Staff Technical Program Manager, Machine Development

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 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