Staff Technical Program Manager

Responsibilities

• Operating as a strategic execution specialist, you will bridge the physical and digital worlds, driving alignment across complex, cross-functional engineering, operational, and facilities teams.
• New Site Infrastructure & Network Deployment
• Infrastructure Ownership: Own the end-to-end infrastructure program plan for each new site, including power, HVAC, facilities, hangar, and manufacturing buildout.
• Milestone Sequencing: Coordinate with Facilities, Real Estate, and Construction partners to sequence infrastructure milestones against operational launch targets.
• Network Deployment: Drive network architecture deployment from design through cutover, including LAN/WAN, ISP provisioning, access control, and security systems.
• Vendor Management: Manage vendor and contractor execution for cabling, hardware installation, and network testing across 6-10+ concurrent workstreams.
• Risk & Playbook Management: Track and escalate infrastructure dependencies and permitting risks; develop and maintain a reusable, versioned site infrastructure playbook to standardize future buildouts.
• Day-1 Operational Readiness & Site Launch
• Readiness Frameworks: Define and drive the Day-1 readiness checklist across IT systems, facilities, HR, and Operations for each new site.
• Systems Cutover: Coordinate IT systems cutover, end-user device provisioning, and communications infrastructure activation.
• On-Site Coordination: Lead on-the-ground program coordination during site launch, providing vital on-site presence during critical milestones.
• Continuous Improvement: Conduct post-launch retrospectives, integrate lessons learned into the site playbook, and serve as the primary DTO PMO contact for leadership reporting.
• Enterprise Data Analytics & Strategy
• Data Pipelines: Own the program plan for Enterprise Data Analytics and the Data Science & Flight Test data pipeline, driving delivery across the DS/BI team, Engineering, and cross-functional data consumers.
• Governance & Tooling: Establish reporting cadences, KPIs, and dashboard governance standards for the analytics portfolio, coordinating enterprise data platform initiatives (Snowflake, Sigma, Databricks, or equivalent).
• Leadership Onboarding: Support the onboarding and integration of the incoming DS/BI Director into DTO PMO structures and workflows.
• ArcherOS & AI Strategy
• Program Governance: Define and maintain ArcherOS program governance, including intake, prioritization, milestone tracking, and risk management.
• Roadmap Translation: Partner with Engineering and ArcherOS product leads to translate AI strategy into an executable, sequenced roadmap.
• AI Deployment: Coordinate enterprise AI initiatives-including enterprise LLM deployment-across IT, Legal, and Operations, serving as the DTO PMO liaison to the CDO.
• Compliance & Policy: Drive AI policy coordination with Legal, Security, and Compliance regarding data governance and responsible AI rollout.
• Cross-Portfolio DTO PMO Governance
• PMO Standards: Apply DTO PMO standards (intake SLA, status reporting, RAID management) across all three portfolio domains.
• Interdependency Management: Manage interdependencies across workstreams spanning multiple concurrent sites, teams, and timelines, proactively resolving scope gaps and resource constraints.
• Executive Representation: Represent the New Site, Data, and AI portfolios in QBRs, leadership reviews, and centralized PMO forums to align all executive stakeholders.
• What You Need:
• Experience: 10+ years of technical program management experience with direct ownership across both physical infrastructure/site buildouts and digital platform/data programs.
• Scale & Delivery: Proven track record managing 6+ concurrent, interdependent workstreams with hard operational deadlines.
• Technical Depth: Hands-on experience coordinating net

Benefits

Additional Information

Archer is an aerospace company based in San Jose, California building an all-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft with a mission to advance the benefits of sustainable air mobility. We are designing, manufacturing, and operating an all-electric aircraft that can carry four passengers while producing minimal noise. Our sights are set high and our problems are hard, and we believe that diversity in the workplace is what makes us smarter, drives better insights, and will ultimately lift us all to success. We are dedicated to cultivating an equitable and inclusive environment that embraces our differences, and supports and celebrates all of our team members.

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