Programme Manager - Munitions

h3About the role /h3 pOnodrim is building Europe's largest defence and industrial platform. We acquire specialist manufacturers in critical defence and dual-use supply chains, then invest behind their growth with capital, technology and operating know-how. /p pDemand for artillery ammunition, guided and loitering munitions, warheads and the energetic materials underneath them has outrun what Europe can produce, and the bottlenecks sit deep in the supply chain. The Programme Manager for Munitions runs the programmes that turn that intent into delivered capability. You'll be assigned to specific programmes - a capacity build-out at a portfolio company, a qualification campaign, a joint development with a partner or a research institute, a supply-chain integration - and own them from scope to acceptance. /p pIn this role you'll need enough depth in warheads, energetic materials or munitions production to understand the key supply-chain bottlenecks in production and inform the direction of investment; enough programme discipline to keep budget, timeline, suppliers, authorities and customers aligned when all of them are moving; and the instinct to treat explosive safety and licensing as part of the plan, not something that happens to it. You'll spend time on plant floors, at test ranges and at partner sites, not only in meetings. /p h3What you'll do /h3 ul libRun the programme. /b Own scope, plan, budget, risk register and schedule for each programme you're assigned; report status weekly in numbers, escalating early, and land it. /li libWrite the requirement. /b Turn a customer need, a capacity gap or a strategic decision into a requirement, a qualification plan and acceptance criteria - performance, safety, rate, cost - that engineers can build to and authorities can sign off. /li libManage the parties. /b Coordinate plants, raw-material and component suppliers, test authorities, research institutes, partner companies and portfolio-company teams; negotiate statements of work, hold them to milestones and resolve conflicts. /li libJudge the engineering. /b Chair design and process reviews, read test, qualification and safety data, challenge formulation, filling and assembly choices, and decide when something is good enough to proceed. /li libRun the qualification and trials. /b Plan and execute safety testing, qualification campaigns and firing trials with the relevant national and NATO authorities, and turn the results into decisions. /li libHold the safety and compliance bar. /b Make explosive safety, hazard classification, licensing, storage, transport and export control part of every plan and every review on your programme. /li libSupport the deal team. /b Contribute the munitions-domain view to technical and operational diligence of acquisition targets and partnerships: what they can actually make, safely and repeatably, and what it would take to scale it. /li libBridge to the portfolio. /b Take programme outcomes into the companies we own - a product to industrialise, a line to bring up, a process to fix - and work with their teams and our Forward Deployed Operators to make it stick. /li libFeed the strategy. /b Bring what you learn on the programme - technology, suppliers, customers, competitors, raw-material risk - back to the leadership team to shape what Onodrim invests in next. /li /ul pbRequirements /b /p h3What you'll bring /h3 ul liA degree in chemistry, chemical engineering, mechanical or aerospace engineering, physics or a closely related discipline. /li li5+ years in munitions field bringing deep understanding of the market as well as warhead designs, energetic materials or munitions production, ideally, including at least 3 years hands-on as an engineer before moving into programme or product responsibility. /li liAt least 2 years running programmes or projects with real ownership: budget, schedule, suppliers, authorities and a customer who signs off. /li liWorking knowledge of energetic materials and their industrial base - secondary explosives, PBX and melt-cast fills, propellants, components - and where European supply is concentrated or fragile. /li liFamiliarity with munitions qualification and safety frameworks, hazard classification and national explosives licensing, and experience working with the authorities that administer them. /li liExperience with test-range trials or qualification campaigns, ideally with a defence customer or national test authority. /li liComfort managing external partners - plants, suppliers, institutes, subcontractors - and holding them to commitments. /li liStructured, numbers-driven working style: risk registers, test plans and status reports that someone can act on. /li liClear, direct communication in English, written and spoken, with engineers, plant managers, authorities and customers alike. /li liWillingness to travel extensively across Europe - plants, test ranges, partners, portfolio companies. /li liRight to work in Switzerland or the EU, and eligibility for a national security clearance in at least one of our operating countries. /li /ul h3Nice to have /h3 ul liWe operate our business in English; knowledge of a European language other than English is beneficial. /li liMilitary service in an ammunition technical, EOD, artillery or ordnance role, or time as a user of the systems you'd be working on. /li liAn existing clearance. /li liExperience with drone and loitering-munition payloads, low-cost effectors for counter-UAS, or guided-munition integration. /li liExperience bringing a filling line, energetics process or munitions production line up to rate, or working alongside a manufacturer that did. /li liExperience on the supplier side of a prime, NSPA or national procurement - proposal, qualification, framework contracts. /li liExposure to export control (EU dual-use, ITAR/EAR) and classified-programme handling. /li liExperience in a start-up or small team where you did whatever the programme needed. /li /ul