Leader of Technical Program Management (AI)

Location: Fully on-site in Chandler, Arizona, with responsibilities across PacSci EMC sites. Monday–Friday, approximately 7:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.; occasional evening or weekend implementation support and up to 20% travel between company sites. Only U.S. citizens are eligible for employment for this role.

Salary: $130,200–$241,800 per year

Company

hirify.global is a public precision-technology company whose PacSci EMC operating company develops energetic materials, devices, and subsystems for military and commercial applications.

What you will do

• Establish and scale PMO processes, templates, governance, documentation, reporting, and recurring execution cadences.
• Lead a growing PMO team and manage integrated schedules, portfolio roadmaps, dependencies, critical paths, risks, issues, scope, and change control.
• Coordinate ERP, Palantir, AI, data platform, site expansion, and other technical and functional initiatives.
• Partner with sponsors, functional leaders, vendors, and implementation providers on scope, resources, budgets, delivery commitments, and business outcomes.
• Build dashboards, scorecards, analytics, and workflow improvements using Microsoft tools or comparable platforms.
• Support manufacturing-floor implementations, organizational change, cybersecurity governance, compliance, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• PMP certification and 8+ years of project or program management experience in manufacturing, supply chain, digital transformation, enterprise systems, or comparable operational environments.
• Demonstrated experience establishing PMO processes, governance, templates, execution routines, and portfolio visibility.
• Hands-on experience managing schedules, risks, dependencies, resource planning, project financial tracking, dashboards, and analytics.
• Practical understanding of enterprise applications, infrastructure, networking, and cybersecurity.
• Ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders, drive decisions, establish accountability, and communicate effectively with executives.
• Ability to work fully on-site in Chandler and support implementation activities in an energetics manufacturing environment; U.S. citizenship is required for employment eligibility.

Nice to have

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in a technical discipline.
• Experience with Microsoft Project, Teams, Power BI, Power Automate, Palantir Foundry, enterprise data platforms, AI, or automation.
• Experience in aerospace, defense, biopharma, regulated manufacturing, M&A integrations, new-site buildouts, or site expansion programs.
• Knowledge of Lean practices, government contracting, FAR/DFARS, or DCAA requirements.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on leadership role reporting directly to the Chief Information Officer.
• Work across planning, buying, manufacturing operations, engineering, supply chain, factory management, and IT.
• Exposure to mission-critical aerospace, defense, and commercial manufacturing programs.
• Occasional evening or weekend work is required to support implementations, with up to 20% travel between company sites.