EU Technical Project Lead

• Own project management and product ownership on awarded projects: scope, work packages, costing, planning, backlog, and prioritisation
• Be a trusted point of contact to ESA, ECMWF, and EUMETSAT technical and contract officers, consortium partners, and the wider landscape
• Contribute with delivery and field experience to business development, supporting the proposal team on technical approach and hands-on technical writing on EU proposals
• Connect the dots across related efforts so proposals and delivery reinforce each other

This role helps make environmental data and science more accessible through software solutions and AI, supporting science, sustainability, and the public good.

• Experience leading technical projects as a lead engineer, project manager, or product owner, in environments where you stayed close to the engineering work
• A strong technical understanding of our domain, comfortable coordinating research & development as well as operational application engineering
• Solid project management discipline: quarterly scoping and tracking, realistic costing, governance, and version control
• Experience contributing to or leading proposals, including hands-on technical writing
• Knowledge of the European Earth observation, geospatial, and space landscape and how it operates: programmes, procurement, and stakeholders
• Excellent communication skills and attention to detail. Fluent in English, with additional European languages a plus
• Based in an ESA member state in Europe

The salary range for this role is €90,000 to €106,500 per year. Salary is one part of a holistic compensation and benefits package. Remote-first position with option to use office in Lisbon, Portugal. Collaborative, open culture with focus on quality, longevity, and impact.

Development Seed works to make environmental data and science more accessible through software solutions and AI, partnering with ESA, ECMWF, EUMETSAT, and New Space.