# Senior Staff Technical Program Manager (R6267)

**Company**: Shield AI
**Location**: San Diego, California
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: Full Time Employee
**Salary**: USD 180,000-270,000 per-year-salary
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems.

As Technical Program Manager you will be responsible for key components of Hivemind Enterprise, a software development kit that enables both Shield AI and third parties to create a new generation of unmanned systems and mission applications that deliver transformative capabilities for the U.S. and its allies.

## Responsibilities

You will work with sponsors, product managers, designers and a talented cross-functional engineering team to lead on-time, on-quality software releases.

- Drive the planning, execution, and delivery of complex software releases for the Hivemind Enterprise platform

- Drive major initiatives building out command and control interfaces for autonomous systems

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including engineering, product management, design and customer engagement

- Develop detailed project plans, including timelines, milestones, and resource allocation, ensuring adherence to budget and schedule

- Monitor project progress, identify risks, and implement mitigation strategies to ensure successful project completion

- Facilitate regular communication with stakeholders, providing updates on project status, challenges, and accomplishments

- Drive continuous improvement in project management processes, tools, and methodologies

- Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence within the program management team

- Facilitate technical decision making to appropriately prioritise work and make complex trades

- Reinforce Shield AI's reputation for technical excellence and ability to deliver through expert engagement and disciplined execution

## Requirements

- B.S. in Computer Science, or a related field with 8+ years of work experience in Program Management, Engineering Management or Software Engineering; alternative degrees are acceptable if professional experience is focused in testing Enterprise Software, Artificial Intelligence, or Robotics

- Experience driving releases of complex software and integrated HW/SW systems

- You have a track record of driving results, not just providing status

- You have solid technical foundations in software development, with deep knowledge of how to optimise the software development lifecycle

- You have the ability to recognise efficiency and inefficiency in projects and prioritise remedies based on accurate cost-benefit analysis

- You are an exceptional, fundamentals-driven problem solver and communicator

- You have a demonstrated record of setting and achieving goals in dynamic environments, working hard, being a trustworthy teammate, holding yourself and others to high standards, and being kind to others

- Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills

- Power user of Jira or work management tools

## Preferred Qualifications

- Advanced degree in Computer Science or MBA

- Previous experience as a software developer or a test engineer

- Previous experience driving software releases for enterprise software used by software engineers

- Passionate about User Experience Design

- Aviation domain experience

- Autonomy, AI, ML expertise

- PMP, Scrum Master, or similar qualifications

## 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, licences and certifications, and specific work location. All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check. Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits. Please speak to your talent acquisition representative for more information.

## Skills

### Required
- Program Management
- Engineering Management
- Software Engineering
- Artificial Intelligence
- Robotics
- Jira

### Nice to have
- MBA
- Software Development
- Test Engineering
- User Experience Design
- Aviation
- Autonomy
- AI
- ML
- PMP
- Scrum Master

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