Technical Project Manager - Production

About the role

Helsing is a defence AI company. Our mission is to protect our democracies. We aim to achieve technological leadership, so that open societies can continue to make sovereign decisions and control their ethical standards. As democracies, we believe we have a special responsibility to be thoughtful about the development and deployment of powerful technologies like AI. We take this responsibility seriously. We are an ambitious and committed team of engineers, AI specialists and customer-facing programme managers. We are looking for mission-driven people to join our European teams - and apply their skills to solve the most complex and impactful problems. We embrace an open and transparent culture that welcomes healthy debates on the use of technology in defence, its benefits, and its ethical implications. As a Technical Project Manager at Helsing, you will own technical projects across our production environment - from new builds and machine installations to retrofits and process optimisations. You will coordinate stakeholders, manage suppliers, and drive projects from kick-off through to handover, ensuring every phase meets quality, safety, and regulatory standards. Alongside delivery, you will manage Capital Expenditure and Operational Expenditure budgets, providing clear financial visibility to senior leadership and collaborating closely with Finance, Operations, and Controlling to keep spending on target. The day-to-day Plan, execute, and monitor end-to-end technical projects in the production environment, maintaining rigorous project plans, milestone tracking, and status reporting that keep all internal and external stakeholders aligned Own the full CapEx lifecycle: create, submit, and manage investment budgets, ensure correct asset capitalisation in collaboration with Finance, and deliver regular capital-spend reports to senior management Identify and mitigate project risks early, applying structured risk-assessment frameworks to protect timelines, budgets, and compliance standards across all project phases Analyse and optimise operational expenditure by identifying cost-reduction opportunities through process improvements, automation, and efficiency gains, partnering with Production Engineering to translate findings into measurable savings Develop and maintain production KPIs to track operational costs, support the annual budget planning cycle, and align CapEx forecasts with Controlling on a regular basis Coordinate and manage external suppliers and contractors, ensuring deliverables are met to specification, on schedule, and within agreed cost parameters Lead structured project reviews and lessons-learned sessions, embedding findings into future project planning to drive continuous improvement across the production organisation You should apply if you Have successfully delivered complex technical projects in a production or industrial environment, from initial scoping through to operational handover Have built and managed CapEx and OpEx budgets, including asset capitalisation processes and close collaboration with Finance or Controlling functions Bring structured risk-management practice to your work, with a track record of identifying issues early and resolving them before they affect delivery Communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders - including suppliers, operations teams, and senior leadership - ensuring transparency without unnecessary complexity Can design and implement KPIs and reporting frameworks that give decision-makers reliable, actionable visibility into project and cost performance Work collaboratively across cross-functional teams, holding projects to account while maintaining strong working relationships across all levels of the organisation Note: We operate in an industry where women, as well as other minority groups, are systematically under-represented. We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet all the listed qualifications; ability and impact cannot be summarised in a few bullet points.

Requirements

• Bring familiarity with automation or process-engineering projects, enabling evaluation of technical trade-offs alongside operational and financial considerations
• Have experience facilitating formal lessons-learned and project-review sessions that demonstrably improve future project performance
• Join Helsing and work with world-leading experts in their fields
• Helsing's work is important. You'll be directly contributing to the protection of democratic countries while balancing both ethical and geopolitical concerns
• The work is unique. We operate in a domain that has highly unusual technical requirements and constraints, and where robustness, safety, and ethical considerations are vital. You will face unique Engineering and AI challenges that make a meaningful impact in the world
• Our work frequently takes us right up to the state of the art in technical innovation, be it reinforcement learning, distributed systems,

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