Deputy Project Manager

ispace · Luxembourg

  • Senior
  • Full-time
  • Posted 2026-08-28
  • Confirmed live on 25 September 2026

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Job description

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<p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Join ispace EUROPE – Pioneering Lunar Exploration from Luxembourg</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">With locations in Japan, Luxembourg, and the US, ispace is a global leader in lunar exploration. Our European branch, based in Luxembourg, is uniquely positioned at the heart of rover design, development, and operations.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">We’re building the foundations of a sustainable lunar economy — and expanding humanity’s reach beyond Earth. </span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">At ispace EU, engineers, business experts, and creatives work side by side to turn bold ideas into reality, driven by our mission: “Expand our Planet, Expand our Future.”</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">TITLE</span></strong><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">: Deputy Project Manager<strong> </strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">LOCATION: </span></strong><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Luxembourg </span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">ABOUT THE ROLE </span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The Deputy Project Manager supports the successful delivery of lunar rover development programs by assisting in planning, execution, risk management, supplier coordination, schedule control, and customer reporting. The role acts as a key operational partner to the Project Manager and may serve as the PM's delegate when required. </span><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The position is based in Luxembourg. It will closely collaborate with ispace EUROPE’s team members and contractors, with special emphasis on supporting Project Management tasks.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></p>
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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Support contractual negotiations with suppliers and customers, facilitating clarification and resolution of possible discrepancies.

• Support the Project Manager in the preparation of project plans, the monitoring of project activities and the identification of deviations to the nominal path.

• Support the Project Manager in the coordination of project activities and resources as normal work. Based on project objectives and due dates, monitor progress, support prioritization activities and provide recommendations to the Project Manager, ensure timely resolution of issues and avoid unjustified scope-creep.

• Manage and maintain the project portfolio resource management tool, ensuring accurate resource allocation, capacity planning, and forecasting across all ispace EUROPE projects.

• Estimate budgets, including personnel costs, travel cost, capital expenditures, etc.

• Monitor baseline budget (labour costs and other project expenditures) and identify deviations

• Support the Project Manager in the identification of project risks, estimating their probability and potential impact. Devise possible mitigations and monitor mitigation actions and evolution of risks.

• Conduct regular schedule reviews with suppliers to ensure contractual milestones are achieved and potential delays are identified and mitigated early.

• Maintain visibility of all critical supplier milestones and proactively identify impacts to program delivery schedules

• Identify dependencies between supplier deliveries and project activities. Establish and maintain a clear critical-path view of supplier activities.

• Prepare status reports, presenta

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