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Designed and battle-tested by Israeli innovators, Kela ensures the West meets today's frontline challenges and evolves with tomorrow's innovations.\nWe are looking for a Technical Program Manager to own execution for one of Kela's complex, multidisciplinary programs. In this role, you will own program execution end-to-end, from contract award through design, integration, qualification, production, and fielding, acting as the central point of ownership across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and customer delivery.\nResponsibilities\nTranslate program objectives into an executable plan connecting development, procurement, manufacturing, test, and customer milestones.\nIdentify critical-path, dependencies, resource constraints, and execution risks. Drive mitigation plans and escalate issues when necessary.\nOwn alignment across engineering, leadership, customers, suppliers, and subcontractors.\nOwn program reviews, contractual deliverables, and customer submissions.\nTrack requirements, interfaces, and configuration baselines with engineering, and drive verification and acceptance activities through closure.\nPartner with manufacturing and supply chain on production readiness, supplier execution, material availability, build planning, and delivery commitments.\nSupport proposals, SOWs, and future-phase planning.\nBuild structure, operating rhythms, and accountability across teams to streamline execution.\nRequirements\nB.S. in Engineering, Computer Science, or a technical discipline.\n5+ years of relevant industry experience in technical program management.\nExperience with the production, deployment, or integration of sophisticated hardware and software systems.\nExperience with government customers, contracts, and formal deliverables.\nDemonstrated ability to operate effectively in fast-paced, ambiguous environments and drive work to completion with limited direction.\nSufficient depth to engage effectively in technical discussions across the program lifecycle.\nExcellent written and verbal communications skills, both in Hebrew and in English.\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience delivering aerospace, defense, robotics, autonomous, or other highly integrated technical systems.\nExperience driving a hardware product from prototype through qualification and into production.\nExperience with project management software and modern PM tools.\nStrong analytical skills with the ability to prioritize and simplify complex problems.","description_format":"text","description_chars":2602,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[{"language":"Hebrew","level":"All levels","optional":false}]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-25T21:59:01Z"}],"liveness":{"score":90,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.903,"p_room":1,"age_days":4,"expected_fill_days":47,"reasons":["conf:5","velocity","win:early","comp:attention"],"computed_at":"2026-09-28T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/kela-technical-program-manager-all","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/kela-technical-program-manager-all.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-29T02:57:17Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":2608,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":2392,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-09-30T00:00:00Z"}}}