# Program Manager

**Company**: Shield AI
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: Pay within range listed
**Category**: Operations
**Industry**: Defense Technology

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## Description

We are seeking a Program Manager to lead the execution and operational maturity for global Company-Owned, Company-Operated (COCO) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) deployments supporting contracted intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) missions.

The ideal candidate will thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments and can drive disciplined execution across organizations while building scalable processes that enable continued growth and mission success.

## Responsibilities:

- Deliver proven, exceptional, and reliable performance in support of customer/end-user's mission through flawless program management.

- Effectively collaborate, motivate, and lead relevant stakeholders to successfully deliver early, under budget, and with exceptional technical performance.

- Manage customer relationships and act as the key point of contact for the program.

- Astutely balance and rebalance shifting customer priorities related to cost, schedule, and technical parameters of programs.

- Provide hands-on management of all aspects of the program.

- Drive the accurate and timely tracking and reporting of budget, resource, and project management standard metrics.

- Complete critical path analyses, including the evaluation of potential means to accelerate the pace or mitigate identified risks.

- Identify potential bottlenecks or delays in programs and drive efforts to ensure projects stay on schedule.

- Partner with leadership to guide prioritization of projects and utilization of resources.

- Establish and lead a consistent cadence of well-organized, well-facilitated, and effective meetings, including driving all preparation and follow-up activities.

- Support an environment where accountability and program execution excellence are core.

## Requirements:

- 5+ years of program management experience for Department of Defense programs.

- Ability to run advanced projects/programs consisting of multiple interrelated projects, in a manner that is largely self-directed.

- Proven ability to focus on long-term business objectives.

- Willingness and ability to travel domestically and internationally as needed.

- Experience with scheduling tools such as Microsoft Project or Smartsheet.

- Excellent skills in leadership, time management, organization, and team management.

- Excellent interpersonal skills and verbal and written ability.

- Expert understanding of complex project financials.

- Demonstrated alignment with Shield AI's values and leadership principles, including accountability, trust, collaboration, and servant leadership.

- Ability to obtain a Secret Security Clearance.

## Preferred Qualifications:

- Experience supporting unmanned aerial systems, aviation operations, ISR programs, or defense technology programs.

- Familiarity with aircraft sustainment, maintenance operations, or fleet management models.

- Experience managing subcontractors, external service providers, or distributed operational teams.

- Experience building scalable operational processes in startup or high-growth organizations.

- Active Secret Security Clearance.

- PMP certification or equivalent program management training.

- Undergraduate degree in engineering, business, or operations management.

## Additional Information:

- Full-time regular employee offer package: Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity.

- Temporary employee offer package: Pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment).

- Salary compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors, including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, licenses and certifications, and specific work location.

## Skills

### Required
- program management
- leadership
- time management
- organization
- team management
- interpersonal skills
- verbal and written communication
- project financials
- Microsoft Project
- Smartsheet

### Nice to have
- unmanned aerial systems
- aviation operations
- ISR programs
- defense technology programs
- aircraft sustainment
- maintenance operations
- fleet management models
- subcontractor management
- distributed operational teams
- scalable operational processes
- PMP certification
- engineering
- business
- operations management

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