KSAT is seeking a Project Manager within the Emerging Products and Services team which is part of the Earth Observation division. The department focuses on developing new services, solutions, supporting and leading R&D projects and delivering on multi-year framework contracts for public institutions such as ESA and the EC and supporting our customers within the energy and environment sectors. Our Project Managers are expected to establish a strong relationship with our clients and work closely with them to fulfil project requirements whilst also having the flexibility to support the development and improvement of new and existing services to complement KSAT's maritime and land-based products and services. Selected candidates will be part of a highly professional team that serves a global market.

Main responsibilities:

• Managing a portfolio of service delivery projects and ensuring fulfilment of contractual obligations towards our clients
• Project coordination and reporting and proposal writing
• Providing technical support to our sales team and customers
• Supporting operational teams with new service set up, processing and training
• Cross team/division technical coordination where relevant to project and product management
• Input into technical development discussions related to improvements to existing solutions and developments to new services to optimize procedures and processing methodologies.

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for someone with at least 3-5 years' experience working with Earth Observation data, preferably with a Bachelor of Science degree (Remote Sensing, Earth Science, GIS, Geography, Environmental Management or similar). A postgraduate degree in Earth Observation / Remote Sensing or similar Geospatial field is preferred but not required.

It is required to have a good technical knowledge of satellite Earth observation and use of EO data (optical and SAR) - experience with both maritime and land applications is advantageous. Additionally, it is an advantage to have experience with image processing techniques and processing software (ESA SNAP, ENVI, Catalyst, GDAL or other similar software).

In this role you will also have close contact with our customers. Previous experience managing or coordinating projects such as from ESA or EU Horizon will be seen to be advantageous.  Additional experience from product/service development projects would be valuable but not essential.

You must be fluent in English, both oral and written. 

Personal qualities we appreciate:

We want someone who is a team player with good communication and collaboration skills. Someone who is self-driven and result orientated, and who has a customer mind-set and has a good business understanding. We want someone who is ambitious for personal development, has an enthusiasm for travelling, and who is motivated to build and improve products and services to best meet customer requirements.

KSAT - A stellar workplace

We are a rapidly growing organization with solid finances. At KSAT you will encounter an active and inclusive working environment, and we want someone who wants to build on this. With us, you get skilled and committed colleagues, a flexible and varied everyday life, opportunities to grow and a unique opportunity to help develop an exciting future for KSAT. If this wasn't enough, we also offer, among other things:

• We are a social group who do things outside of work, both under the auspices of the company and on private initiative. Here you will be included from day one.
• Competitive salary conditions, training courses, training room at work that employees are free to use, very good health insurance and pension schemes, telephone and mobile subscriptions, company cabin, support for sports, etc.
• An environment you are guaranteed to learn from - regardless of your level of expertise today. You will join an environment with high competence and with a strong desire and will to deliver world-class quality - at all levels of the organisation.

KSAT sees the importance to ensure diversity in the company by taking gender, age, and cultural background into account during recruitment. The position requires that you meet the conditions for Norwegian security clearance and be able to be authorized and suitable for the position. Final candidates will have to complete a background check of Semac. Office location: Oslo or Tromsø. Applications are processed on a rolling basis. 

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