Role highlights:

• Supply Chain Category Manager Ground Station & ISR
• Location: Espoo, Finland
• Department: Global Supply Chain & Logistics
• Reports to: Director Global Supply Chain & Logistics
• Employment type: Permanent
• Workplace model: Hybrid
• Employment is subject to applicable security screening (incl. SUPO, where required)
  
  

Why this role matters:

This role is critical to ensuring ICEYE can reliably deliver complex Ground Station and ISR solutions to our customers. By orchestrating materials, services, and external capacity, the Supply Chain Category Manager, Ground Station & ISR, turns customer commitments into operational reality.

By shaping and managing the supply base for electronics, mechanical hardware, software, and ground-station-related services, this role directly protects delivery schedules, quality, and cost. It also ensures we can adapt quickly to customer-specific requirements and configuration changes, maintaining readiness and resilience across our satellite ground station and ISR programs.

Who We Are

ICEYE delivers space-based intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities to governments and allied nations. This includes sovereign and turnkey ISR missions leveraging ICEYE's world-leading synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite technology, as well as access to data from the world's largest SAR satellite constellation. These capabilities enable partners to detect and respond to critical changes anywhere on Earth with unprecedented speed and accuracy - day or night and in any weather, supported by ultra high-resolution imagery and high-frequency revisits.

As a trusted partner for defense, intelligence, security, and maritime domain awareness, ICEYE's near real-time data creates a tactical advantage for mission-critical operations. Designed for dual use, the platform also serves civil protection and commercial users for natural-catastrophe intelligence, insurance, maritime monitoring (including oil-spill detection), and finance, contributing to global security and community resilience.

ICEYE is headquartered in Finland and operates globally across Europe, North America, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific. We have more than 900 employees, united by a shared vision: improving life on Earth by becoming the global source of truth in Earth Observation.

Your day-to-day responsibilities

1. Team Leadership & Execution Management

• Lead and develop a supply chain team for Ground Station and ISR customer programs.

• Set execution priorities based on sales orders, customer schedules, and delivery commitments.
• Maintain workflows for hardware/software procurement, service sourcing, and provider coordination.
• Coach the team on disciplined execution, supplier follow-through, and effective escalation.
• Support hiring, onboarding, and performance management in line with ICEYE expectations.

2. Customer-Driven Engineering & Configuration Support

• Serve as the supply chain interface for customer configurations, interfaces, and delivery requirements.
• Collaborate with engineering to translate customer changes into practical sourcing actions.
• Read technical documentation to ensure accurate procurement and service alignment.
• Keep sourcing plans, supplier approvals, and schedules updated with engineering changes.
• Contribute to build and deployment readiness reviews for Ground Station and ISR systems.

3. Sales Order & Supply Chain Execution

• Own end-to-end supply chain execution for customer sales orders, covering:
• Electronic components and subsystems for Ground Station and ISR platforms
• Mechanical assemblies, enclosures, racks, cabling, and installation hardware
• Ground station services, capacity reservations, and operational support
• Align procurement and service activation with customer timelines and commitments.
• Guide priorities when demand conflicts arise, escalating critical tradeoffs.
• Ensure accurate execution and tracking in ERP and related systems, including costs and status.

4. Supplier & Ground Station Service Provider Management

• Manage operational and commercial relationships with hardware suppliers and ground station providers.
• Negotiate commercial terms with ground station partners, including:
• Data packages, throughput, and capacity commitments
• Service availability, pricing, and SLAs
• Defined escalation mechanisms
• Track supplier and provider performance against delivery, quality, and service targets.
• Drive expediting, schedule recovery, and service changes to protect customer deliveries.

5.Cross-Functional Alignment & Customer Delivery

• Partner with Sales, Sales Operations, Program Management, Engineering, and Operations to align requirements and timelines.
• Communicate material status, service readiness, risks, and mitigation plans.
• Join order reviews, delivery tracking, and customer readiness forums.
• Present supply chain execution status in internal and customer meetings when needed.

6. Risk Management & Operational Continuity

• Identify and manage risks in component availability, long-lead items, service capacity, export controls, and customer specifics.
• Pursue alternate suppliers, service providers, or delivery approaches to protect commitments.
• Ensure compliance with contractual, regulatory, and customer requirements.
• Continuously improve execution processes for better reliability, responsiveness, and cost control.

Requirements

What we're looking for

Must haves:

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
• 6-9 years of experience in supply chain, sourcing, or operations roles supporting technically complex products or services, including people management experience.
• Demonstrated ability to work with technically complex systems, including interpretation of BOMs, specifications, interfaces, and configuration-controlled hardware and services.
• Experience executing customer orders that combine physical hardware with externally provided services, capacity, or infrastructure.
• Experience operating in regulated or compliance-sensitive environments (e.g., export controls, customer-specific regulatory requirements, or government-related programs)
• Strong commercial and negotiation skills, particularly with service and infrastructure partners.
• Ability to work across engineering, sales, and operations in customer-driven technical environments.
• Strong communication, prioritization, and decision-making skills.
  
  

Nice to haves

• Experience with satellite ground stations (hardware and/or services), ISR systems, RF technologies, telecommunications infrastructure, or data services.
• Familiarity with contracting for capacity-based services, data packages, or usage-based pricing models.
• Experience working with international suppliers and service providers across multiple regions and regulatory environments..
• ERP and order management system experience.
• Professional certifications (APICS, PMP, Six Sigma) a plus.

Application Process

• Talent Acquisition Interview
• Hiring Manager General Interview
• Technical Interview (onsite or virtual), including a Technical Challenge
• Hiring Team / Leadership Interview
• Offer Decision

Working at ICEYE

At ICEYE, you'll join a diverse and highly engaged team united by the ambition to make the impossible possible. As a global scale-up, we combine speed and ambition with the opportunity to take real ownership from day one. Your growth, wellbeing, and success are a priority, with continuous professional development, training opportunities, and a culture where collaboration is how we win.

How We Work (Our Values)

Make the impossible possible: We set ambitious goals and stay calm under pressure. We bring grit, optimism, and ownership when things get hard, and we keep moving until we find a way.

• Be curious: Go deep, ask questions, listen carefully, and think critically. Understand the "why" behind decisions.
• See the big picture: Stay close to what's happening across the company so you can make better decisions. Consider how your work affects others.
• Drive effective teamwork: Create psychological safety, invite different perspectives, and build inclusive teams. There are no bad questions.
• Act as one team: We win together. We match tasks to the right owner and stay agile as priorities shift.
• Have fun: What we do matters, and it should be enjoyable. Celebrate progress, take pride in results, and share the wins.

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to support your health and wellbeing-at work and beyond. We keep improving them based on employee feedback, and offerings vary by location. Talent Acquisition will confirm what applies for this role and location during the process.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

We want ICEYE to be a place where people can be themselves and do great work. Different backgrounds and perspectives make us stronger, which is why we work to create an environment where people feel included, respected, and able to speak up. Whatever your background, we want you to bring your authentic self to the table.

We're committed to fair, inclusive hiring and equal opportunity. Everyone is welcome to apply. If you need any adjustments or support during the recruitment process, tell us-we'll do our best to help.

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