Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Linde is a global industrial gases and engineering company providing technologies, solutions, and services across multiple industries. The Space Program Development Manager will identify and evaluate space-sector opportunities, develop business cases and value propositions, and lead early-stage development programs through stage-gate reviews. The role involves customer and stakeholder engagement, technical and commercial feasibility assessment, and coordination with internal experts and external partners.
Responsibilities
- Scout broadly for space-sector applications and technology-based offerings that leverage Linde’s capabilities and business models
- You will build and maintain a prioritized opportunity pipeline; screen and rank ideas using balanced criteria (customer acceptance, impact, alternatives, IP, difficulty, and execution feasibility)
- Map target value chains and customer workflows; define the ‘job to be done’ and quantify unmet needs
- Engage customers, partners, industry groups, universities, government agencies, and other external stakeholders to gather Voice‑of‑Customer insights and validate demand
- Further, you will size and quantify opportunities (market size, value pools, share potential) and create clear value propositions for differentiated solutions
- Coordinate with internal technical experts to assess solution concepts; drive pre-feasibility studies (technical/commercial) and techno-economic comparisons versus state-of-the-art
- Develop business cases with assumptions and sensitivity analyses; recommend “go / no-go / pivot” decisions supported by data
- Also, you will lead initiation of new development programs; define scope, resources, milestones, and go-to-market strategy and drive proposals through early stage-gate reviews to secure business sponsorship and alignment
Skills
- • You have a Bachelor's degree in an engineering or science discipline
- • 5+ years of work experience in the space sector at a commercial space firm or space-focused government organization
- • Demonstrated aptitude to learn new technical domains quickly
- • You have strong analytical and business case skills (market sizing, value chain analysis, financial modeling, value propositions); comfort working with imperfect data and making structured assumptions
- • Technical acumen to understand customer processes and translate needs into solution concepts; ability to collaborate effectively with R&D and engineering teams
- • Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills; proven ability to influence across functions and present to senior stakeholders
- • Results-driven, self-directed, and comfortable with ambiguity in early-stage opportunity exploration
- • You are willing to travel domestically and internationally as needed (typically up to ~25%)
- MS/PhD in an engineering or science discipline and/or MBA is desired
- • And you have experience in program development, technology commercialization, strategy, business development, product management, consulting, or a related role that blends technical and commercial responsibilities is a plus
- • Experience with stage-gate / portfolio management, leading early-stage innovation programs is desired
- • Experience with techno-economic assessments and pre-feasibility studies as well as experience with building partnerships/external networks (start-ups, suppliers, universities, consortia) would be ideal
Benefits
- A wide range of medical options to suit everyone’s needs
- Educational and professional development
- Employee discount program
- 401K
- Pension plan
- Life insurance
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