Staff Technical Program Manager - Enterprise Digital Delivery

Archer; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Archer is an aerospace company in San Jose, California, building an all-electric aircraft for up to four passengers. We seek a Staff Technical Program Manager to lead cross-functional technology programs that power our enterprise systems, infrastructure platforms, and digital transformation initiatives.

You will translate large, technically complex efforts into structured, well-governed programs, ensuring architecture alignment, stakeholder coordination, and predictable delivery.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience leading enterprise IT or Digital Technology programs.
• Proven track record delivering complex, cross-functional system and infrastructure initiatives.
• Strong understanding of enterprise system landscapes (ERP, Workday, CRM, data platforms, cloud infrastructure).
• Experience managing technical dependencies, integrations, and architecture-driven roadmaps.
• Expertise in program planning, risk management, and financial tracking.
• Experience working with global teams and external Systems Integrators.
• Ability to communicate effectively with both engineering teams and executive stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities in ambiguous environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of complex Digital Technology programs spanning enterprise systems, cloud infrastructure, data platforms, and internal business applications.
• Convert technical strategy and architecture roadmaps into executable, cross-functional programs.
• Manage multi-workstream initiatives with engineering, infrastructure, security, and business teams.
• Build and manage integrated program plans, roadmaps, dependencies, and milestones across multiple teams.
• Balance scope, timeline, cost, quality, and risk while maintaining delivery predictability.
• Own program-level risk, issue, and change management with proactive mitigation strategies.
• Ensure alignment with release management, change management, and operational readiness processes.
• Develop working knowledge of system architecture across ERP, Workday, cloud platforms, identity, data integrations, and enterprise tooling.
• Partner with architects and engineering leads to ensure technical feasibility, sequencing, and dependency management.
• Drive integration planning across on-prem, hybrid, and cloud ecosystems.
• Act as the connective layer between technical teams and business stakeholders.
• Facilitate executive and PMO governance forums, steering reviews, and status reporting.
• Drive clear decision-making frameworks and escalation paths.
• Develop program cost estimates, forecasts, and tracking to actuals.
• Support portfolio resource planning across multiple technical disciplines and vendors.
• Manage external system integrators and global delivery partners.
• Standardize program documentation, status reporting, and delivery metrics.
• Improve delivery processes as DT scales, contributing to PMO maturity and tooling evolution.
• Ensure program outcomes transition effectively into operations and support teams.

Skills

Enterprise IT program leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Architectural alignment

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Vendor & SI management

Tools

Workday

ERP systems

Cloud platforms

Job description

Archer is an aerospace company in San Jose, California, building an all-electric aircraft for up to four passengers. We seek a Staff Technical Program Manager to lead cross-functional technology programs that power our enterprise systems, infrastructure platforms, and digital transformation initiatives.

You will translate large, technically complex efforts into structured, well-governed programs, ensuring architecture alignment, stakeholder coordination, and predictable delivery.