Space Consulting Senior Consultant

Quick Facts

• Role: Space Consulting Senior Consultant

• Focus: Building space consulting capability in Poland through market intelligence, customer advisory, ecosystem development, and consulting delivery

Description

You will help develop and grow a space consulting practice in Poland by combining strategic and market analysis with customer advisory, opportunity shaping, ecosystem development, and consulting delivery. The role requires strong knowledge of the Polish space sector and an established network across public institutions, industry, research organisations, and the NewSpace ecosystem.

Responsibilities

• Monitor the Polish and European space market, including national programmes, ESA and EU initiatives, regulatory developments, funding mechanisms, and procurement pipelines

• Analyse market trends and technology developments across upstream, midstream, and downstream space activities

• Contribute to space consulting strategy, priority segments, value propositions, and go-to-market plans

• Deliver market, strategy, innovation, and technology advisory assignments

• Conduct market assessments, feasibility and opportunity studies, competitive analyses, ecosystem mapping, and strategic recommendations

• Prepare high-quality reports, executive presentations, decision papers, and workshop materials

• Facilitate customer workshops and translate complex technical, business, and policy topics into actionable recommendations

• Build relationships with key stakeholders in the Polish space ecosystem (POLSA, ESA-facing entities, public authorities, primes, SMEs, start-ups, universities, and research institutes)

• Detect and qualify early-stage opportunities (studies, innovation projects, Phase 0/A activities, R&D programmes, and advisory assignments)

• Support bids, pitches, and tender responses with market insight and value positioning

• Map and engage partners, subcontractors, and technology providers in Poland and across Europe

• Represent the firm at conferences and industry events; contribute to thought leadership through articles, white papers, and market notes

• Maintain a structured knowledge base and contribute to reusable consulting methods, templates, and service offerings

Requirements

• 4–6+ years of professional experience in the space sector, consulting, market development, public affairs, strategy, or a related field

• Demonstrable knowledge of the Polish space market, its institutional landscape, programmes, and procurement environment

• Existing professional network in the Polish space ecosystem, particularly in Warsaw, with national or European institutional stakeholders

• Strong consulting skills (structured problem solving, qualitative and quantitative analysis, research, synthesis, report writing, executive presentation)

• Ability to work autonomously and manage assignments or workstreams from analysis through delivery

• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and workshop facilitation skills

• Fluent Polish and professional English (minimum C1 preferred)

• Excellent command of PowerPoint, Word, and Excel

• Willingness to travel within Poland and occasionally within Europe

• EU citizenship or a permanent EU work permit

Benefits

• A visible role in building a new space consulting capability in Poland

• Access to expertise, references, and an international space ecosystem

• Exposure to strategic, innovation-driven and early-phase space programmes

• Opportunity to influence local market strategy and shape new offerings and partnerships

• International, collaborative environment connecting consulting, business development, and technical experts

Additional benefits (highlights): Luxmed, Medicover Sport, Worksmile, educational platforms, language learning platform, referral bonus, life insurance; certifications paid by the company; conferences and Tech Lunches; communities for Project Management, Architecture, Security, Process Management, Leadership, AI and Cloud; local kindergarten.

Other: free parking, fresh fruits, workation. Recruitment process includes a short HR phone call (up to 30 minutes) and a 1-hour Teams interview with general and technical questions; salary details are shared during the first stage.