About this role
Your Tasks - Manage / Support the preparation of proposals; inter alia (depending on the specific proposal, the candidate will have to either take full responsibility or only support the different tasks): - Lead the proposal team towards the delivery of a proposals, on quality, time and cost - Ensure that the proposal properly answer to the customer requirements; both formal requirements (conditions of tender, technical, programmatic, financial requirements, etc) and unofficial customer needs (technical, programmatic, financial, contractual, industrial, political, etc) - Ensure that the proposal passes all the required reviews (content and cost) and that expectations of all internal stakeholders are reflected The candidate shall expect to face proposals of a large variety, in terms of contract value, vertical (EO, Navigation, Exploration, Telecom, Space Transportation, etc.) and customers (ESA, EC, DLR, other agencies, BW, commercial entities, etc.). - Contribute to the organization and execution of in-house trainings on the proposal process - Contribute to the maintenance of proposal-related key performance indicators, evaluation of proposal statistics and support of definition of measures (in co-ordination with department lead) - Support the improvement of proposal processes, proposal quality and thus likelihood of proposal success Your Qualifications - Hard requirements: - Completed studies (Diploma or Master) in aerospace engineering or equivalent qualification (i.e. mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, physics) - Strategic acting: Entrepreneurial thinking and acting with strong emphasis on quality and cost - Strong experience in proposals management (3 years +) with Institutional customers - Advanced knowledge of the MS suite (VBA coding, high-level skills with MS Word) and of advanced editing tools (Adobe, InDesign) - Very good communication skills in oral and written English - Additional competences considered strong assets: - Experience in cost engineering - Experience in the space sector; commercial space sector as a plus - Background in system engineering and project management - Knowledge of German; any other European language as plus