# Senior Staff Technical Program Manager (R5886)

Job Description: We are looking for an exceptional Technical Program Manager to guide and manage our next-generation autonomous aircraft conceptual design and tradespace analysis effort. You will be responsible for setting objectives based on customer provide use cases, developing metrics for reporting cost vs. performance trades, planning and managing the effort schedule and cost, and development and delivery of strategic products to customers. This role requires a versatile individual who can understand the aviation autonomy market, understand warfighter needs, and make difficult and informed decisions regarding system design, mission utility, and cost trades. The ideal candidate will maintain ownership over the effort execution, proactively engage and align stakeholders, demonstrate exceptional levels of communication, and ensure on-time and on-target delivery of product to customers. Required qualifications: Bachelor’s or Master's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field. 10+ years of experience in technical program management or managing studies or projects. Defense, national security, or aerospace domain familiarity through employment or education. Proven

- **Id**: 4282348
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/shield-ai-senior-staff-technical-program-manager-r5886>
- **Role**: Product
- **Role family**: Product
- **Seniority**: staff
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Seattle, United States, Dallas, United States, Washington, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-13T01:58:02Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-13
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T20:48:18Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 1731
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Military Drones, Defense Manufacturing, Defense AI, Drone AI

## Company

- **Id**: 50
- **Name**: Shield AI
- **Domain**: shield.ai
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/shield-ai>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Lever

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 73
- **Open postings**: 112
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.866
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 62
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 180000
- **Max**: 270000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 270000

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-13T20:48:18Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 2; Filings 12m: 2

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 62
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-13T23:33:57Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 270000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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