Staff Technical Program Manager

DIVERGENT; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Divergent is seeking a Staff Technical Program Manager to orchestrate complex machine-development programs, aligning engineering, manufacturing, and operations across multiple teams. You will translate ambiguous objectives into concrete plans, schedules, and milestones to ensure timely deliveries and scalable processes.

The role emphasizes cross-functional execution, risk management, and clear communication with stakeholders, including leadership, to maintain project health and readiness for

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical field.
• 6+ years of technical program, engineering, manufacturing, or product development experience.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex, cross-functional technical programs.
• Strong program planning, scheduling, risk management, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Own integrated program schedules, roadmaps, milestones, dependencies, risks, and high-level development & execution plans.
• Identify and actively manage program risks, issues, blockers, and dependencies.
• Build and continuously improve scalable business processes, operating cadences, tools, and program controls.
• Drive cross-functional execution including triage and coordination such as change requests.
• Drive action-item ownership, escalation, decision-making, and closure.
• Enable successful change and configuration management.
• Provide clear program status, performance, tradeoffs, and recovery plans to stakeholders and leadership.
• Support coordination of technical and operational readiness for major releases, builds, qualifications, and deployments.
• Lead ad hoc, high-priority initiatives that require additional structure, coordination, or cross-functional execution.

Skills

Technical program management

Cross-functional collaboration

Program scheduling

Risk management

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical field

Job description

Divergent is building the new industrial age. Every day, our teams design, manufacture, and assemble advanced systems for some of the world’s most demanding industries. Our integrated engineering and manufacturing platform transforms complex designs into production-ready solutions, helping customers move faster, build smarter, and deliver critical systems when they matter most. Divergent is a qualified Tier 1 supplier to global automotive OEMs and supports leading U.S. aerospace and defense companies.

Join us and help push the boundaries of what can be built.

Purpose

Machine Developmentoperatesat the intersection of complex hardware, software, manufacturing, and operations, where successful execution depends on many teams moving together against shared technical and business outcomes. The Staff Technical Program Manager exists to create the clarity, structure, and operating discipline needed to make that happen.

This role drives the integrated execution of Machine Development programs by translating complex and often ambiguousobjectivesinto clear plans, priorities, ownership, milestones, and decisions. The Staff TPM connects work across functions, ensures risks and issues are surfaced and resolved early, and gives teams and leaders the visibility needed to understand performance and make informed tradeoffs.

Success in this role means Machine Development executes more predictably, problems areidentifiedand closed faster, cross-functional teams stay aligned, and the processes and operating systems supporting execution become increasingly scalable and effective over time.

The Role

• Own integratedprogram schedules,roadmaps,milestones, dependencies, risks, andhigh-leveldevelopment &execution plans.
• Identifyand actively manage program risks, issues, blockers, and dependencies.
• Build and continuously improve scalablebusinessprocesses, operating cadences, tools, and program controls.
• Drive cross-functional execution including triage and coordination such as change requests.
• Drive action -item ownership, escalation, decision-making, and closure.
• Enable successful change and configuration management.
• Provide clear program status,performance, tradeoffs, and recovery plans to stakeholders and leadership.
• Support coordination oftechnical and operational readiness for major releases, builds, qualifications, and deployments.
• Lead ad hoc, high-priority initiatives that requireadditionalstructure, coordination, or cross-functional execution.

Basic Qualifications

• Ability to lawfully access information and technology that is subject to US export controls
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical field.
• 6+ years of technical program, engineering, manufacturing, or product development experience.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex, cross-functional technical programs.
• Strong program planning, scheduling, risk management, and problem-solving skills.In order to adjust to changes in our business, it may become necessary to add, remove or modify certain duties and responsibilities, or to reassign you to another job position. From time to time you may be asked to work on special projects or to assist with other work. Your cooperation and assistance in performing such additional work is expected.

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