Senior Technical Project Manager IT (R5279)

What you'll do:

Lead end-to-end delivery of complex technical programs and projects — spanning software development platform engineering cloud infrastructure data and analytics and system integrations — from initiation through to production release and stabilization
Act as the connective tissue across cross-functional teams including Engineering Product Design Data DevOps Security and Business Operations — aligning priorities resolving blockers and maintaining delivery momentum
Design implement and continuously improve project delivery processes and workflows tailored to the organization’s technical context — including intake and scoping sprint ceremonies release coordination dependency tracking and post-delivery retrospectives
Develop and own project delivery artefacts: project charters detailed plans and schedules RACI matrices risk registers status dashboards and decision logs; always keep them current and decision-relevant
Establish and manage governance structures including steering committees technical review checkpoints change control processes and escalation paths appropriate to the complexity and risk profile of each initiative
Partner with Engineering and Product leadership to align technical roadmaps with business priorities; facilitate trade-off conversations around scope capacity technical debt and delivery sequencing
Proactively surface and manage risks issues and dependencies across workstreams; develop mitigation strategies and drive resolution with clarity urgency and accountability
Own project financials — track budgets actuals and forecasts; report variances to leadership with context and corrective actions
Facilitate requirements clarification technical scoping and estimation sessions in partnership with engineering leads architects and product managers; translate business needs into well-defined delivery scope
Drive and coordinate cross-team release planning sprint reviews and PI planning ceremonies in agile and scaled agile environments; ensure dependencies between squads are visible and managed
Define and embed delivery metrics and reporting frameworks — velocity cycle time delivery predictability risk exposure — to give leadership clear real-time visibility across the portfolio
Lead change management and communication planning for technically complex initiatives; ensure impacted teams and stakeholders are informed prepared and aligned throughout delivery
Develop and maintain process documentation delivery playbooks workflow standards and tooling guidance; institutionalize best practices so delivery quality scales beyond individual programmes
Prepare and present concise well-structured executive status updates programme reviews and decision packages for senior technical and business leadership

Required qualifications:

5+ years of project or program management experience with a consistent focus on technical or technology-led initiatives including software development platform engineering data or cloud program
Demonstrable experience working across cross-functional technical teams — IT Product Design Data DevOps Infrastructure and Security — acting as an integrator who drives alignment and delivery across organizational boundaries
Proven ability to design and implement delivery processes and workflows from scratch or in under-defined environments; able to assess what’s needed build pragmatically and iterate based on what works
Strong grasp of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and technical delivery patterns — including CI/CD pipelines sprint-based delivery release trains and environment management — sufficient to manage delivery risk and engage credibly with engineering teams
Hands-on experience with agile and hybrid delivery frameworks: Scrum Kanban SAFe or equivalent; comfortable designing the right delivery model for the program rather than applying a single methodology dogmatically
Strong command of core PM disciplines: scope management scheduling risk and issue management dependency tracking budget oversight resource planning and executive reporting
Experience with modern project and engineering tooling: Jira Confluence Smartsheet Linear Notion or equivalent; able to configure and adapt tooling to support team workflows and leadership visibility
Excellent facilitation and communication skills — able to run complex multi-team workshops lead technical planning sessions and present clearly to both engineering audiences and executive stakeholders
PMP PRINCE2 PMI-ACP or equivalent certification (or demonstrated applied experience at equivalent level); agile certifications welcomed
High degree of autonomy and self-direction — comfortable operating in ambiguous environments with minimal structural support; able to build structure where it doesn’t yet exist

Preferred qualifications:

Experience delivering across multiple technical domains simultaneously — e.g. concurrent platform data and product workstreams — with the ability to manage inter-team dependencies at program level
Background in cloud migration or cloud-native program delivery (AWS Azure GCP); understanding of infrastructure-as-code containerization and DevSecOps practices and how they affect delivery planning
Exposure to data and analytics program delivery including data platform buildouts data pipeline implementations BI and reporting tooling and data governance workstreams
Experience with API-led integration program and the delivery complexity of connecting internal systems third-party platforms and data sources across distributed architectures
Familiarity with technical architecture review processes; able to participate in architecture decision discussions and understand delivery implications of architectural choices
Background in regulated technical environments (SOC 2 ISO 27001 HIPAA GDPR) with experience managing compliance requirements as a delivery constraint
Experience deploying AI machine learning or data science capabilities in a production context; understanding of the unique delivery challenges in probabilistic and iterative ML development
Prior background as a software engineer technical business analyst or solutions architect — bringing ground-level technical credibility that enhances delivery quality and stakeholder trust

What We Do

Founded in 2015 Shield AI is a venture-backed deep-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include the V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft Hivemind Enterprise and the Hivemind Vision product lines. With offices and facilities across the U.S. Europe the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide.

Why Work With Us

What makes Shield AI special is our people. We unlock the power of autonomy and in the face of overwhelming odds and challenges we find ways to win and make a difference for our customers. We bring together software AI and aerospace engineering disciplines to deploy the most intelligent aviation capabilities in the world.

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