Technical Program Manager, Maritime International Deployments

What you'll do

• Manage the end-to-end planning, scheduling, and execution of international system deployments for undersea domain awareness.
• Maintain real-time program schedules, risk registers, and action item burndowns in Jira to ensure visibility across all stakeholders.
• Drive technical alignment between hardware, software, and systems engineering teams to meet specific customer requirements.
• Deliver technical briefings and program status reviews to international customers and senior leadership.
• Coordinate international logistics for hardware shipments, including export compliance and customs coordination.
• Translate complex customer requirements into actionable engineering tasks and operational context for product teams.
• Manage contract amendment processes, milestone payment tracking, and deliverable acceptance with customers.
• Serve as the single point of accountability for deployment readiness and develop recovery plans for any issues.

What we're looking for

• 5+ years of technical program management experience, preferably in defense, maritime, or aerospace.
• Demonstrated ability to manage international customer engagements and deployments in high-stakes environments.
• Strong technical foundation in systems architecture, integration challenges, and hardware/software trade-offs.
• Experience building and presenting technical briefings to senior military and government stakeholders.
• Track record of managing complex, multi-team schedules with interdependent milestones and hard deadlines.
• Proficiency in Jira for program scheduling, sprint management, and milestone tracking.
• Experience with export control processes (ITAR/EAR) and international logistics.
• Familiarity with DoD acquisition processes, contract structures, and milestone-based deliverables.
• Ability to travel internationally up to 25%-40% for demonstrations.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.
• Experience in undersea warfare, autonomous systems, or maritime ISR programs (preferred).
• Background in systems engineering or test & evaluation (preferred).
• Experience working with Indo-Pacific partner nations (preferred).
• Experience with Confluence for documentation and product baseline management (preferred).
• Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance (preferred).