Job Summary:
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. The Staff Technical Program Manager will oversee the end-to-end lifecycle of new site infrastructure and network readiness, manage enterprise data analytics programs, and drive the execution of AI initiatives, ensuring alignment across various engineering and operational teams.
Responsibilities:
• Own the end-to-end infrastructure program plan for each new site, including power, HVAC, facilities, hangar, and manufacturing buildout.
• Coordinate with Facilities, Real Estate, and Construction partners to sequence infrastructure milestones against operational launch targets.
• Drive network architecture deployment from design through cutover, including LAN/WAN, ISP provisioning, access control, and security systems.
• Manage vendor and contractor execution for cabling, hardware installation, and network testing across 6–10+ concurrent workstreams.
• Track and escalate infrastructure dependencies and permitting risks; develop and maintain a reusable, versioned site infrastructure playbook to standardize future buildouts.
• Define and drive the Day-1 readiness checklist across IT systems, facilities, HR, and Operations for each new site.
• Coordinate IT systems cutover, end-user device provisioning, and communications infrastructure activation.
• Lead on-the-ground program coordination during site launch, providing vital on-site presence during critical milestones.
• Conduct post-launch retrospectives, integrate lessons learned into the site playbook, and serve as the primary DTO PMO contact for leadership reporting.
• 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.
• Establish reporting cadences, KPIs, and dashboard governance standards for the analytics portfolio, coordinating enterprise data platform initiatives (Snowflake, Sigma, Databricks, or equivalent).
• Support the onboarding and integration of the incoming DS/BI Director into DTO PMO structures and workflows.
• Define and maintain ArcherOS program governance, including intake, prioritization, milestone tracking, and risk management.
• Partner with Engineering and ArcherOS product leads to translate AI strategy into an executable, sequenced roadmap.
• Coordinate enterprise AI initiatives—including enterprise LLM deployment—across IT, Legal, and Operations, serving as the DTO PMO liaison to the CDO.
• Drive AI policy coordination with Legal, Security, and Compliance regarding data governance and responsible AI rollout.
• Apply DTO PMO standards (intake SLA, status reporting, RAID management) across all three portfolio domains.
• Manage interdependencies across workstreams spanning multiple concurrent sites, teams, and timelines, proactively resolving scope gaps and resource constraints.
• Represent the New Site, Data, and AI portfolios in QBRs, leadership reviews, and centralized PMO forums to align all executive stakeholders.
Qualifications:
Required:
• 10+ years of technical program management experience with direct ownership across both physical infrastructure/site buildouts and digital platform/data programs.
• Proven track record managing 6+ concurrent, interdependent workstreams with hard operational deadlines.
• Hands-on experience coordinating network engineering or IT infrastructure deployments in a physical site context, alongside fluency in AI/ML program lifecycles (model development, data pipelines, platform productionization).
• Demonstrated ability to establish governance and drive alignment in cross-functional, matrixed organizations with no prior structure.
• Experience working with Legal, Security, or Compliance stakeholders on AI policy or data governance.
• Strong executive communication skills with the ability to distill complex cross-domain programs into crisp narratives; expert ability to build structured program plans, RAID logs, and dashboards.
• Comfort and readiness for active domestic and international travel to support on-site launches.
Preferred:
• Background in aerospace, defense, manufacturing, or hardware-adjacent industries.
• Experience standing up new offices, hangars, manufacturing facilities, or technical labs from greenfield, including international expansion.
• Familiarity with enterprise data platforms (Snowflake, Sigma, Databricks) and network architecture concepts (LAN/WAN, ISP onboarding, enterprise Wi-Fi).
• Exposure to PLM, MES, or engineering systems in a manufacturing or R&D context.
• PMP, SAFe, or equivalent TPM certification.
Company:
Archer is an aerospace company that developed an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft tailored for urban air mobility systems. Founded in 2020, the company is headquartered in San Francisco, USA, with a team of 1001-5000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage.
