Mission Manager, Open Cosmos
Office located in Harwell, UK or Barcelona
Satellite-based solutions
Be an early applicant
Satellite-based solutions
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
Office located in Harwell, UK or Barcelona
101-200 employees
Company mission
To put satellites and the data they gather at the service of solving the biggest global challenges.
Role
Who you are
- 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 capability across multiple workstreams and stakeholders
- Clear and structured communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences
- Understanding of supplier, stakeholder, and contract management principles
- Ability to balance priorities and maintain momentum within fast-moving delivery environments
- A proactive and ownership-driven mindset with strong attention to detail
- A collaborative approach, building effective relationships across teams, partners, and customers
- Adaptability and resilience when managing changing priorities and evolving mission needs
What the job involves
- Our COO Teams are the engine that powers Open Cosmos’ operations. This division brings together mission management, supply chain, and quality & product assurance to make sure every mission is delivered smoothly, reliably, and to the highest standards. They turn plans into action, keeping us efficient and mission-ready at all times
- Our Mission Management team is growing rapidly as we scale our mission portfolio and satellite capabilities. Acting as the bridge between engineering, operations, customers, partners, and suppliers, the team plays a central role in turning complex technical programmes into successful space missions
- As a Mission Manager, you’ll take ownership of defined mission delivery activities across spacecraft development, integration, launch, and operations. Working closely with Senior Mission Managers and multidisciplinary engineering teams, you’ll help coordinate complex programmes while developing deeper mission leadership capability across the end-to-end mission lifecycle
- Managing assigned mission phases or smaller end-to-end mission activities across schedule, cost, and delivery objectives
- Coordinating multidisciplinary teams across engineering, manufacturing, AIT, operations, supply chain, and commercial functions
- Maintaining project schedules, milestones, budgets, and delivery tracking activities
- Acting as a day-to-day point of contact for internal stakeholders and selected customers or partners
- Supporting technical and programmatic reviews, action tracking, reporting, and progress monitoring
- Identifying risks, dependencies, and delivery challenges while supporting mitigation planning
- Ensuring mission activities align with technical, contractual, and quality requirements
- Supporting communication and coordination between technical teams, suppliers, and external partners
- Contributing to mission readiness activities including integration campaigns, launch preparation, and operational planning
Application process
- Please submit your application and CV in English
Our take
Satellite data is critical for solving some of the world's most pressing matters, such as climate change and the loss of biodiversity. While precise, insight-collating data tools are available, the problem is that they lack interoperability between platforms. Combining data from different satellites is notoriously difficult.
Founded in 2015, Open Cosmos is a SpaceTech startup aiming to simplify access to space. The company designs, manufactures and operates satellites that are part of its "Open Constellation". Meanwhile, its platform, DataCosmos, makes access to satellite data easier for organisations and governments. It combines earth observation data from multiple sources to help mitigate environmental and sustainability challenges.
Partnerships with organisations such as Innovate UK, ESA and the UK Space Agency are supporting Open Cosmos as it expands operations, growing its team and ideas. 2025 saw the company begin manufacturing the first 6G satellite research lab, the 6GStarLab. In 2026, it announced ConnectedCosmos, which will offer secure communications for international businesses and government bodies without the need for mega constellations. The company, then, is positioning itself at the forefront of next-generation, space-based communication.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
27% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
May 2026
$36.1m
LATE VC
Nov 2023
$6.8m
GRANT
Total funding: $100.2m
Company benefits
- Open Cosmonaut Culture: Aim high go beyond is the OC mantra - our teams support each other pushing science to the limits, making the impossible, possible
- We're flexible!: Prefer to mostly WFH? That's fine! Hybrid? Great! Need to take 30 mins at 3pm to get the kids from school? Go ahead! We're more interested in your contributions than when and where you're working
- Our facilities: Working on our hardware? Look no further than our state of the art lab. Prefer to be in an office sometimes? All the time? Our office has everything you need for productive working, including drinks and snacks to keep you fuelled through the day
- Enhanced parental leave: Adding to your family is stressful enough without worrying about pay during those precious first few weeks and months. The UK team enjoy enhanced pay during parts of their statutory maternity, paternity or adoption leave
- Time off: Taking time off is important for our mental health - all our Open Cosmonauts have 25 days holiday in addition to national holidays
- Core Benefits: UK team members can enjoy Medicash, income protection and death in service benefits. Spain team members can enjoy access to a tax saving platform Cobee
- Career development: Having a successful team makes a successful company. We're at the forefront of technology so learning and building an enabling career for you is central to everyone's success
- Team days and social events: Getting to see our colleagues in person, especially when we work in different countries, is so important. We hold monthly team days, quarterly all company catch ups, summer parties and Christmas celebrations
Company HQ
Harwell, UK
Leadership
Rafel Jordá Siquier
(Founder & CEO)Previously, Rafel was an aerospace engineer at zero2infinity as well as a flight test center and flight line production engineer at Airbus Defence and Space. He was also the founder and coordinator of Upper Atmosphere Space Launcher.
Aleix Megias Homar
(Co-Founder & COO)Aleix has a professional history in engineering, having previously worked as a autonomous systems engineer for RAL Space, a flight dynamics engineer for Airbus Defence and Space as well as a systems engineer for the European Space Agency.
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