Senior Technical Project Manager, IT (R5279

Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software and V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). Follow Shield AI on Linked In, X, Instagram, and You Tube.

The Senior Project Manager – Technical Delivery & Cross-Functional Execution is an experienced practitioner responsible for driving the end-to-end delivery of complex, technically-led programs across distributed, cross-functional organizations. Operating at the intersection of IT, Product, Data, and Business Operations, this person brings the structure, process rigor, and delivery discipline needed to execute at pace without sacrificing quality or alignment.

This role is defined by its breadth: the ability to work fluently across organizational boundaries — aligning engineering squads, product teams, platform and infrastructure groups, and business stakeholders toward shared delivery outcomes. Beyond project execution, this person actively designs and implements the processes, workflows, and tooling that enable teams to operate more effectively and deliver more predictably over time.

The ideal candidate is technically literate, process-oriented, and deeply comfortable building structure in ambiguous environments. They bring the credibility to engage meaningfully with engineering and architecture teams, the communication skills to translate complexity for executive audiences, and the operational rigor to keep delivery on track across multiple concurrent work streams.

Success in this engagement is defined by on-time delivery of technical programs, clear and consistent cross-functional alignment, measurable improvements in delivery predictability, and the establishment of durable processes that outlast the engagement.

• 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, Dev Ops, 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 work streams; 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…