments (e.g. space, defence, telecom, automotive, IT)
- Strong customer facing capability, including managing senior stakeholders and complex requirements
- Proven leadership of cross functional teams to deliver aligned outcomes
- Expertise in end to end program management (planning, execution, governance across scope, schedule, budget, and risk)
- Strong analytical, problem solving, and decision making skills in uncertain environments
- Excellent communication skills across technical and non technical audiences
- Degree in business, engineering, or a related field
- Must have or be able to get UAE residence
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Role Highlights
- Program Manager for Missions Line of Business, reporting to Program Director.
- Location: United Arab Emirates (ideally Abu Dhabi).
- Employment type: Permanent.
- Workplace model: Hybrid.
- Employment subject to applicable security screening.
Why This Role Matters
- Deliver complex Satellite Mission programs end to end, ensuring customer success, on time execution, and scalable delivery excellence.
- Ensure full lifecycle of customer missions from contract execution through delivery, acting as central orchestrator across engineering, product, operations, and commercial teams.
Who We Are
- ICEYE is the world leader in sovereign intelligence from space, providing persistent monitoring capabilities.
- ICEYE owns the world's largest and most advanced SAR satellite constellation.
- Founded and headquartered in Finland, with over 1000 employees globally.
Your Day to day Responsibilities
- Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of satellite mission programs, ensuring schedules, budgets, performance objectives, and quality requirements are consistently achieved.
- Build and maintain strong customer relationships through proactive communication, effective issue resolution, and reliable program execution.
- Develop and maintain integrated program plans that align stakeholders, resources, budgets, and milestones.
- Proactively identify, manage, and mitigate program risks, dependencies, and escalations.
- Coordinate cross functional teams and stakeholders to drive alignment, remove bottlenecks, and accelerate mission execution.
- Provide timely and accurate program reporting, dashboards, and governance updates.
Must Haves
- 5–10 years’ experience delivering complex, multi stakeholder programs in advanced technology environments.
- Strong customer facing capability, including managing senior stakeholders and complex requirements.
- Proven leadership of cross functional teams to deliver aligned outcomes.
- Expertise in end to end program management (planning, execution, governance across scope, schedule, budget, and risk).
- Strong analytical, problem solving, and decision making skills in uncertain environments.
- Excellent communication skills across technical and non technical audiences.
- Degree in business, engineering, or a related field.
- Must have or be able to get UAE residence.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in Earth Observation (EO), SAR, or remote sensing.
- Background in complex systems or product development environments.
- Experience working with government or defence customers.
- Knowledge of hardware, software, or embedded systems development.
- Advanced degree (Master’s) or relevant certifications (e.g. PMP, PgMP).
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