Senior Technical Program Manager, Automated Solutions

About VentureOne

VentureOne focuses on shaping the adoption and commercialization of advanced technologies across areas such as Aerospace, Security, Sustainability, and Transportation. We develop ventures built on pioneering research in fields including Cryptography, Autonomous Systems, Directed Energy, and Advanced Materials.

Role Overview

The Senior Technical Program Manager will partner with the Principal Engineer and program leadership to manage the technical scope, scheduling, and risk across a complex industrial automation program involving multiple packages. This position is a liaison between engineering and program management, ensuring progress against technical milestones, visibility of risks, and coordination of dependencies among vendors.

Key Duties

• Assist the Principal Engineer in monitoring technical scopes, deliverables, and inter-package dependencies.
• Maintain comprehensive technical schedules and RAID logs covering risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies for engineering outputs.
• Integrate technical input from various vendors and internal engineering leads into an overarching program perspective.
• Create detailed technical status reports and dashboards for internal and client evaluations.
• Help coordinate and follow progress on design reviews, Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT), Site Acceptance Testing (SAT), and other engineering milestones.
• Manage technical scope change processes, including impact assessments with engineering teams.
• Serve as a point of contact connecting engineering, procurement, and delivery departments.
• Assist in preparing and updating technical documentation and maintaining governance records.
• Coordinate interactions between client stakeholders—including engineering, IT, infrastructure, and digital transformation leaders—and vendor technical teams.
• Monitor timely supply chain delivery of materials to the shop floor, from suppliers to clients.
• Ensure program milestones are met within agreed timelines.
• Identify technical risks early and work with teams to develop mitigation plans.
• Lead technical meetings with client engineering teams to align on and implement recommended changes.
• Document and communicate all program assumptions, dependencies, and exclusions throughout the delivery process.

Mandatory Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Over 10 years of demonstrated experience in technical program or project management within industrial automation, manufacturing, or systems integration contexts.
• Proven track record of implementing fully automated factories or multiple automated production lines involving painting, assembly, machining, packaging, etc.
• Strong grasp of the full engineering delivery lifecycle, including design, procurement, manufacturing, installation, and commissioning phases.
• Experience managing and coordinating technical deliverables from multiple vendors.

Preferred Qualifications

• Background in robotics, control systems, or mechanical engineering.
• Experience in defense, aerospace, or other regulated manufacturing sectors.
• Familiarity with Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) or digital manufacturing platforms.
• Experience supporting coordination of Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) and Site Acceptance Testing (SAT) on large capital projects.

Compensation and Benefits

We offer a competitive, tax-exempt salary and a broad benefits package within a collaborative, innovative, and inclusive workplace. Benefits include an education allowance, complimentary on-site meals, annual flight coverage, health insurance, relocation support if applicable, and access to wellness activities such as sports and recreation.

Equal Opportunity

We are committed to fostering a diverse and equitable workplace that promotes inclusion. All applicants will be given fair consideration regardless of background.