Own a portfolio of technical and cross-functional programs for EPD, partnering with senior leaders to set priorities, run operating rhythms, resolve risks, and drive complex work from planning through delivery.
Senior Technical Program Manager
📜 Description
- Drive end-to-end delivery of the ATL program across Engineering and Operations.
- Maintain program schedules, milestones, risks, and stakeholder alignment.
- Identify blockers, manage cross-functional dependencies, and drive accountability through launch.
- Coordinate Engineering and Operations leadership and maintain program governance, status reporting, and risk escalation.
- Build launch-readiness frameworks and track program health ahead of critical milestones.
- Partner with the TPM Lead on cross-program coordination and develop shared team tools, templates, and processes.
🛠️ Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in technical program or project management in a hardware/software integrated or systems engineering environment or relevant technical areas
- Demonstrated ability to own and drive complex, multi-stakeholder programs end-to-end — from planning through launch
- Strong technical foundation in software systems, hardware integration, systems and safety or robotics
- Excellent cross-functional communication skills — comfortable presenting program status and risks to both engineering leads and executives
- Experience working in safety-critical or high-accountability environments where execution gaps carry real consequences
- Proficiency with project management tooling (Jira, Asana, or equivalent)
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, or a related technical field
- Experience in autonomous systems, robotics, aviation, or adjacent safety-critical industries
- Experience supporting or mentoring other TPMs as a senior contributor
- Familiarity with Agile, Scrum, or similar iterative development methodologies
Full job description
Who We Are
AeroVect is transforming ground handling with autonomy, redefining how airlines and ground service providers around the globe run day-to-day operations. We are a Series A company backed by top-tier venture capital investors in aviation and autonomous driving. Our customers include some of the world’s largest airlines and ground handling providers. For more information, visit www.aerovect.com.
We are hiring a Senior Technical Program Manager to own the Atlanta Airport (ATL) program — our flagship deployment site where our autonomous airside vehicle operates in real-world airport conditions. This is a high-accountability, high-visibility role at the center of AeroVect's most critical near-term launch.
You will work directly with our Engineering, Systems, Safety, and Operations teams to keep the ATL program on track through launch and into steady-state operations. As the TPM organization grows, you will be one of its founding members — helping to shape the team's operating model alongside the TPM Lead.
You Will
Own end-to-end program delivery for the ATL program — serving as the primary day-to-day driver of cross-functional execution across Engineering and Operations
Define and maintain program schedules, milestones, risks, and stakeholder alignment meetings
Drive accountability across teams by identifying blockers early, managing cross-functional dependencies, and keeping execution tight through launch
Serve as the primary cross-functional liaison between Engineering and Operations leadership
Implement and maintain program governance standards — status reporting, risk escalation, and cross functional alignment
Build and maintain launch readiness frameworks to track program health ahead of critical milestones
Partner with the TPM Lead on cross-program coordination
Contribute to shared tooling, templates, and process standards across the TPM team
You Have
5+ years of experience in technical program or project management in a hardware/software integrated or systems engineering environment or relevant technical areas
Demonstrated ability to own and drive complex, multi-stakeholder programs end-to-end — from planning through launch
Strong technical foundation in software systems, hardware integration, systems and safety or robotics
Excellent cross-functional communication skills — comfortable presenting program status and risks to both engineering leads and executives
Experience working in safety-critical or high-accountability environments where execution gaps carry real consequences
Proficiency with project management tooling (Jira, Asana, or equivalent)
Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, or a related technical field
We Prefer
Experience in autonomous systems, robotics, aviation, or adjacent safety-critical industries
Experience supporting or mentoring other TPMs as a senior contributor
Familiarity with Agile, Scrum, or similar iterative development methodologies
Experience in field-deployed or operationally-sensitive environments (on-site at airports, manufacturing, logistics, or similar)
Master's degree in engineering, project management, or a related discipline, or PMP/PMI certification
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