Director, Program Management Office (PMO)

World View•Tucson, AZ

1d•$170,000 - $190,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Director, Program Management Office (PMO) leads the program management function for Ondas Sentinel’s Stratospheric ISR business unit. Reporting to the VP Programs, this role is responsible for establishing the standards, operating rhythms, tools, and governance needed to execute programs with clarity, discipline, and predictability. The Director, PMO partners across Programs, Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality & Safety, Finance, Contracts, Business Development, Mission Operations, and executive leadership to ensure program commitments are translated into integrated plans and delivered against cost, schedule, technical, quality, and customer expectations. The ideal candidate is an experienced program management leader with a strong background in aerospace, defense, advanced technology, government contracting, or another complex technical environment. Success in this role requires strong execution discipline, comfort operating across integrated product teams, excellent customer and executive communication skills, and the ability to build a scalable PMO that strengthens accountability, visibility, risk management, and decision-making across a growing program portfolio. This role is based on-site in Tucson, Arizona and requires regular engagement with program, engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, quality, finance, contracts, business development, and flight operations teams. Travel may be required to support customers, suppliers, other company locations, program reviews, proposal activities, and operational readiness events.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in engineering, Business, Program Management, Operations, Finance, or related field; advanced degree preferred.
12+ years of progressive program management, technical program leadership, operations, or portfolio execution experience, including experience leading program managers or cross-functional program teams.
Demonstrated success leading complex hardware, aerospace, defense, autonomous systems, advanced manufacturing, government contracting, or mission-critical technology programs.
Strong understanding of program management fundamentals, including scope, schedule, cost, risk, issue management, change control, integrated planning, stakeholder management, and executive reporting.
Experience establishing or improving PMO frameworks, governance models, operating cadences, dashboards, metrics, templates, and repeatable program execution practices.
Ability to lead through influence across Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, Finance, Contracts, Business Development, Operations, and executive stakeholders.
Strong business and financial acumen, with experience supporting program budgets, forecasts, cost controls, earned value concepts, estimate-at-complete reviews, or similar program financial management practices.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to brief executives, customers, and cross-functional teams on complex program status, tradeoffs, risks, and decisions in a clear and actionable way.
Experience with U.S. Government, defense, aerospace, or regulated customer environments preferred, including familiarity with FAR/DFARS, contract deliverables, compliance expectations, and customer program reviews.
PMP, PgMP, PMI-ACP, Agile, Lean Six Sigma, DAWIA, or similar certification preferred.
Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance, as required by program needs.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree preferred.
Experience with U.S. Government, defense, aerospace, or regulated customer environments preferred, including familiarity with FAR/DFARS, contract deliverables, compliance expectations, and customer program reviews.
PMP, PgMP, PMI-ACP, Agile, Lean Six Sigma, DAWIA, or similar certification preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead and mature the Program Management Office for the Stratospheric ISR business unit, establishing clear standards for program planning, execution, governance, reporting, and accountability.
Develop and maintain program management frameworks, tools, templates, operating rhythms, dashboards, and review cadences that improve visibility into cost, schedule, technical performance, risks, dependencies, and customer commitments.
Oversee the health and execution of the program portfolio, ensuring programs have integrated master schedules, resource plans, risk registers, action tracking, decision logs, change control, and recovery plans where needed.
Partner closely with program managers, integrated product teams, Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality & Safety, Finance, Contracts, Business Development, and Mission Operations to align priorities, resolve barriers, and drive disciplined execution.
Support proposal, capture, and contract transition activities by ensuring program assumptions, schedules, resource needs, risks, deliverables, and execution plans are realistic, aligned, and actionable.
Establish consistent program reporting for executive leadership and customers, including clear communication of progress, risks, issues, financial performance, schedule status, dependencies, and required decisions.
Strengthen program financial discipline in partnership with Finance, including support for budgets, forecasts, estimate-at-complete reviews, margin awareness, cost controls, and tradeoff analysis.
Drive risk, issue, opportunity, and dependency management across programs, ensuring mitigation plans are owned, tracked, communicated, and escalated appropriately.
Build, lead, mentor, and develop program management talent, creating a culture of ownership, cross-functional collaboration, customer focus, continuous improvement, and disciplined follow-through.
Continuously improve PMO processes to support scalability, compliance, quality, speed, and repeatable execution as the Stratospheric ISR business unit grows.