Senior Program Manager
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Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in engineering (including aerospace, systems, mechanical, electrical, or software engineering), computer science, business, or a related technical field; equivalent professional experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
- 5+ years of progressive experience in technical program management, engineering program leadership, systems integration, product development management, technical project engineering, or related roles within aerospace, defense, or complex engineered systems.
- Strong engineering background and ability to work credibly with technical teams on requirements, integration, development risk, and execution planning.
- Experience leading complex, cross-functional engineering or aerospace programs across hardware and software teams, from concept through production.
- Strong experience with integrated schedules, program governance, dependency tracking, risk management, and executive reporting, including establishing program processes, action registers, and metrics.
- Experience managing program budgets and forecasts, with strong analytical, financial, and business acumen.
- Ability to build, guide, and influence cross-functional teams and maintain execution momentum in fast-paced, matrixed environments.
- Executive-level communication, presentation, negotiation, and customer relationship skills, with the ability to communicate credibly with technical contributors.
- Strong working knowledge of systems engineering, requirements management, product development lifecycles, verification and validation, and engineering change processes.
- Experience coordinating across engineering, operations, supply chain, quality, and executive stakeholders to deliver to schedule, quality, and design specification expectations.
- Ability to synthesize technical complexity into clear program structure and actionable decision support.
- Proficiency with project management tools (MS Project, Smartsheet, Jira, ERP/MES) for schedule tracking, action management, risk management, and cross-functional program reporting.
- Preferred
- Experience in aerospace, aviation, advanced air mobility, autonomy, defense, automotive, robotics, consumer hardware, or other complex, regulated, or hardware-rich development environments.
- Proven success leading large, customer-facing programs with FAA/EASA certification and product introduction into production.
- Experience managing P&L-level program responsibilities.
- Experience leading through ambiguity in startup or rapidly scaling environments.
- Prior people management experience, including leading other program managers or building program management functions, or experience in engineering management, product development management, or operations leadership.
- Project management certification.
- Any specific certification, regulatory, airworthiness, clearance, or customer-facing program experience requirements.
- Why Join Us
- Work alongside elite engineering talent and innovators from across aerospace and tech.
- Be part of a team moving faster than the industry standard.
- Shape solutions that are lower-cost, autonomous, and scalable, the future of aviation.
- Competitive compensation, including equity participation, growth opportunities, and full health benefits (health, vision, dental, 401(k)) designed to support you in and out of work.
- This is the expected compensation range for this role. Final compensation will be based on role scope, experience, skills, internal equity and location. This role may also be eligible for bonus/equity/benefits, if applicable.
- $150,000 — $250,000 USD
- Neon Aero, Inc is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected status under applicable law.
- We believe that diverse perspectives drive innovation, and we welcome candidates from all backgrounds to apply.
- All final candidates must successfully complete a background check and drug screening as a condition of employment.
- At this time, Neon Aero and its divisions are not accepting unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters or staffing agencies.
Preferred Qualifications
- Preferred
- This is the expected compensation range for this role. Final compensation will be based on role scope, experience, skills, internal equity and location. This role may also be eligible for bonus/equity/benefits, if applicable.
About Neon Aerospace
Private U.S. aerospace manufacturer designing and producing propellers, actuators, rotors, and flight systems for aircraft manufacturers.
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