Top Program Manager Jobs

Leads end-to-end spacecraft programs from development through qualification, production, and delivery. Manages cross-functional engineering teams, schedules, budgets, risks, technical requirements, procurement, subcontractors, and interdependencies across a project portfolio. Provides strategic prioritization, data-driven decision-making, executive communication, and mentorship to program managers and team members. Requires aerospace hardware program expertise and familiarity with Waterfall, Agile, and Scrum frameworks.

Lead technical programs across their full lifecycle, managing cross-functional teams, portfolios, schedules, budgets, risks, dependencies, and stakeholder communication. Translate technical requirements into delivery plans, prioritize initiatives, track progress, and drive data-informed decisions. The role supports component upgrades, design, and spacecraft integration while mentoring project resources and applying waterfall, agile, and scrum methodologies in a fast-paced aerospace and national security environment.

Lead cross-functional programs for local and hybrid AI agents from prototype through production release. Own roadmaps, dependencies, evaluation criteria, release gates, dashboards, and executive communications across engineering, research, product, security, Windows, GPU, developer relations, partners, and open-source communities. Guide agent frameworks, tool connections, memory, computer use, local inference, model routing, application integration, onboarding, documentation, compatibility, and adoption.

Leads end-to-end execution of complex electrical systems programs, including hardware and software integration across vehicle platforms. Drives technical roadmaps, cross-functional alignment, issue resolution, risk mitigation, validation, production timelines, and supplier coordination. Presents program status to technical and executive audiences while managing budgets, schedules, quality targets, and multi-year business capability roadmaps.

Own complex, cross-organizational AI/ML programs from strategy through delivery. Build roadmaps, schedules, milestones, budgets, metrics, and risk-management processes while aligning engineering teams and senior stakeholders. Present trade-offs and recommendations to leadership, resolve ambiguous priorities, improve program execution, scale TPM tooling and practices, and mentor other technical program managers.

Provides executive leadership for Medical Disability Claims operations and technology programs supporting the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Oversees delivery, budgets, staffing, risks, quality, performance metrics, stakeholder relationships, modernization, systems integration, automation, data initiatives, governance, and organizational change. Leads multidisciplinary teams and coordinates government, technical, operational, subcontractor, and vendor partners while aligning technology roadmaps with mission and contractual objectives.

Lead enterprise-wide transformation and strategic initiatives across multiple functions and regions. Responsibilities include developing business cases and ROI analyses, managing program governance, tracking risks and dependencies, monitoring KPIs and value realization, supporting portfolio prioritization, facilitating executive decision-making, and driving organizational adoption. The role requires influencing senior stakeholders in a complex matrixed organization while improving operating models, processes, execution discipline, and measurable business performance.

Own end-to-end delivery of AeroVect’s flagship Atlanta Airport autonomous vehicle program from planning through launch and steady-state operations. Drive schedules, milestones, risks, dependencies, governance, stakeholder alignment, and launch readiness across Engineering, Systems, Safety, and Operations. Serve as the primary liaison between engineering and operations leadership, while helping establish TPM processes, tooling, templates, and cross-program standards.

Lead end-to-end delivery of complex, multi-year rail signaling and systems integration programs across North America. Manage commercial, technical, contractual, financial, schedule, risk, safety, and regulatory performance. Coordinate engineering, procurement, finance, project controls, field operations, customers, suppliers, subcontractors, and consortium partners. Oversee integrated systems including CBTC, PTC, communications, SCADA, and dispatch solutions while leading governance reviews, customer negotiations, change orders, forecasting, and continuous improvement.

Learns insurance account management workflows, including routing policy documents, navigating carrier websites, following up on coverage changes and cancellations, reviewing renewals and endorsements, obtaining loss histories, and issuing insurance certificates. The role also includes professional development training and requires strong organization, accuracy, problem-solving, and procedural discipline.

Lead large-scale Adobe Experience Cloud transformation programs from discovery through adoption. Manage roadmaps, governance, budgets, timelines, risks, dependencies, and multiple technical workstreams. Partner with clients, executives, architects, engineers, data, marketing, and product teams to translate business objectives into technical delivery plans, remove roadblocks, and achieve measurable outcomes across Adobe platforms.

Lead large-scale Adobe Experience Cloud transformation programs from discovery through adoption. Develop roadmaps, governance models, delivery plans, budgets, timelines, risks, dependencies, and success metrics. Coordinate architecture, engineering, data, analytics, marketing, and customer experience workstreams while partnering with clients and executive stakeholders. Translate business objectives into technical execution plans, facilitate strategic reviews, remove roadblocks, and ensure successful delivery of Adobe platforms including AEP, Real-Time CDP, AJO, AEM, and CJA.

Leads complex enterprise AI, machine learning, generative AI, and agentic AI programs from planning through delivery. Coordinates engineering, product, architecture, platform, security, data, and business stakeholders; manages roadmaps, dependencies, risks, milestones, budgets, governance, and executive reporting. Supports responsible AI, lifecycle management, SDLC, Agile, security, and technology governance. Tracks technical deliverables involving APIs, cloud and data platforms, AI systems, and enterprise integrations using tools such as Azure DevOps, Jira, and Confluence.

Own execution of a classified aerospace networking program, coordinating engineering, product, solutions, and government stakeholders. Translate mission requirements into engineering plans, resolve dependencies and technical tradeoffs, manage risks, oversee contract and financial reporting, and maintain compliance with classified information, CUI, ITAR, and EAR requirements. The role requires independent judgment, technical depth, influence without authority, and an active TS/SCI clearance.

Leads DoD contract programs as the Government’s primary point of contact, overseeing contractor personnel, technical efforts, business processes, contract performance, quality, costs, deliverables, and strategic execution. Manages cross-functional teams of 150 or more, proactively identifies risks and resource constraints, and supports large-scale and rapid-acquisition initiatives. The role requires active TS/SCI clearance, program management certification, a bachelor’s degree, and at least ten years of related DoD project management experience.

Leads complex, cross-functional technical programs across EDA, physical design, CAD, semiconductor development, and FPGA engineering. Owns program strategy, roadmaps, schedules, dependencies, risks, resource planning, executive reporting, governance, and delivery. Partners with engineering leadership and technical teams to drive alignment, resolve issues, manage technology transitions, improve engineering processes, and increase execution predictability. Mentors other program leaders and operates across geographically distributed, matrixed organizations.

Own technical execution for national security mission areas from requirements through deployment and evaluation. Translate operational workflows into executable product and engineering requirements, coordinate engineering scope and milestones, maintain requirements traceability, manage Jira/GitLab execution, resolve technical blockers, oversee integrations and subcontractors, and communicate risks and progress to engineering teams and senior government stakeholders. The role requires work in secure facilities and air-gapped systems, with 25–50% travel for onsite engagements and formal evaluation events.

Own technical execution for national security mission areas from requirements through deployment and evaluation. Translate operational workflows into executable technical requirements, coordinate engineering cycles, manage dependencies and risks, maintain requirements traceability, drive Jira and GitLab execution, and oversee integrations across secure, air-gapped government systems. The role requires collaboration with customers, subcontractors, and engineering teams, clear executive communication, active TS/SCI clearance, and 25–50% travel.

Leads should-cost and could-cost modeling for direct materials and product programs. Supports sourcing strategies, supplier negotiations, RFQs, contracting, cost reduction, make-versus-buy evaluations, benchmarking, and total-cost-of-ownership analysis. Collaborates with Engineering and Operations to validate manufacturing assumptions and identify design-for-cost opportunities. Tracks cost performance, analyzes variances, and provides recommendations to senior leadership while improving costing tools and sourcing analytics.

Leads finance for the Optical Communications division, managing approximately five financial analysts and partnering with business leadership. Responsibilities include EACs, forecasting, sales and manufacturing proposal analysis, financial modeling, risk identification, cost reduction, variance analysis, and financial reporting. The role requires strong knowledge of government contracting cost standards, financial systems, Excel, accounting, and financial statements.

Leads the VIP Initiative’s community safety planning, partner contracts, compliance, reporting, evaluation, funding support, stakeholder relationships, events, communications, and cross-neighborhood coordination. The role strengthens program infrastructure, tracks grants and deadlines, provides technical assistance to community organizations, supports incident response, and maintains data integrity while advancing public health and violence prevention goals.

Serves as the primary liaison for a Federal Civilian Health program, overseeing contract activities, issue resolution, projects, staffing, schedules, budgets, communications, and task order delivery. Conducts analyses and recommends program improvements, leads client status meetings, reports progress and risks, and delivers quarterly presentations. The role requires managing teams and programs of comparable federal scope and complexity while maintaining strong stakeholder relationships.

Leads the HR PMO portfolio of transformational initiatives, coordinating cross-functional teams, governance, roadmaps, budgets, milestones, dependencies, organizational readiness, and change strategies. Translates enterprise priorities into program objectives and measurable outcomes, monitors risks and performance, and communicates progress to senior leadership. The role also champions responsible AI adoption across HR and drives process improvement and execution excellence.

Manages complex, multi-million-dollar, multi-year government programs from planning through delivery. Coordinates engineering, operations, quality, finance, contracts, sales, and customers to meet product specifications, schedules, budgets, and profitability goals. Develops program plans, negotiates customer Statements of Work, tracks earned value and integrated schedules, manages risks, and serves as the primary customer contact.

The Principal Technical Program Manager oversees technical project delivery, collaborates with engineering and business teams, and ensures alignment with strategic goals through effective program management and stakeholder communication.