Space Consulting Senior Consultant

Quick Facts

• Role: Space Consulting Senior Consultant

Description

Help build and grow a space consulting capability in Poland through strategy and market intelligence, customer advisory, ecosystem development, opportunity shaping, and consulting delivery. You will monitor the Polish and European space market, conduct analyses and feasibility studies, facilitate workshops, and prepare executive materials. You will also develop partnerships and contribute to thought leadership and knowledge development.

Responsibilities

Strategy and market intelligence

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

• Analyse market trends, customer priorities, competitor positioning, and technology developments across upstream, midstream, and downstream space activities.

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

Customer advisory and consulting delivery

• Deliver market, strategy, innovation, and technology advisory assignments for institutional and commercial customers.

• 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.

Business development and opportunity shaping

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

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

• Support customer engagement using a consultative approach focused on needs and long-term objectives.

• Contribute market insight and value positioning to bids, pitches, and tender responses.

Ecosystem, partnerships and visibility

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

• Represent the organization at conferences, industry events, workshops, and ecosystem meetings.

• Contribute to thought leadership via articles, white papers, market notes, presentations, and speaking opportunities.

• Connect local capabilities with broader European space expertise.

Knowledge development

• Maintain a structured knowledge base of market intelligence, stakeholders, programmes, references, and lessons learned.

• Contribute to reusable consulting methods, templates, and service offerings.

• Share knowledge with Business Development, presales, delivery, and technical experts.

Requirements

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

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

• Existing professional network in the Polish space ecosystem, especially in Warsaw and 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/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

• Visible role in building a new space consulting capability in Poland within a major European technology and consulting group

• Access to organizational space expertise, references, and the international space ecosystem

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

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

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

• Benefits: Luxmed, Medicover Sport, Worksmile, educational platforms, languages learning platform, referral bonus, life insurance, paid certifications, conferences, Tech Lunches, Communities (Project Management, Architecture, Security, Process Management, Leadership, AI and Cloud), local kindergarten

• Development opportunities (B2B): Tech Lunches, Worksmile, Communities (Project Management, Architecture, Security, Process Management, Leadership, AI and Cloud)

• Additional: free parking, fresh fruits, workation