The European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere (ESO) are looking for a Director of Programmes to lead ESO’s major programmes and oversees the Organisation’s programmatic framework.
The European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere (ESO) is the foremost intergovernmental astronomy organisation in Europe and the world’s most productive ground-based astronomical observatory. ESO carries out an ambitious programme focused on the design, construction and operation of powerful ground-based observing facilities enabling astronomers to make important scientific discoveries.
The Director of Programmes is responsible for programme planning and control, for providing project-management capabilities across ESO, and for guiding the design and construction of new world-leading astronomical facilities and technologies within ESO’s matrix organisation. These facilities include the ELT, the largest optical/infrared telescope ever conceived, and in the future it is expected to include the next ESO transformational facility identified through the Expanding Horizons process.
Location: Garching, near Munich, Germany
Deadline for applications: 31 January 2026
Further details: https://recruitment.eso.org
