Technical Program Director (r3982)

Technical Program Director

Shield AI is seeking a Technical Program Director to drive the development, integration, and deployment of the world's best AI pilots onto various transformative unmanned vehicles.

Responsibilities include:

• Ensuring all program elements are flawlessly executed.
• Delivering exceptional, proven, and reliable performance in support of customer and end-user's needs.
• Supporting internal team and customer relationships.
• Facilitating execution and addressing or escalating issues for programs, projects, and operational performance.
• Owning development and ongoing execution of project plans, scope, schedule, and management.
• Developing and maintaining effective relationships with stakeholders including managers, customers, key partners, and suppliers.
• Driving the accurate and timely tracking and reporting of internal budget, resource, and project management standard metrics.
• Driving the accurate and timely tracking and reporting of all customer or end-user contractually required deliverables.
• Driving a consistent cadence of well-organized, well-facilitated, and effective meetings.
• Completing critical path analyses including the evaluation of potential means to accelerate the pace or mitigate identified risks.
• Identifying potential bottlenecks or delays in programs and driving efforts to achieve schedule milestones.
• Supporting business development efforts as they develop and evolve from current programs and related opportunities.

Required qualifications include:

• Ideally 15+ years of experience as a technical decision-maker with a bachelor's degree in Engineering or similar; or 8 years and a master's degree in Engineering or similar.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills (verbal and written) and ability to lead by influence and collaboration.
• Proven experience driving complex program execution and ability to focus on long-term business objectives.
• Experience with Earned Value and managing Gate Reviews, Estimates at Completion (EACs), and Program Management Reviews (PMRs).
• Experience in technical program management and ability to run multiple projects.
• Significant experience and excellent skills with Microsoft Office Suite and experience with scheduling tools such as Microsoft Project or similar.
• Superb skills in leadership, time management, organization, team management.
• Expert understanding of complex project financials.
• Demonstrated record of working hard, being a trustworthy teammate, holding yourself and others to high standards, and being kind to others.

Preferred qualifications include:

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM).
• Experience in software development.
• Experience in autonomy development.
• DOD Contracting Experience.

Compensation: £116,000 - £174,000 a year.

Our international team members are employed through our Employer of Record (EOR) and receive a comprehensive international benefits package on top of base salary. For full details on compensation and benefits, please consult your talent acquisition partner.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.