Skyways

Skyways provides autonomous, long-range, heavy-payload drone solutions for harsh environments, serving the Oil & Gas and Military & Defense industries. Their approach involves embodied AI in flying…

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Skyways

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HQAustin, US

Team Size57

Open Jobs18

Total Funding$58M

Latest Fundraise11 months ago

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Senior Technical Program Manager

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Skyways is hiring its first Technical Program Manager to help drive execution across our aircraft development programs
This role sits at the center of engineering, manufacturing, flight operations, and customer programs, ensuring complex technical work stays coordinated and key milestones are delivered
You will take customer requirements and translate them into clear internal plans, timelines, and owners. From there, you’ll work across teams to track progress, surface risks early, and keep programs moving forward
This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys operating in the middle of complex technical work, coordinating teams, managing program details, and helping the company deliver real aircraft systems to customers
Own day to day program execution across aircraft development programs, ensuring milestones, schedules, and deliverables stay on track
Translate customer requirements and contract commitments into clear internal timelines, tasks, and owners across teams
Track dependencies across engineering, manufacturing, and flight operations to ensure teams stay aligned and programs continue moving forward
Identify program risks, blockers, or resource gaps early and drive resolution across teams
Maintain program schedules and ensure deliverables align with program milestones and customer expectations
Lead program reviews and provide clear updates on progress, risks, and next steps to leadership and customers
Support multiple programs including STRATFI and commercial deployments as Skyways continues to scale- Experience coordinating work across engineering, manufacturing, and operations teams to drive program execution
Ability to translate customer requirements and contract deliverables into clear internal plans and priorities
Experience delivering programs for aircraft, UAVs, robotics, or other complex hardware systems
Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple programs or workstreams at the same time
Experience owning program execution from planning through delivery including milestones, schedules, and cross team coordination
Enough technical understanding to engage engineers, ask strong questions, and understand system tradeoffs
Experience supporting the development, testing, or deployment of physical hardware systems
Comfortable running program reviews, tracking issues, and communicating program status with leadership and customers
Startup or early stage hardware company experience where program processes were still evolving
Experience working with defense customers or government programs
Experience coordinating flight tests, field deployments, or operational launches
Familiarity with FAA, DoD, or other regulated aerospace program environments