Associate Programme Manager - Land
Who we are
The role
The day-to-day
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Take ownership of a defined set of programme tasks within the Land domain, managing your workstream from planning through to delivery and producing high-quality outputs with limited oversight
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Build and maintain working-level relationships with customers within your area of responsibility, supporting stakeholder interactions and ensuring actions from meetings are tracked and followed through
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Develop and maintain programme tracking tools and risk registers, providing clear and timely status updates to programme leadership and flagging issues at the earliest opportunity
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Support cross-functional coordination across internal teams, ensuring the right capabilities are available within your workstream and that dependencies are identified and resolved proactively
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Contribute to the continuous improvement of Helsing's programme management practice by applying structured approaches and translating lessons learned into repeatable processes
You should apply if you
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Have supported or coordinated delivery workstreams within a defence, aerospace, automotive or engineering environment, taking ownership of defined tasks and managing them to completion independently
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Have built and maintained project tracking tools or risk registers and can produce clear, accurate status reports for programme leadership
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Can apply structured, best-in-class project management approaches and are committed to developing your practice, whether or not you hold a formal certification
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Communicate with full fluency in English and German (C1), written and spoken, and are comfortable navigating standard defence and procurement terminology
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Are willing to travel regularly to partner and customer locations and can meet all requirements for national security clearance under applicable law
Nice to have
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Have some exposure to defence procurement structures or government contract environments, gained through a placement, internship or supporting proposal activity
What we offer
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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 (Nilo.health)
- Social: regular company events and monthly social allowances
- Enhanced parental leave: 22 weeks fully paid for primary caregivers & 6 weeks for secondary caregivers
- Family support: 5 days of paid family emergency leave, 100% remote work option during pregnancy and phased return to work
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