Technical Program Manager

Core Responsibilities

• Manage multiple high-priority programs simultaneously, each with its own set of deliverables, stakeholders, and strategic objectives.
• Lead program planning, schedule development, budget tracking, and risk management activities across all assigned programs.
• Cook up coordination with internal and external teams to ensure workstreams stay aligned and dependencies are managed.
• Establish clear reporting mechanisms for program status, risks, and key decisions.
• Develop and maintain integrated program plans and drive execution across all lifecycle stages.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Serve as the primary interface between Istari and external stakeholders, including government and commercial partners.
• Align program execution with contract requirements and customer expectations.
• Prepare and deliver high-quality briefings, status updates, and decision support materials to sponsors and senior leadership.
• Collaborate with Sales, Product, and the rest of the Customer Success team to ensure programs support long-term adoption, value delivery, and client satisfaction.

Risk, Performance & Process Rigor

• Identify, assess, and mitigate program risks through proactive planning and agile decision-making.
• Track and report on program performance against contractual and internal milestones.
• Support continuous improvement efforts across program workflows, applying lessons learned to future initiatives.
• Ensure quality of deliverables, timeliness, and resource alignment across programs.

Technical & Program Leadership

• Own technical and non-technical execution for programs.
• Contribute thought leadership around the Istari platform, its applications, and required capabilities.
• Review designs, architectures, and implementations to ensure quality, scalability, and alignment with Istari’s platform vision.

Cross-Functional & Customer Engagement

• Partner with cross-functional teams to translate customer needs into clear, executable technical plans.
• Communicate technical tradeoffs effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

About Istari Digital

Istari is a digital engineering software company building open, scalable infrastructure for engineering data. Our platform lets customers simply and securely integrate engineering models across disciplines, organizations, and security levels -- whether they're designing prototypes, performing virtual testing, or training AI and autonomy for complex systems.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience managing complex programs in the defense, technology, or government sectors.
• Demonstrated success overseeing cost, schedule, and performance for multiple concurrent projects.
• Strong command of program planning, stakeholder engagement, and risk management best practices.
• Exceptional communication and coordination skills, with the ability to synthesize information across disciplines.
• Experience managing contracts, subcontractors, and performance-based deliverables.
• Eligible for U.S. Government clearance
• Experience with DoD or federal acquisition frameworks and programmatic reporting standards.
• Experience with technical programs involving secure networks, Cloud Infrastructure, digital engineering, Artificial Intelligence or software development lifecycles.