Technical Program Manager

Digitailor; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 145,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive remuneration

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Thomas Global Systems seeks a Technical Program Manager to lead aerospace and defense programs, coordinating across engineering, operations, and contracts. You will drive IMS planning, assess risks, and ensure schedule, cost, and technical performance meet commitments.

The role requires a strong background in EVM, CPM, and cross-functional leadership, with a focus on government programs and customer communications. On-site in Irvine, CA with competitive pay and benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business Administration, or similar degree.
• 8+ years of technical program management experience in aerospace or defense; 10+ years preferred.
• Proven track record of government program management.
• Experience in earned value management and cost-plus type programs.
• Ability to discuss and convey technical problems between teams and upper management/customers.
• Strong understanding of IMS, CPM, EVM/EVMS, schedule risk analysis, and program risk management.
• Working knowledge of EIA-748, DCMA schedule assessment practices, and NDIA PASEG preferred.
• Ability to translate schedule, cost, risk, and contractual information into effective program decisions.

Responsibilities

• Lead overall program execution across scope, schedule, cost, and technical performance.
• Develop and maintain Integrated Master Schedule and reflect dependencies, milestones, and contractual commitments.
• Review schedule health, critical paths, margin, and risks; drive corrective actions.
• Oversee Schedule Risk Assessments and evaluate confidence-levels to support decisions.
• Monitor Earned Value Management and other performance indicators; implement corrective actions.
• Collaborate with scheduler, risk, contracts, finance, engineering and other teams to integrate program information.
• Maintain ownership of program risk and opportunities; ensure mitigation plans.
• Ensure compliance with contractual requirements and customer reporting.
• Lead customer and management reviews (PMRs/SMRs/EVM reviews).
• Manage customer expectations and changes with Contracts; resolve cross-functional issues.
• Provide clear program status, forecast, risks, and recommended actions to exec mgmt and customers.

Skills

Aerospace/Defense PM experience

EV management

Integrated Master Scheduling

Critical Path Method

Stakeholder communication

Risk management

Cost control

Microsoft Project

Schedule risk analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Business Administration

Tools

MS Project

EVMS tools

Job description

About The Company

Thomas Global Systems is a leader in the design, manufacture and support of high-integrity aviation and defense electronics, operating out of locations in Sydney, Australia and Irvine, California.

About The Role

The Technical Program Manager is responsible for the overall planning and execution of complex aerospace and defense programs, ensuring technical, cost, schedule, and contractual objectives are achieved. Working across multidisciplinary teams and directly with customers, this role provides program leadership, evaluates performance and risk, and drives informed decisions to keep programs on track.

Location

Irvine, CA, fully onsite. What's on Offer: A varied, fast paced role with an innovative and respected leader in mission-critical aerospace and defense products. Competitive remuneration and comprehensive benefit package. Join a team of skilled and motivated people committed to innovation, collaboration, and national security outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead overall program execution, including scope, schedule, cost, technical performance, risk, and customer commitments.
• Provide direction for development and maintenance of the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) and ensure it accurately reflects the program execution strategy, key dependencies, milestones, and contractual commitments.
• Review schedule health, critical and driving paths, schedule margin, and emerging schedule risks, and lead development of corrective or recovery actions.
• Oversee Schedule Risk Assessments (SRA) and evaluate confidence-level, sensitivity, and risk-driver results to support program decisions and mitigation planning.
• Monitor Earned Value Management (EVM) and other program performance indicators, identify significant variances and trends, and ensure appropriate corrective actions are implemented.
• Work with the scheduler, risk management, contracts, finance, engineering, and other functional specialists to integrate program information into a coherent execution plan.
• Maintain overall ownership of the program risk and opportunity posture and ensure significant risks have appropriate mitigation plans and schedule/cost impacts.
• Ensure program execution complies with applicable contractual requirements, Statements of Work, SDRLs, and customer reporting requirements.
• Lead customer and management reviews, including PMRs, SMRs, earned value reviews, schedule reviews, and risk reviews.
• Manage customer expectations, contractual commitments, priorities, and changes in coordination with the Contracts function.
• Identify resource, supplier, technical, and cross-functional issues that may affect program performance and drive timely resolution.
• Provide clear program status, forecasts, risks, and recommended actions to executive management and customers.

Required Skills, Experience and Behaviors

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering , Business Administration, or similar degree.
• Minimum of 8 years of technical program management experience in aerospace or defense , 10 + years preferred .
• Proven track record of government program management.
• Experience in earned value management and cost-plus type programs.
• Strong understanding of engineering practices and the ability to discuss and convey technical problems and solutions between the technical teams and upper management/customers
• Strong understanding of Integrated Master Scheduling, Critical Path Method (CPM), EVM/EVMS, schedule risk analysis, and program risk management.
• Working knowledge of EIA-748, DCMA schedule assessment practices, and NDIA PASEG preferred.
• Ability to interpret schedule, cost, risk, and contractual information and translate it into effective program decisions.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary technical teams and coordinating across engineering, operations, supply chain, finance, contracts, and customers.
• Strong analytical, communication, leadership, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with Microsoft Project and familiarity with schedule-risk or program-control tools .

U.S. person status required due to applicable export control requirements.

Base salary range of $145,000 - $165,000 DOE per annum. The final salary offer will be determined after reviewing relevant factors, including but not limited to location, skill set; relevant experience; and other business and organizational needs.

At-Will Employment Statement Thomas Global Systems is an at‑will employer. Employment with the company is voluntary and may be terminated by the employee or the company at any time, with or without cause or notice, and for any reason or no reason at all.