Programs and projects
Space Jobs for Program Managers
, SpaceJobs.Now lists 524 open roles for program and project managers on 85 space industry employers, including Muon Space, Umbra and Amazon Leo; typical pay across them is $138k to $242k a year (median $162k), topped by $948k a year advertised at Voyager Technologies.
CAT Project Manager (opens the job details)
European Space Agency (ESA) · Programs & Business · Noordwijk, Netherlands· todayDetails
ASTRIS Project Manager (opens the job details)
European Space Agency (ESA) · Programs & Business · Paris, France· todayDetails
ALTIUS Project Manager (opens the job details)
European Space Agency (ESA) · Programs & Business · Noordwijk, Netherlands· todayDetails
Measured from 281 distinct posted rates, across 52 employers, each as a year's pay (an hourly rate × 2,080 hours). 242 of the 524 listings open here post no pay at all.
Space companies hire program and project managers to deliver missions and vehicles on schedule and on budget, often under government contracts. Each listing here is re-verified on the employer's own job board once an hour.
Live roles for program and project managers
Updated 30 Oct 2026, 10:15 UTCListed here: European Space Agency (ESA) roles. See every employer
Program and project managers
3 openLead a mission, a vehicle program or a project from contract to delivery.
CAT Project Manager (opens the job details)
European Space Agency (ESA) · Programs & Business · Noordwijk, Netherlands· todayDetails
ASTRIS Project Manager (opens the job details)
European Space Agency (ESA) · Programs & Business · Paris, France· todayDetails
ALTIUS Project Manager (opens the job details)
European Space Agency (ESA) · Programs & Business · Noordwijk, Netherlands· todayDetails
Before you apply
Space hardware is built, tested and flown in person, so many roles name a factory, a test site, a launch site or a control room, and each listing states its location. US roles that touch export-controlled technology (ITAR or EAR) can ask that you be a U.S. person, and some ask for a security clearance. A real employer never charges you to apply, never interviews you only by chat app and never asks you to buy equipment.
Pay by specialty
Every specialty gets its typical band from its own open roles, computed by the same method as the rest of the site (the 25th percentile of what roles pay (the middle of each posted range, as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours, 40 a week for 52 weeks) to the 90th-percentile posted top). A specialty is listed once three or more distinct rates have been posted.
| Specialty | Open roles | Typical pay | Highest rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Program control, scheduling and EVMS | 73 | $104k–$511k/yr | $948k/yr |
| Program and project managers | 451 | $145k–$242k/yr | $377k/yr |
What the roles ask for
Drawn from the requirement lines of 265 out of 524 open roles for program and project managers, the same lines each role's pop-up quotes from its posting. Each role is counted once, at the lowest degree it will accept.
- Name years of experience239
- Name a security clearance61
- Name u.S. person status (ITAR or EAR)29
- Set a residency or work-authorization condition22
- Ask for a professional license7
- Ask for a certification4
- Require programming (Python, C++, MATLAB and similar)3
- Name a PMP certification2
Where a posting states years of experience, the median ask is 7 years.
Who hires program and project managers in the space industry
Sorted by the expected value of an application (acceptance odds times posted pay). A referral agreement, if an employer has one, can raise it in this order but never changes the salary it offers.
Where these roles are posted
The US states with the most open roles for program and project managers, and the roles posted for a single country. A place name leads to its own page, and a country's count lists the matching roles.
In the US, by state
- California125
- Washington85
- Colorado58
- Texas54
- Florida43
- Virginia21
- Alabama12
- Arizona12
What our research measures about programs & business work
Read from the open postings on 2026-10-29 by our space industry research, rebuilt every day. Every figure opens the row of the report it comes from.
- Who is hiring1,155 open roles (14.2% of the space roles we read) at 47 employers, 385 of them posted in the last 30 days.
- Where the jobs are9.3% of these roles are remote; the rest are on-site or hybrid.
- Who can apply76.2% of the postings are open only to US persons or US citizens, and 23.8% name a security clearance.
- Skills and toolsThe skills its postings name most: Excel (21%), SAP or another ERP (13%) and SQL (12%).
- Degrees and experience7.1% of the postings take a high school diploma or an associate's degree, 20.5% name a master's or PhD, and they ask for a median of 5 years of experience at the least.
- Pay transparency53.2% of the postings state their pay, at a median $140,000 a year.
- Internships and entry level42 open roles are for someone starting out (3.6% of its open roles).
- Shifts, weekends and travel28.8% of the postings ask for weekend work, 25.9% for overtime or extended hours, and 0.5% name an evening, night or rotating shift.
- What applications askThe application forms for this work ask your citizenship or U.S. person status (82.8% of them), about a security clearance (52.3% of them), your GPA (32.0% of them), SAT, ACT or GRE scores (31.0% of them), your salary expectations (29.2% of them) and whether you have worked or interviewed at the company before (51.6% of them).
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Frequently asked questions
How much do program and project managers earn in the space industry?
Going by the 281 distinct salaries currently posted for roles for program and project managers (each put on a full-time year), the typical range is $138k–$242k/yr and the median is $162k/yr. The top posted figure is $948k/yr, at Voyager Technologies. 242 of the 524 open roles for program and project managers state no pay, so check each listing.
Do I need a PMP?
Some roles ask for one; most ask instead for years of program or engineering experience, and many for an engineering degree. Every posting spells out its exact requirements and work site, so read each one. Of the 265 open roles for program and project managers whose requirements we read, 16 a master's, 198 at least a bachelor's and 51 name no degree.
What does a program or project manager do at a space company?
A program or project manager at a space company runs the delivery of a mission, vehicle or project: the schedule, the budget, the risks and the customer, across engineering, production and suppliers. Program control roles keep the schedules, costs and earned value behind it.
How do space companies hire program and project managers?
Each employer runs its own hiring, and each listing says what it asks for: the degree or the hands-on experience, the location, and for export-controlled work in the US, often U.S. person status.
Are these jobs real?
Every role here is read from a space employer's own careers page or job board (Muon Space, Umbra, Amazon Leo and True Anomaly among them), and each employer's page here covers who they are and how they hire. A real employer never charges you to apply, never asks you to buy equipment and never interviews you only by chat app.
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