Senior Project Manager - Physical Products

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 Senior Project Manager - Physical Products, you will oversee end-to-end delivery of integrated Helsing products, bridging design teams, supply chains, engineering functions and internal manufacturing as well as external suppliers to ensure products are designed and built to standard, within budget and on schedule. Working directly with delivery teams, defence customers, partners and senior internal stakeholders, you will govern the full product development lifecycle, maintain clear programme visibility for company leadership and translate complex technical and commercial interdependencies into structured, traceable delivery. The day-to-day Own the internal and external project roadmap across the full physical product lifecycle, from design and manufacturing through to customer delivery, driving prioritisation of deliverables and communicating programme status to defence customers and partners with precision Build and maintain a programme steering dashboard that tracks KPIs spanning supply chain performance, engineering milestones and contractual commitments, surfacing risks to senior leadership and proposing course corrections before they affect delivery Govern stakeholder interactions across internal engineering teams, supply chain partners, overseas manufacturers and military customers, ensuring decision-making is structured, traceable and aligned with contractual and strategic commitments Coordinate headcount planning and recruitment needs in close partnership with Programme Management, establishing governance standards that strengthen Helsing's project management function across the wider organisation Identify and implement continuous improvement initiatives across physical product delivery processes, translating lessons learned into scalable practices that enhance Helsing's ability to win and execute future defence opportunities You should apply if you Have delivered large-scale physical product programmes as a project or delivery lead within military or defence contexts, with direct, hands-on experience managing land domain products through development, manufacturing and fielding Hold a PMP certification or equivalent, and have applied structured project management methodologies to govern roadmaps, risk registers and KPI frameworks across complex, multi-stakeholder defence programmes Have coordinated across design teams, supply chains, engineering functions and overseas manufacturers to deliver tangible defence products to standard, on time and within budget Have built programme steering dashboards and presented complex performance data to senior leadership, translating metrics into clear, decision-ready briefings Meet all requirements for national security clearance under applicable law, are willing to travel regularly to partner, manufacturer and customer sites, and communicate with full fluency in both English and German 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

• Familiarity with defence procurement structures or government contract environments, gained through experience working at the interface between technical delivery and commercial programme management on military physical product programmes
• A background in engineering, political science or a related discipline that provides domain fluency for engaging with defence customers and navigating the technical complexity of physical product programmes
• 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

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