Technical Program Manager

Were ALTEN Technology USA an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to lifefrom advancing space exploration and life-saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3000 experts across North America we partner with leading companies in aerospace medical devices robotics automotive commercial vehicles EVs rail and more.

As part of the global ALTEN Group57000 engineers in 30 countrieswe deliver across the entire product development cycle from consulting to full project outsourcing.

When you join ALTEN Technology USA youll collaborate on some of the worlds toughest engineering challenges supported by mentorship career growth opportunities and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued supported and inspired to grow.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary on-site technical representative building trusted relationships with customer stakeholders while ensuring alignment between customer objectives and engineering execution.
• Lead the planning coordination and execution of complex engineering programs by developing project plans schedules resource strategies and program milestones.
• Partner with cross-functional engineering teams including Systems Verification & Validation (V&V) Mechanical and other technical disciplines to coordinate project activities and drive successful program delivery.
• Manage program execution by assigning priorities coordinating engineering resources tracking deliverables and resolving schedule conflicts to maintain project momentum.
• Act as the central communication point between the customer engineering teams and leadership providing regular program status updates risk assessments and mitigation strategies.
• Identify program risks technical dependencies and resource constraints while developing proactive plans to minimize impacts to cost schedule and quality.
• Facilitate technical reviews planning meetings and customer discussions ensuring action items are documented communicated and completed.
• Establish and maintain program dashboards schedules and performance metrics to provide visibility into project health and execution progress.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration to improve engineering processes communication and overall program efficiency.
• Support configuration management documentation control and adherence to customer and company engineering processes throughout the program lifecycle.
• Ensure engineering deliverables meet customer expectations regulatory requirements and applicable aviation industry standards.
• Foster a collaborative working environment that promotes accountability transparency and strong partnerships between customer and engineering organizations.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Systems Engineering Aerospace Engineering Mechanical Engineering or another related technical discipline.
• Five or more years of experience in engineering technical program management project leadership or systems integration within the aviation or aerospace industry.
• Technical background in Systems Engineering Verification & Validation (V&V) Mechanical Engineering or a comparable engineering discipline.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex engineering programs involving cross-functional teams and multiple technical stakeholders.
• Experience serving in a customer-facing role with responsibility for building relationships coordinating technical activities and managing program execution.
• Strong understanding of engineering development lifecycles systems integration verification processes and technical project planning.
• Experience working in highly regulated industries such as aerospace aviation defense or advanced mobility is preferred.
• Working knowledge of project management tools scheduling software and program reporting methodologies.
• Due to applicable export control laws and regulations this position requires applicants to qualify as a U.S. Person as defined by U.S. export control regulations.

Core Competencies

Technical Program Leadership: Successfully leads multidisciplinary engineering programs by aligning technical execution resources schedules and customer expectations.

Customer Engagement: Develops strong long-term customer relationships through professionalism collaboration and effective communication.

Strategic Planning & Execution: Translates program objectives into actionable execution plans while balancing competing priorities and resource demands.

Cross-Functional Collaboration: Builds alignment across engineering disciplines leadership and customer teams to drive efficient decision-making and project success.

Communication & Influence: Communicates effectively with technical and executive stakeholders facilitating discussions managing expectations and driving accountability.

Risk & Issue Management: Anticipates program risks identifies mitigation strategies and proactively addresses challenges to maintain successful program execution.

Organization & Leadership: Demonstrates exceptional organizational skills while coordinating multiple projects priorities and engineering teams in a dynamic environment.

Salary Range:$120000-$150000

The actual salary offered is dependent on various factors including but not limited to location the candidates combination of job-related knowledge qualifications skills education training and experience

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability protected veteran status age genetic information or pregnancy.

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