TPM: Operational Targeting Products

About This Opportunity

We are representing a confidential defense technology client in their search for a Technical Program Manager focused on operational targeting products. Our client delivers software tools and intelligence to operators working in remote, disconnected, and extreme environments—serving defense, security, and public safety missions where precision and timing are critical.

In this role, you will own end-to-end execution of an agile targeting campaign, translating strategic priorities and customer commitments into sequenced delivery plans for a dedicated engineering pod. You are accountable for shipping on time and at quality, managing scope, schedule, and risk across cross-functional teams including engine, client, cloud, and QA functions.

Responsibilities

• Own the delivery plan for targeting products, aligning work with customer commitments and business unit priorities
• Lead sprint and release planning, managing tradeoffs across scope, schedule, and quality
• Own backlog prioritization and grooming, translating operator and field feedback into clearly scoped engineering work
• Track cross-team dependencies and escalate risks early to stakeholders
• Maintain campaign risk, readiness, and delivery status; communicate changes to leadership
• Establish clear definitions of done and drive release quality, regression discipline, and continuous improvement
• Support discovery with public safety, DoD, SOCOM, and coalition targeting operators; translate needs into actionable requirements
• Support customer demos, proposals, capture efforts, and executive briefings related to targeting-cycle capabilities
• Partner with engineering leads on architecture, sensor and data integrations, and technical debt tradeoffs for targeting workflows
• Participate in technical design reviews and make informed product and delivery tradeoffs with engineering
• Keep leadership informed on execution readiness, delivery risk, dependencies, and roadmap tradeoffs
• Ensure targeting-cycle capabilities meet applicable security, regulatory, and government contracting requirements

What We're Looking For

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business, or related field
• 3+ years of technical program management, product management, or similar experience
• 7+ years of people management experience
• Experience owning software delivery across multiple engineering functions (front end, back end, cloud, QA)
• Strong Agile delivery experience, including backlog management, sprint and release planning, and risk/readiness tracking
• Technical fluency and ability to participate effectively in engineering design discussions and technical tradeoffs
• Ability to translate customer, operator, and business needs into clear engineering requirements and execution plans
• Strong prioritization and decision-making skills with ability to make tradeoffs with incomplete or changing information
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across technical teams, customers, business development, and leadership
• Willingness to travel approximately 30%

Preferred Experience:

• Experience with GIS, geospatial technology, ISR/FMV, defense, or tactical software
• Familiarity with targeting-cycle doctrine and execution
• Experience working directly with DoD, SOCOM, coalition, or public safety operators
• Active security clearance or ability to obtain one
• Hands-on experience with FMV/ISR data, camera-based detection systems, cUAS planning, TAK, Cesium, ArcGIS, GDAL, GeoJSON, or C2 systems
• Proficiency in C#, C++, or Python
• Experience supporting DoD acquisition programs

How We Work With You

Candidates apply directly through Get A Job.ai. Our talent team will screen qualified applicants and coordinate submissions to our client. If selected by the client, we will guide you through their interview process. Please do not contact the hiring organization directly—all communication regarding this role should go through Get A Job.ai.

Location and Employment Details

Location: United States
Employment Type: Full-time
Eligibility: Proof of identity and eligibility to work in the United States is required

Get A Job.ai is an equal opportunity recruiter. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.