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He/she proactively identifies cross-organizational issues, proposes and executes solutions to achieve our product safety, quality, schedule, cost, and human resources goals. This role comes with specific authority and responsibility to drive change from within our organization.\nKey Responsibilities:\nCompany-wide Subject Matter Expert in Project Management:\nDevelop company-/program-level integrated plan and set clear goals and schedules.\nManage projects from a holistic perspective, balancing safety, quality, cost, and delivery.\nSelect, implement, and manage the best project management tools for tracking progress and managing resources.\nLead Project Management for Certification & Testing Activities:\nLead project managers of engineering functions (vehicle, structure, avionics, and propulsion) to provide regular, clear reports to stakeholders and the management team on project status, (progress, critical paths, risks and issues, etc.) of all certification & testing activities (laboratory, aircraft ground and flight tests).\nIntegrate information from all groups to visualize and optimize overall program status and mitigate issues to keep things on track.\nOwn the authority and responsibility to prioritize tasks and issues according to company and program needs. \nIdentify unassigned issues between groups and ensure all tasks have an owner.\nDrive Company-wide Process Improvement:\nDevelop standard processes and templates to promote and implement project management best practices.\nManage governance meetings to ensure discussions are productive and that all decisions and action items are clearly documented.\nLead and coach Cross-Functional Collaboration:\nLead project managers to ensure cross-functional cooperation and alignment.\nAct as a central communication hub, supporting group managers and facilitating consensus building.\nEnsure effective cross-group collaboration, coordinate and support issue resolution, and keep everyone aligned and moving toward our collective goals.\nRequirements:\nEngineering degree (aerospace, mechanical, electrical, electronics, and/or systems).\nStrong knowledge and experience in aircraft certification (e.g. FAR Part 23/25/27/29) and compliance test processes (laboratory, aircraft ground and flight tests).\nLeadership experience in engineering or/and program management functions in an aerospace (OEM) company.\nType of Employment\nPermanent Employee or Contract Employee\nProbationary period: 3~6 month\nPlace of Employment\nNagoya Airport Office: Nagoya Airport Terminal Building 2nd floor, Toyoba, Toyoyama-Cho, Nishikasugai, Aichi PrefectureMeasures to Prevent Secondhand Smoke: Smoking Room Provided\n\nScope of Change: Places determined by the Company (including places where telework is performed)\nWorking Hours\nFlextime or Discretionary labor systemIn the case of flextime: No core time\nDiscretionary Labor System: Specialized Class Deemed working hours per day: 10 hours\n\nBasic working hours: Start 9:00 End 18:00（Including 1hour break time）Overtime Work: Available\n\nHolidays\n115 days off per year（Saturday / Sundays / Newyear holidays（12/29～1/3） / Company designated holidays）\nAnnual paid leave\nRefresh leave (Granted after 1, 3, 4, 5 years of service)\nSalary\nEstimated Annual Salary: JPY 10,000,000- JPY16,000,000 \n(To be determined based on skills, experience, and specialized aerospace integration background), there some room to negotiate compensation)\n\nExpenses\nCommuting allowance, business trip allowance, moving allowance, etc.\nRelocation Packages*There are some conditions.\n\nSocial Insurance\nHealth insurance\nEmployee pension (according to Japan standards)\nEmployment insurance\nWorker’s accident compensation insurance\nScope of Work Change\nReassignment may occur to any other work.","description_format":"text","description_chars":3990,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Health insurance"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":true,"industries":["Transportation & Logistics","Smart Mobility","Aircraft Manufacturing"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-17T09:20:09Z"}],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":13,"expected_fill_days":229,"reasons":["conf:5","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-10-01T05:45:00Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":101648,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/skydrive-program-manager-test-certification-evtol","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/skydrive-program-manager-test-certification-evtol.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-02T01:08:41Z","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":1211,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":3789,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-03T00:00:00Z"}}}