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Shield AI · 2 months ago

Senior Staff Technical Program Manager (R3880)

Washington DC Metro Area

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$174K/yr - $262K/yr

10+ years exp

Shield AI is a venture-backed deep-tech company focused on protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. They are seeking a Technical Program Manager to manage the development of next-generation autonomous aircraft programs, ensuring effective planning, execution, and delivery of strategic products to customers.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Autonomous VehiclesDronesMachine LearningNational Security

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

Responsibilities

Coordinate engineering execution and operations hand-offs to crush schedule, cost, performance objectives

Establish clear objectives: Work closely with product managers, and technical leads to establish clear objectives traceable to mission impact, strategic impact, financial outcomes, and program objectives

Define project plans including milestones, timelines, and interdependencies. Estimate, allocate, and track resources. Establish efficient and effective battle rhythm for communication, coordination, decision making, quality control, and work-product delivery

Drive Timely, High Quality, Critical Decisions: While TPMs aren't expected to design systems, they shall possess a strong technical understanding to drive the process of swift, rigorous, good technical decision making

Ensure stakeholders with dependencies are aware of status, milestones, and any challenges. Ensure suppliers understand stakes, intent, and expectations

Obsess over whether your teams are empowered with a) the time, information, and tools to be effective b) clear and appropriate accountability, authority, and resourcing c) effective, efficient, swift processes and policies. Destroy obstacles to progress – anything that diminishes the capabilities of the team

Oversee and material contribute to the curation and creation of technical documentation to ensure engineering outputs are properly delivered to “customer” organizations. RTM packages, Work Instructions, Engineering Change Orders, Service Bulletins, Flight Crew Information Files, Flight Manuals and Service Manuals

Qualification

Technical Program ManagementAnalytical Problem SolvingCross-functional Team LeadershipEngineering DevelopmentProduct Development LifecycleMarket DiscoveryAerospace Domain FamiliarityCommunicationRelentless LearnerTechnical Documentation

Required

Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field

10+ years of experience in technical program management or managing product development lifecycles

Proven track record of leading and facilitating cross-functional teams to successfully bringing products to market

Self-starter with a proven track record of forging clarity and structure in the face of ambiguous or dynamic constraints

World-class analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to quickly synthesize disparate viewpoints to deliver well-informed, data-backed decisions

Relentless learner who can develop specialized knowledge in niche domains

Excellent written and verbal communication skills