Senior Technical Program Manager — Hardware & NPI

hellbenderinc; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Safe Harbor 401k

Health, Dental, and Vision insurance

7.5 weeks PTO

Hybrid work environment

Job summary

Hellbender Inc. in Pittsburgh is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to lead cross-functional programs that bring hardware and software products from concept to production launch.

You will coordinate engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and program stakeholders to ensure schedules, budgets, and specifications are met. The role requires 10–15 years in technical program management in hardware or technology manufacturing, with strong method knowledge

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Program/Project Management, or related technical field.
• 10-15 years of experience managing technical or engineering programs, preferably hardware or technology manufacturing.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent programs and cross-functional teams without direct authority.
• Strong working knowledge of program/project management methodologies and tools (e.g., Agile, Stage-Gate, waterfall; Jira, MS Project, Smartsheet).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience presenting to senior leadership.
• U.S. Person

Responsibilities

• Plan, schedule, and drive execution of complex cross-functional technical programs from requirements through design, prototyping, testing, and production release.
• Serve as primary liaison between engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and program stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain integrated program schedules, risk registers, and dependency maps; resolve schedule conflicts.
• Facilitate program reviews, design reviews, and milestone gate meetings; present status updates to leadership.
• Coordinate with Purchasing and Supply Chain to manage long-lead components, vendor deliverables, and budgets.
• Partner with Quality to ensure programs meet engineering, safety, and regulatory requirements including ITAR and customer specs.
• Identify and mitigate program risks; elevate issues as needed.
• Support new product introduction (NPI) activities for transitions to production.
• Maintain program documentation and post-program lessons-learned reviews.
• Ensure export control compliance for programs involving controlled technical data.
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder management

Agile / Stage-Gate / Waterfall

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS/PM

Tools

Jira

MS Project

Smartsheet

Job description

Hellbender Inc. in Pittsburgh is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to lead cross-functional programs that bring hardware and software products from concept to production launch.

You will coordinate engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and program stakeholders to ensure schedules, budgets, and specifications are met. The role requires 10–15 years in technical program management in hardware or technology manufacturing, with strong method knowledge