Aviation Software Delivery TPM - Global Impact

Viasat

United States

On-site

USD 121,000 - 190,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Viasat is seeking a Technical Program Manager to lead end-to-end software delivery for commercial and business aviation initiatives. You will coordinate across engineering, product, and operations teams across multiple geographic sites to ensure timely, quality outcomes.

The role requires 5-10 years in software-project management, a foundation in systems or software engineering, and robust stakeholder communication skills to drive plans, manage risks, and deliver value in a fast-paced aviation

Qualifications

Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience in Engineering.
5-10 years of experience in Project Management focused on software development.
4+ years experience as a software or systems engineer on product development projects.
Demonstrated ability to monitor, lead and report project milestones, risks, issues, and decisions.
Extensive problem-solving skills, and ability to drive resolutions to closure.
Demonstrated ability understanding sophisticated systems at a system architectural level.
Ability to lead project communications internally to teams/partners/leadership and externally to customers.
Understanding and experience with project management methodologies and standard processes.
Experience working within Agile Development Frameworks.
Experience handling project scope and deliverables, including change control methodologies.
Experience with commercial or business aviation industry preferred.
Experience with scaled Agile implementation preferred.

Responsibilities

Build and maintain software product delivery plans that span all aviation accounts and timelines.
Host stakeholder planning and review meetings for all aviation account's delivery items.
Work with Product Management to develop cross-domain delivery item prioritization.
Manage and maintain delivery requirements across intake and development tools (e.g., JIRA, Monday.com).
Ensure requirements are normalized, validated and clear with Business, Product, Engineering, and partners.
Work with Engineering, Operations, and Partner teams to track and regularly report on delivery progress, risks, dependencies, and success metrics for all delivery items to drive cross-team alignment and accountability.
Proactively identify risks, dependencies, delays, and blockers - driving mitigation plans and elevate effectively when needed.
Capture lessons learned from each delivery wave and implement continuous improvement.