Staff Technical Program Manager

About the role

The Staff Technical Program Manager for Commercial will lead complex, multi-disciplinary hardware programs, focusing on the electric tugboat program. Responsibilities include owning the schedule, scope, and risk for commercial programs from design through production and delivery; contributing to proposal timelines; managing relationships with shipyards and build partners; and overseeing the operating cadence for new deals and active programs.

Responsibilities

• Owning schedule, scope, and risk for commercial powertrain programs from design through production and delivery
• Partnering with commercial sales leaders to translate won deals into structured, executable programs
• Contributing delivery and performance inputs to bids, providing schedule, risk, and execution content
• Pressure-testing delivery feasibility and timelines once an opportunity reaches technical qualification, coordinating cross-functional engagement to turn agreed scopes into buildable plans
• Owning the working relationship with shipyards and build partners, interfacing with Engineering and Supply Chain to align build plans, long-lead items, and production readiness with customer commitments
• Running the internal operating cadence for new deals and active programs, including program kickoffs, milestone reviews, risk registers, change control, and executive updates
• Synthesizing feedback from new deals and active programs to inform product roadmap, pricing, and commercial playbooks
• Building the program-management processes and tooling that Arc's Commercial business will scale on
• Traveling to partner companies to coordinate design and build activities

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience delivering complex, multi-disciplinary hardware programs
• Background in marine/shipbuilding, EV/battery, aerospace, defense, or hardware technology program management
• Proficiency with program planning at depth: building complex schedules, mapping interdependencies, and running risk and change management
• Experience working across the sales-to-execution boundary, contributing to proposals and delivering on commitments
• Ability to communicate and persuade across engineering, manufacturing, sales, executives, and customers
• Experience owning a vendor or build-partner relationship directly

Qualifications

• Familiarity with government contracting (milestone-based deliverables, FAR/DFARS, ITAR handling)
• Experience in marine classification processes (ABS) or high-voltage/battery systems
• Experience standing up program-management processes in a scaling organization
• Comfortable pushing at a fast but sustainable pace
• Enthusiasm for boating and the water