Technical Program Director - Product Formulation (Aerospace)

Location: Greater Seattle Area, United States. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or nationals, current U.S. permanent residents, or lawfully admitted refugees or asylees.

Base pay for Washington applicants: $169,624.00–$237,473.25 per year. Other site ranges may differ.

Company

hirify.global develops reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems, with a mission focused on enabling people to live and work in space for the benefit of Earth.

What you will do

• Define, manage, and deliver a portfolio of new aerospace products and technology development programs.
• Own program deliverables, performance to plan, customer statements of work, cost, schedule, risks, opportunities, and change management.
• Build and maintain program management plans, work breakdown structures, budgets, schedules, and integrated development plans.
• Coordinate engineering, finance, procurement, cost engineering, supply chain, legal, and enterprise technology organizations.
• Ensure development, qualification, and production hardware is delivered and integrated with vehicle programs where appropriate.
• Lead operating reviews, corporate reporting, planning cycles, action tracking, and executive communication.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, physics, mathematics, operations management, or a related field.
• 8+ years of program or project management and business management experience in a development environment.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary development projects and managing requirements, priorities, scope, schedule, and cost.
• Experience with aerospace vehicle development, production, operations, and major subcontracts.
• Experience using project management tools such as MS Project, P6 Primavera, or similar.
• U.S. citizenship, nationality, permanent residency, refugee status, or asylum status is required under export control regulations.

Nice to have

• MBA or master’s degree in aerospace, mechanical, or systems engineering.
• PMP certification and experience with EVMS, critical path scheduling, IMP/IMS, risk management, requirements management, and cost account management.
• Experience with verification, integration, and testing of orbital launch vehicles or human-rated spacecraft.

Culture & Benefits

• Safety, collaboration, inclusion, innovation, and a strong bias toward quality.
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability coverage, and paid parental leave.
• 401(k) with company matching of up to 5% and an education support program.
• Stock options for regular employees working at least 20 hours per week.
• Up to four weeks of paid time off and up to 14 company-paid holidays.