Senior Technical Program Manager - Hardware & NPI Lead

Hellbender; Pittsburgh, Northern (Allegheny County, KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan

Equity program

Health/dental/vision coverage

Life and disability insurance

Paid holidays

Parental leave

Job summary

Hellbender is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to lead cross-functional programs from concept through production launch. You will coordinate engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and program stakeholders to ensure on-schedule, on-budget delivery to specification.

You will serve as the central point of accountability for program timelines, risk management, and cross-team communication in a multi-shift technology manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Program/Project Management, or a related technical field, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 10 – 15 years of experience managing technical or engineering programs, preferably in hardware, electronics, 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 (e.g., Agile, Stage-Gate, waterfall) and tools (e.g., MS Project, Smartsheet, Jira)
• 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 definition through design, prototyping, testing, and production release
• Serve as the primary liaison between engineering, manufacturing/production, quality assurance, supply chain, and program stakeholders, ensuring alignment on scope, schedule, and deliverables
• Develop and maintain integrated program schedules, risk registers, and dependency maps; proactively identify and resolve schedule conflicts and resource constraints
• Facilitate program reviews, design reviews, and milestone gate meetings; prepare and present status updates to engineering leadership and executive stakeholders
• Coordinate with Purchasing and Supply Chain to manage long-lead components, vendor deliverables, and program budgets, including tracking program-level costs against forecast
• Partner with Quality to ensure programs meet applicable engineering, safety, and regulatory requirements, including any customer- or contract-specific technical specifications
• Identify, document, and mitigate program risks, including technical risks, resource constraints, and supplier or schedule dependencies; elevate issues appropriately
• Support new product introduction (NPI) activities, coordinating transition of programs from engineering development into multi-shift production
• Maintain program documentation, including requirements traceability, change logs, and post-program lessons-learned reviews
• Coordinate with Compliance/Facility Security to ensure program activities, documentation, and access controls comply with applicable export control (ITAR) and government contracting requirements for programs involving controlled technical data
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Agile methodologies

Stage-Gate

Waterfall

MS Project

Smartsheet

Jira

Executive communication

Risk management

Budgeting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, PM or related

Tools

MS Project

Smartsheet

Jira

Job description

Hellbender is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to lead cross-functional programs from concept through production launch. You will coordinate engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and program stakeholders to ensure on-schedule, on-budget delivery to specification.

You will serve as the central point of accountability for program timelines, risk management, and cross-team communication in a multi-shift technology manufacturing environment.