Senior Program Manager People Experience
Shield AI is a U.S. defense-technology company developing mission-autonomy software and autonomous aircraft for military and allied operations.
Funding history
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About Shield AI
Founded in 2015, Shield AI builds Hivemind autonomy software and V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft for operations in contested, GPS- and communications-denied environments. Its current site also presents Aechelon synthetic-reality simulation and Vision Systems detection and tracking products.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will lead complex People Experience programs from planning through delivery and ongoing improvement. You will define scope, milestones, risks, dependencies, and success measures; implement change-management and communication plans; align stakeholders; monitor adoption; and provide executive-ready reporting.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, or equivalent experience
- 8+ years of experience leading complex programs, transformation initiatives, or organizational change efforts in an HR, People Experience, or related environment
- Experience managing enterprise-wide cross-functional projects with multiple stakeholders
- Program and project management skills including planning, governance, risk management, and multi-workstream execution
- Experience developing and implementing change-management strategies
- Experience working with People Experience, HR, or People teams
- Ability to use quantitative and qualitative data to inform program design and decisions
- Communication, facilitation, stakeholder management, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to build scalable program frameworks, playbooks, or toolkits
Responsibilities
- Lead the planning, coordination, execution, and ongoing management of People Experience initiatives and cross-functional programs
- Define program scope, objectives, milestones, timelines, risks, dependencies, and success measures
- Maintain integrated program plans and manage progress, risks, and issues
- Implement process improvements during project execution
- Design and implement change-management strategies to drive adoption and sustainability
- Assess organizational readiness and develop communication and engagement plans
- Facilitate stakeholder alignment, decision-making, and issue resolution
- Coordinate cross-functional workstreams and provide executive-ready status communications
- Establish governance models, reporting mechanisms, dashboards, and program artifacts
- Optimize People Experience structures, standards, and workflows
Benefits
- Bonus
- Benefits
- Equity
- Temporary benefits package after 60 days of employment
