Technical Program Manager & Engineering Operations (Aerospace / Robotics)

At Near Space Labs we design, build and operate a fleet of stratospheric robots to image the Earth. We launch our proprietary, balloon-based imaging robots to heights between 40,000 and 60,000 feet. From this vantage point, we capture petabytes of imagery for a variety of use cases. 

We are seeking a Technical Program Manager to coordinate the lifecycle of new features and upgrades across R&D, Manufacturing, and Fleet Management. Reporting directly to the CTO, you will be responsible for aligning cross-functional requirements, managing critical-path schedules, and ensuring that our technical standards are met from prototype to deployment. We are looking for a systems-thinker who can manage the complexity of deploying new hardware to real-life applications, while fostering a culture of disciplined execution.

Your responsibilities will be

• Create and co-own the project plans and schedule for new features, from inception to deployment in the field.
• Coordinate and trade-off the inputs and needs of the different departments involved in a feature release.
• Coordinate project gates such as acceptance reviews and others.
• Communicate with Flight Operations on the status of feature requests and releases.
• Evolve or streamline the existing processes for hardware development and manufacturing in an aerospace environment, with the ideal balance of agility and rigour.
• Enhance the tooling that supports development processes, configuration management and traceability if needed.
• Lead cross-functional projects with other teams like data engineering, flight operations and product.

Your Skills & Background 

• Experience in project management in engineering environments with real-life tradeoffs.
• 10+ years of experience, of which 2+ in a similar role.
• Hands-on experience with design, manufacturing or test processes in Robotics, Aeronautics, Drones, Auto, IoT, or a similar field containing hardware and embedded software.
• Degree in engineering; aerospace, industrial, mechanical, production, electronics or similar.
• Mission-oriented and focused on accomplishing goals autonomously.
• Willingness to cover different hats  and roles as the company expands.

Location

This is an onsite, full-time role in Barcelona, Spain.

What We Offer

• An exciting startup culture where you will have the opportunity to play a critical role in building and scaling a one-of-a-kind technology and organization.
• You will be part of an enthusiastic, international and motivated team of professionals who are committed to building unique technologies, being rigorous, and finding novel solutions to interesting problems.
• A diverse and inclusive workplace where we welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. 
• A commitment that you will never be bored.

Equal employment opportunity

Near Space Labs is committed to diversity in our organization and building an equitable and inclusive environment for people of all backgrounds and experiences. Near Space Labs provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.

🧰 Who We Are

🚀 About the Team

You will join the Motor Pricing team, which supports Wakam’s partner portfolios by delivering technical pricing excellence and profitability steering.

The team works in close collaboration with stakeholders across Risk, Reinsurance, Data, Underwriting, and Partner Management, and plays a key role in ensuring our Motor business remains sustainable, competitive, and scalable across markets.

🎯 Your Mission

As a Motor Pricing Actuary, you will deliver pricing and portfolio analysis work across the UK & Rest of Europe scope (excluding France).

Your core objective is to secure profitability and strengthen technical portfolio management through robust pricing, performance monitoring, and actionable recommendations.

You will operate with a high level of autonomy, taking ownership of projects end-to-end — from analysis and recommendation to deliverables ready for committee review and implementation.

✏️ Your Responsibilities

End-to-End Pricing & Portfolio Projects

You will independently manage projects covering:

• New contract pricing: profitability analyses, scenario testing, and pricing recommendations tailored to partner needs and constraints.
• Optimisation of existing portfolios: performance diagnostics, identification of key drivers (mix effects, claims trends, inflation, drifts), pricing action proposals, and impact monitoring over time.
• Pricing tools & technical assets: maintenance and targeted improvements of datasets, models, scripts, and profitability reports, ensuring quality, consistency of definitions, and reproducibility.
• Partner reviews & committees: preparation of review packs and quantified analyses to support partner discussions and internal governance.

✅ Expected Deliverables

You will produce ready-to-use, auditable deliverables that can be used in governance settings and handed over smoothly, including:

• Pricing notes and recommendations
• Portfolio performance analyses and diagnostics
• Committee materials (slides + appendices)
• Quantified outputs (tables, scripts, queries) with light documentation enabling reuse and handover

🧠 What You Bring

You bring strong technical foundations and relevant market expertise, including:

• Proven expertise in Motor pricing, either in European markets and/or the UK
• Experience in Italy and/or Spain is a strong plus
• Experience with Akur8 is a strong plus
• Excellent actuarial and analytical skills, with the ability to produce robust, decision-grade analyses
• Ability to deliver committee-ready outputs, with structured narratives, clear assumptions, quantified impacts, and traceability
• Comfort working with stakeholders across Risk, Reinsurance, and Data, and translating technical work into actionable recommendations

✨ Who You Are

You are likely to thrive in this contractor role if you are:

• Highly autonomous, with a strong sense of ownership and delivery discipline
• Structured and rigorous, especially on auditability, consistency, and reproducibility
• Pragmatic and impact-oriented, focused on what truly drives profitability and can be implemented effectively
• Comfortable operating in a multi-stakeholder environment, and able to communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical audiences

🏆 Hiring Process

Our hiring process is designed to be selective, transparent, and respectful of your time:

1. Initial interview with our Talent Acquisition Partner
2. Interview with our Pricing Lead Motor UK & Europe
3. Technical Assessment (+presentation)
4. Chief Interview with our Chief Underwriting Officer - Motor and Mobility
5. Finale Interview with our People Partner

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Location: Hamburg or Barcelona

At Freenow, we empower smarter mobility decisions, helping people move freely and cities to thrive. 

We're looking for a Product Manager to join our Rider team. This role is critical for owning and continuously improving key parts of the rider journey. You will be responsible for identifying friction points and unmet needs to drive improvements in conversion, engagement, retention, and overall customer satisfaction across our customer-facing platform.

YOUR DAILY ADVENTURES WILL INCLUDE:

• End to end own and continuously improve key parts of the rider journey.
• Identify friction points, drop-offs, and unmet needs using data, research, and direct user feedback.
• Drive improvements in conversion, engagement, retention, and overall customer satisfaction.
• Translate business goals and user insights into clear problem statements and high-impact opportunities
• Validate ideas through experiments, rapid prototyping, and data-driven decision-making.
• Balance short-term wins with long-term platform improvements.
• Build strong partnerships with engineering, design, data, marketing, operations, and other teams
• Align stakeholders around clear goals and success metrics.
• Communicate vision, progress, and trade-offs effectively.

TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ROLE:

• 7+ years of experience as a Product Manager, within a fast-paced environment on a multi million customer facing product such as mobility, food delivery etc 
• Strong, proven experience with discovery and delivery. Proficient experience using quantitative and qualitative data to inform and drive product decisions
• A passion for creating simple, user-friendly, and highly effective products.
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate user problems, data evidence, target audience and suggested solutions. 
• A strategic and analytical mindset, demonstrating a commitment to deeply understanding competitor actions and critically evaluating the Why and their relevance before adopting any approach.
• Experience with Tableau, Mixpanel, or similar analytics tools
• High agency: Proactive, end-to-end ownership, energetic, solution oriented with bias toward action
• English Fluent

BENEFITS & PERKS IN A NUTSHELL:

DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION:

Freenow is an equal opportunity employer and we consider qualified applicants regardless of race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability or age.
We want you to grow and evolve, bring your true self to work. 

SEE WHAT OUR AWESOME COLLEAGUES SAY ABOUT US:

ABOUT FREENOW:

We are Freenow, the European taxi app with the broadest multi-mobility offering, available in 9 markets and over 180 cities. Our app gives millions of passengers the freedom to move with a wide choice of services including taxis, private hire vehicles, carsharing, car rental, e-scooters, e-bikes, e-mopeds and public transport.Headquartered in Hamburg and led by our CEO Thomas Zimmermann, we are on a mission to make urban mobility more efficient, sustainable and inclusive.Since July 2025 we have been part of Lyft, a global mobility platform connecting riders and drivers for billions of rides across North America and Europe. Together we are building a more caring and connected world, creating new opportunities for innovation, growth and impact.

We are currently looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join us remotely in Spain. You will work with our EMEA and US customers to help them solve their data engineering, ML, ML Ops, and cloud migration puzzles.

"As a Data Engineer at DATAPAO, you will have the unique opportunity to push the boundaries of technology and lead the way in how data transforms the world. We work with customers who want to innovate and change their industries. So it never gets boring! Sorting out a complex technical puzzle, setting up a new data architecture from scratch, or guiding our customers through adopting the latest technologies is our routine here. Hence, we'd expect you to be more than just a (data) engineer. We'd expect you to breathe and live data, to thrive for knowledge and excellence, and to be keen to build something enduring and impactful for our customers. We'd expect you to be a (data) Paoneer!"  (Máté Gulyás, CEO)

What will you do?

As a Senior Data Engineer, you are expected to deliver (across industries) on some of our most complex projects - individually or by leading small delivery teams. Although we work for the biggest multinational companies where years-long behemoth projects are the norm, our projects are fast-paced, typically 2 to 4 months long. Most are delivered using Apache Spark/Databricks on AWS/Azure and require you to directly manage the customer relationship alone or in collaboration with a Project Manager. Additionally, at this seniority level, we expect you to compound your impact across the team and the organization - by supporting our pre-sales process, mentoring more junior engineers, and contributing to hiring best-in-class data talent.

What does it take to fit the bill?

Technical Expertise

 Consulting & Client-Facing Skills

Operational Readiness & Soft Skills

• In a fast-paced consulting environment, where no two days are the same, flexibility and problem-solving comes naturally to you. Furthermore, resilience and thriving on challenges are essential traits in our industry;

What do we offer?

You'll have the rare opportunity to join DATAPAO at a time when you can still meaningfully impact our growth trajectory and organizational success. Furthermore, as our first-ever Spain hire, you could meaningfully contribute to expanding our local presence and, eventually, establishing a physical hub in this geography.

Surely, we know everyone needs a little something to do their best work. Here is a list of some other extras we offer:  

• The chance to work remotely - as we don't have a physical office in Spain yet, we offer a fully remote setup for the time being. However, given our strong community emphasis, we'd expect you to spend one month in our Budapest hub during onboarding and visit the office for one week every quarter;

• World-class educational benefits - there’s no shortage of learning opportunities at DATAPAO, meaning that you'll get access to Databricks' public and internal courses to learn all the tricks of Distributed Data Processing, MLOps, Apache Spark, Databricks, and Cloud Migration from the best. Additionally, we'll pay for various data & cloud certifications, you'll get dedicated time for learning during work hours, and access to our internal library; 

• Flexible PTO days - we’re flexible with how many days you take off if that does not conflict with customer success and the work getting done;

• Fully paid Medical Leave for up to 15 days per year - because when you’re unwell, we want you to focus on recovery and not worry about your paycheck;

• Comprehensive private health insurance plan via Allianz - offered via our EOR (Employer of Record) provider, Remote.com. Remote will be your official employer in Spain for the foreseeable future until we establish our own legal entity in Spain;

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) via Allianz & Remote - life always happens! And we'd like to be there for you when it counts the most. Through EAP, we offer our employees access to psychology, financial, and legal consulting services via phone or in person;

• Top-notch working equipment - working comfortably means working well. You will get a MacBook Pro and a sign-up bonus of 500 EUR gross (to be paid with your first payroll) to set up your home office or whatever else is needed to give your best;

• The chance to make an impact in a high-transparency culture - open feedback and no politics are things we value a lot at DATAPAO. Additionally, you'll get the chance to work in the field of data & AI and shape the future of a rapidly growing tech company.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Given that we are still sorting our way in Spain, this list will likely get an update in the following months, and we're also committed to growing it with us over time.

The gross salary for this position ranges from 70.000 to 80.000 EUR/year, depending on your assessed seniority level during the selection process.

Please note that currently we are unable to support transfer or offer full sponsorship for Skilled Worker visas as we’re just setting foot into Spain.

Location: Hamburg or Barcelona

At Freenow, we empower smarter mobility decisions, helping people move freely and cities to thrive. 

We're looking for a Product Manager to join our Rider team. This role is critical for owning and continuously improving key parts of the rider journey. You will be responsible for identifying friction points and unmet needs to drive improvements in conversion, engagement, retention, and overall customer satisfaction across our customer-facing platform.

YOUR DAILY ADVENTURES WILL INCLUDE:

• End to end own and continuously improve key parts of the rider journey.
• Identify friction points, drop-offs, and unmet needs using data, research, and direct user feedback.
• Drive improvements in conversion, engagement, retention, and overall customer satisfaction.
• Translate business goals and user insights into clear problem statements and high-impact opportunities
• Validate ideas through experiments, rapid prototyping, and data-driven decision-making.
• Balance short-term wins with long-term platform improvements.
• Build strong partnerships with engineering, design, data, marketing, operations, and other teams
• Align stakeholders around clear goals and success metrics.
• Communicate vision, progress, and trade-offs effectively.

TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ROLE:

• 7+ years of experience as a Product Manager, within a fast-paced environment on a multi million customer facing product such as mobility, food delivery etc 
• Strong, proven experience with discovery and delivery. Proficient experience using quantitative and qualitative data to inform and drive product decisions
• A passion for creating simple, user-friendly, and highly effective products.
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate user problems, data evidence, target audience and suggested solutions. 
• A strategic and analytical mindset, demonstrating a commitment to deeply understanding competitor actions and critically evaluating the Why and their relevance before adopting any approach.
• Experience with Tableau, Mixpanel, or similar analytics tools
• High agency: Proactive, end-to-end ownership, energetic, solution oriented with bias toward action
• English Fluent

BENEFITS & PERKS IN A NUTSHELL:

DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION:

Freenow is an equal opportunity employer and we consider qualified applicants regardless of race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability or age.
We want you to grow and evolve, bring your true self to work. 

SEE WHAT OUR AWESOME COLLEAGUES SAY ABOUT US:

ABOUT FREENOW:

We are Freenow, the European taxi app with the broadest multi-mobility offering, available in 9 markets and over 180 cities. Our app gives millions of passengers the freedom to move with a wide choice of services including taxis, private hire vehicles, carsharing, car rental, e-scooters, e-bikes, e-mopeds and public transport.Headquartered in Hamburg and led by our CEO Thomas Zimmermann, we are on a mission to make urban mobility more efficient, sustainable and inclusive.Since July 2025 we have been part of Lyft, a global mobility platform connecting riders and drivers for billions of rides across North America and Europe. Together we are building a more caring and connected world, creating new opportunities for innovation, growth and impact.