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Associate Technical Program Manager - Mission Integration

San Francisco Bay Area · Contract

Sponsorship not specified$125k-$155kDetected 11 days ago
Project ManagementAccount ManagementCustomer SupportRoboticsMechanical DesignHardware Design

About the role

  • The mandate is to keep programs on schedule, keep engineering and the growth (sales) side aligned, and make sure each platform is genuinely ready for the mission the customer needs.
  • The function exists to close a widening gap between engineering reality and what growth is selling.
  • The Associate TPM works from the engineering side to make sure everyone understands where systems actually stand today, and that this reality is reflected in the commitments and timelines the company agrees to.

Responsibilities

  • Own the downstream program management for a platform: from first flight through handoff to the customer training and demo teams.
  • Keep schedules on track and drive programs to their milestones.
  • Support the handoff to customer support, training, and demo teams as new products launch, largely at exercises around the US.
  • Review statements of work and partner with the growth team so that contracts reflect engineering reality.
  • and with customer support, training, demo teams, and engagement managers on the delivery side.
  • Delivery side: customer support and training teams, demo teams, and engagement managers (who own account management and statement-of-work execution), with some interface to the growth / sales side.
  • A venture-backed defense-technology startup building autonomous aerial systems for defense customers is standing up a new Mission Integration function, and this is the entry-level seat on that team.
  • Mission Integration owns the downstream end of technical program management for the company's aerial platforms: everything from a system's first flight through handoff to the customer training teams.
  • It sits between the product manager (who sets direction on what to build) and delivery: the product manager decides what gets built, Mission Integration gets it done.
  • Work day to day with software developers, product managers, flight test engineers, flight test pilots, and hardware development engineers on the engineering side; and with customer support, training, demo teams, and engagement managers on the delivery side.

Requirements

  • At least one area of technical expertise relevant to the product.
  • Ability to work with engineers and speak their language without needing to do the engineering.
  • Comfort in a fast-scaling startup where the role evolves as the product matures.
  • Experience with unmanned systems, ISR, robotics, or aviation.
  • Familiarity with growth-stage company dynamics.
  • The role must be embedded with the software and hardware development teams
  • An NDA is required before the company's identity and full role details are shared.

Compensation

  • Compensation: $125K–$155K + equity

Benefits

  • Compensation: $125K-$155K + equity

Company info

  • Venture-backed defense-technology startup
  • Reports To: Head of Mission Integration
  • Travel: ~25%
  • Associate Technical Program Manager, Mission Integration
  • Confidential search.
  • The hiring company's identity and full role details are shared with candidates under NDA.
  • This seat pairs with an existing senior TPM who has strong platform experience but not a military background
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