Project Manager to Beyond Gravity Gothenburg
Beyond Gravity Sweden AB · Göteborg · Tills vidare · Deadline 2026-11-19
Beyond Gravity Sweden AB is seeking a **Project Manager** to join its Gothenburg-based project management department. Working within a 20-person team, the role entails overall responsibility for assigned customer projects from initiation through delivery. Key duties include managing project scope, schedules, budgets, risks, and contracts, while leading cross-functional teams and serving as the primary customer interface to negotiate changes and explore additional sales opportunities. The position also supports bidding, participates in product family groups, and contributes to the management, education, and development of the internal ERP/PLM environment. The employer offers a **hybrid work situation** with high autonomy. Applicants must hold a higher degree in engineering or another relevant field, preferably at the master’s level, alongside solid experience managing and coordinating complex projects. Candidates need demonstrated expertise in managing budgets, schedules, customers, and subcontractors, as well as **high competence in ERP modules** relevant to project management and a willingness to share this knowledge. Fluency in both Swedish and English is required. Additional depth in quality, systems engineering, or similar core areas is an advantage.
🚀 Challenge the Impossible​ ​
About Beyond Gravity
Beyond Gravity, headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, is the first space company to combine a startup mindset, agility, speed and innovation with decades of experience and proven quality. Approximately 1800 employees at 12 locations in six countries (Switzerland, Sweden, Austria, USA, Finland and Portugal) develop and manufacture products for satellites and launch vehicles with the goal of advancing humankind and enabling the exploration of the world and beyond. Beyond Gravity is the preferred supplier of structures for all types of launch vehicles and a leading provider of selected satellite products and constellation solutions in the New Space sector. More information at: www.beyondgravity.com
Your crew
Our Project Management department in Gothenburg consists of 20 project managers, project coordinators, and project assistants who together drive all our customer projects in close collaboration with colleagues from other teams within our organization. We are responsible for both the customer interface and all aspects of internal project management for our projects. We are a diverse team with a wide range of skills, backgrounds, and personalities, united by our shared values — Curious, Passionate, and Together!
Your mission
- Overall Responsible for assigned projects within the project charter set at project start
- Lead and coordinate all parts of the project so that all goals are achieved
- Defends the agreed scope of the project
- Responsible for the customer interface and to ensure that we optimize the customer value we create while creating the conditions for additional sales both within and outside the project.
- Negotiates project changes with the customer
- Responsible to identify deviations from planned project schedule and to propose and implement mitigation activities to recover from such deviations
- Responsible to identify deviations from planned project budgets and to propose and implement mitigation activities to recover from such deviations
- Conducts active risk management through all the phases of the project
- Create a motivated project team that has all the information they need to perform their tasks effectively
- Be an active member of a Product family group
- Take an active part as bid-manager during the Sell phase
- Actively support the Product Management team
- Within the group the following responsibilities also need to be covered:
- Participate in and develop the ERP/PLM environment so that it supports effective project management
- Be an active part of ERP/PLM 'management organization at Beyond Gravity
- Educate and support the project managers within the ERP/PLM environment
Your story
Must’s:
- Higher degree (preferably M.Sc. level) in Engineering or other relevant field.
- Competence to lead and coordinate complex projects so that all external and internal goals are achieved.
- This requires a solid experience of project management and good skills in managing the tools in our project management process.
- Be able to independently manage customers and subcontractors so that we create effective external interfaces. It is also of the utmost importance to understand the customer's business and thus their real needs. This creates opportunities to optimize the customer value we deliver and the conditions for additional sales.
- Skills to create and continuously develop a motivated project team that performs at maximum during all the phases of the project.
- "know your numbers". The project manager must have good control of all important information (finances, schedule, contracts, goal fulfilment, etc.) and ensure that it is well known to everyone in the project who needs it.
- Curiosity about how we can constantly improve ourselves so that we can create more customer value while improving our project results. Transparency and susceptibility to external and internal influences to improvements is of great importance in the same way as the desire to share own experiences outside the project
- The group also needs a competence with the following focus:
- High competence in the various ERP modules used in project management
- Deep understanding of how we run projects
- The competence and willingness to share their knowledge with others
- Fluent Swedish and English
Nice to have’s:
- Deep competence in other core areas (Quality, System engineering or similar) to create effective teams in small projects
Why Beyond Gravity
- To work in a growing high technology company with career opportunities within the site or internationally.
- You will be a part of an engaged team with the ambition to innovate space!
- We offer a hybrid work situation, high flexibility and autonomy, and a great team to develop and have fun with!
🌌Are you ready for lift-off?​
Our core values - Passionate, Together, and Curious - transform challenges into opportunities. Embark on a journey to transcend the ordinary with us. We‘re actively reviewing candidates and will promptly select the ideal fit for our team.​ Please submit your CV in English until 15th October.
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For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact: ​Catarina Rio | | catarina.afonsorio@beyondgravity.com
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Beyond Gravity is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome and encourage applications from all qualified individuals, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected categories.​
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Applications by e-mail cannot be considered. We do not accept dossiers from recruitment agencies for this position.