Principal Technical Project Manager

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary execution owner for large, technically complex projects and strategic initiatives, ensuring successful delivery against technical, schedule, and business objectives.
• Serve as the bridge between ETO and other department stakeholders (e.g., marketing, sales, operations, manufacturing, and business development), driving alignment and resolving cross-functional challenges.
• Create and own agile/hybrid project plans including schedules, budgets, staffing forecasts, risk registers, and other project artifacts.
• Lead interdisciplinary and inter-functional development efforts as the scrum master and co-product owner, ensuring teams remain focused on delivering the highest value to Epirus and its customers.
• Brief executive leadership on project status, risks, opportunities, critical decisions, and execution strategy.
• Mentor and develop Technical Project Managers while helping establish execution standards and best practices across the TPM organization.
• Drive continuous improvement of project management standards, tools, and best practices across the organization.

Requirements

• To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Engineering or a related technical field AND minimum 8 years of relevant project management experience.
• Demonstrated success leading large-scale, cross-functional technical development projects from concept through delivery.
• Demonstrated ability to derive product requirements from company and customer product roadmaps.
• Strong background in the deployment and integration of hardware and software systems.
• Experienced in providing technical leadership across highly complex projects involving multiple engineering disciplines.
• Demonstrated success mentoring and developing Technical Project Managers and other technical leaders.
• Proven ability to lead technical and non-technical reviews with executive and cross-functional audiences.
• Expertise in developing and managing project assets such as schedules, budgets, and risk registers.
• Demonstrated ability to influence decision-making across multiple organizations without direct authority and effectively communicate with executive leadership and external stakeholders.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Proficiency with JIRA or other agile-enabling software platforms.
• Proficient in MS Project and/or Smartsheet use.
• Prior involvement in DoD development efforts.
• Demonstrated success leading multiple concurrent technical projects in a fast-paced startup environment.
• Superior communication and presentation skills.