Lightship · 6 hours ago
Senior Technical Project Manager
Broomfield, CO
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$125K/yr - $145K/yr
6+ years expLightship is the first American all-electric recreational vehicle manufacturer developing an aerodynamic, battery-powered trailer. The Senior Technical Project Manager will lead complex, cross-disciplinary projects, ensuring alignment between teams and successful project delivery within scope and budget.
Clinical TrialsHealth CareMedical
Responsibilities
Lead end-to-end planning and execution of technical projects, including scope definition, schedules, budgets, milestones, and deliverables
Delegate and manage day-to-day tasks and development activities across team members as well as host regular core team meetings
Develop and maintain integrated project plans that account for dependencies across hardware, software, manufacturing, quality, and supply chain
Track progress against objectives, KPIs, identify deviations early, and drive corrective actions to keep projects on track
Facilitate design and phase-gate reviews as well as provide regular executive status updates with clear, data-driven communication
Collaborate with leadership to align project roadmaps with business and product strategies
Identify and evaluate tradeoffs between cost, schedule, performance, and risk to support informed decision-making
Work across the program management teams to propose and execute changes that address the highest risks from a company wide perspective
Escalate issues appropriately with clear options and recommendations
Translate high-level business and customer needs into clear technical requirements and success criteria
Apply systems engineering principals to capture design architecture and ensure requirements traceability is maintained through verification
Generate interface definition and dependencies to maintain alignment across subsystems
Lead technical discussions, trade studies, DFMEAs, risk assessments, and decision-making forums to resolve complex, cross-disciplinary issues and drive early design choices, validation, testing activities to reduce downstream risk
Review regulatory requirements and ensure all systems are designed to meet them
Serve as a technical lead and act as the primary point of contact across engineering disciplines (mechanical, electrical, software), ensuring system-level performance, reliability, safety, and compliance objectives and tests are met
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field; or equivalent practical experience
6+ years of experience in technical project or program management for automotive, industrial, manufacturing, aerospace, or similar complex, electro-mechanical systems
Strong understanding of systems engineering principles and product development lifecycles
Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams without direct authority
Excellent organizational, analytical, and communication skills
Experience managing technical risks, dependencies, and tradeoffs
Preferred
Master's degree in Engineering, Systems Engineering, or Business (MBA)
PMP, PgMP, or similar project management certification
Experience in automotive, regulated, safety-critical, or highly engineered products
Familiarity with Agile, hybrid, and traditional project management methodologies
Hands-on technical background in hardware, software, or embedded systems
Benefits
Healthcare, Dental, Vision
401k
Flexible Paid Time Off - that we actually want you to use!
8 Company Holidays + the company observes a period of scheduled downtime during the end of the year for a week, allowing all employees to enjoy a break
12 weeks paid parental leave
$2,000 per year towards an RV trip of your own &/or professional development opportunities - we call this a LightTrip
Company
Lightship
Lightship is making clinical trials more accessible for patients and providers to accelerate development of better therapies for all.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$76.51MKey Investors
McKesson Ventures
2024-02-12Series C· $16.51M
2021-10-06Series B· $40M
2020-02-03Series A· $20M
Leadership Team
David MacMurchy
Chief Executive Officer
Recent News
SEC Filings
2025-02-10
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