Sr. Program Manager - Hybrid Power & Aircraft

The role

The Senior Program Manager will own execution across active power generation and aircraft development programs. This role involves running multiple concurrent programs, including DoD efforts, from award through delivery while managing cost, schedule, and scope.

What you will do

• Own cost, schedule, scope, and risk across multiple concurrent programs
• Build and maintain integrated master schedules
• Serve as the primary interface to customers, primes, and government sponsors
• Manage DoD program execution end to end including contract deliverables
• Translate statements of work into work breakdown structures, staffing plans, and budgets
• Partner with supply chain on procurement, supplier selection, and BOM readiness
• Drive cross-functional execution across propulsion, aircraft, power electronics, manufacturing, and test teams
• Maintain risk and opportunity registers
• Help implement and mature quality and program processes
• Manage compliance obligations on government programs

Required qualifications

• B.S. in Engineering, or equivalent technical background paired with program management depth
• 7+ years managing hardware development programs in aerospace, defense, energy, or industrial hardware
• Demonstrated ownership of multiple concurrent programs, including at least one taken from award through delivery
• Direct experience managing DoD-funded programs and their deliverable, reporting, and compliance requirements
• Working familiarity with hybrid or electrified power system development
• Experience managing hardware supply chain risk
• Technical fluency sufficient to hold your own with engineers, customers, and primes
• Fluency with scheduling and program tracking tools (MS Project, Smartsheet, Jira, or equivalent)
• Clear written and verbal communication
• Bias toward action, comfort with ambiguity, and a track record in fast-paced, iterative hardware environments

Nice to have

• Prior engineering experience in a hands-on hardware role
• Experience with aircraft or UAS development programs, including certification or airworthiness pathways
• Experience with expeditionary or tactical power for defense customers
• Active or recently held security clearance
• Experience standing up or maturing a quality management system at a growing company
• Experience negotiating and administering FAR/DFARS-based contracts and subcontracts
• PMP, or equivalent formal program management training
• Familiarity with PLM and ERP/MRP systems

About the company

Odys develops Hybrid Power Systems for aerospace and other applications. The company's portfolio includes an unmanned drone named Laila and various power outputs ranging from 20 kW to 4 MW.