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Our platform coordinates fleets of heterogeneous vehicles across air, sea, and land for defense and intelligence customers. We expect every hire to be mission-driven with strong agency.\nNODA Recon Works imagines the future of autonomous warfare, then builds it. We are a small team of multidisciplinary technical experts that scouts, analyzes, prototypes, and delivers de-risked technologies to integrate into our products or become new ones altogether.\nBuilders wanted for challenging journey. Fast pace, uncertain requirements, imaginative leaps expected, path to production sometimes doubtful. Defense of the free world in case of success.\nThe Role\nAs Technical Program Manager - Recon Works, you manage multiple projects and programs, structuring and managing execution to turn ideas into working prototypes. You will own the daily operations rhythm of the Recon Works team; initiate, execute, and close projects; and manage enduring programs such as our intellectual property portfolio or academic engagement. Recon Works needs your project management expertise and your technical advice to help meet its mission to invent the future.\nKey Responsibilities\nDrive ideas to working prototypes by managing the team’s end-to-end technology delivery process including needs analysis, requirements definition, operations analysis, and test planning and execution (45%)\n\nDesign and lead the operations processes of the Recon Works team to support its enduring and transient missions (20%)\n\nManage enduring programs including but not limited to: intellectual property strategy and portfolio, academic engagement, technology roadmap, etc. (20%)\n\nIdentify relevant contract R&D opportunities and own the business development lifecycle for select science and technology (S&T) opportunities (10%)\n\nTrack, manage, and model internal research and development (IRAD) spending (5%)\n\nRequired Qualifications\nBachelor's degree in a STEM field\n\n5+ years of project or program management in a complex technical field\n\nHands-on experience in at least one complex technical field sufficient to provide input to IRAD decisions and speak credibly to S&T customers (e.g., autonomy, robotics, RF/EW, ML, aerospace)\n\nDemonstrated experience with structured, repeatable problem-solving\n\nExcellent verbal and written communication; able to synthesize and decompose strategic vision into clear executable plans\n\nExperience standing up and driving adoption of new process frameworks or operating models from scratch\n\nU.S. citizenship is required due to ITAR regulations, along with the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance\n\nPreferred Qualifications\nGraduate degree in a STEM field\n\nDirect test and evaluation experience\n\nExperience in product management or process improvement\n\nExisting TS/SCI clearance\n\nExperience writing and developing proposals for BAAs, SBIR/STTR, or OTAs\n\nDemonstrated success winning S&T contracts with relevant customers (DARPA, AFRL, DIU, ONR, etc.)\n\nExperience managing a patent portfolio or university research partnerships\n\nSkills & Attributes\nImagination and creativity: you view project and program management as an enabler to direct ideas into action, not as an end in itself\n\nComfort with ambiguity: you use process and structure to manage ambiguity but are always ready to modify or drop it when the situation changes\n\nHigh agency: you don’t wait for explicit direction before acting\n\nTechnical credibility: you know a lot about one technical domain and a bit about most others\n\nCommunication: you can distill complex ideas into clear communication\n\nBenefits & Perks\nOur culture fosters collaboration, respect, and trust, empowering passionate people to do their best work. We offer a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for career growth. In addition to an opportunity to take part in an innovative, collaborative and fast-growing business with a highly motivated and skilled team, we also take pride in taking care of our employees. Here are just a few ways that we show our appreciation:\nWe offer comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans\n\n401(k) Retirement Savings Plan to invest in your long-term retirement goals + Company match\n\nEquity grants for new hires\n\nUnlimited PTO\n\n11 Paid holidays\n\nExtremely generous company holiday calendar, including a holiday hiatus in November & December.\n\nGenerous Parental Leave\n\nMilitary Leave for annual training or service requirements\n\nFSA\n\nDCFSA\n\nHSA\n\nProfessional Development Opportunities\n\nAccess to One Medical\n\nMental Health Resources: We provide free mental health resources 24/7 including therapy and more. Additional work-life services, such as free legal and financial support, are available to you as well.\n\nGrowth Path\nTechnical Program Manger → Senior Technical Program Manager → Deputy CTO\nExport Control Compliance\nTo conform to U.S. government export control regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR), you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or otherwise eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State or U.S. Department of Commerce.\nEqual Opportunity Statement\nNODA AI is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and respectful workplace and to maintaining equitable employment and hiring practices. We provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees and make all employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.\nAs a federal contractor, NODA AI complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity and affirmative action requirements, including Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 (VEVRAA), as amended. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants and employees with disabilities throughout the recruiting, hiring, and employment process.\nConsistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws, qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with applicable fair chance and ban-the-box laws, including the Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance where applicable. We actively encourage qualified individuals of all backgrounds, including women, minorities, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities, to apply.\nNODA AI is committed to fostering an inclusive, supportive, and accessible work environment for all applicants and employees. 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