Vice President, Program Management

Archer is an aerospace company based in San Jose, California building an all-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft with a mission to advance the benefits of sustainable air mobility. We are designing, manufacturing, and operating an all-electric aircraft that can carry four passengers while producing minimal noise. Our sights are set high and our problems are hard, and we believe that diversity in the workplace is what makes us smarter, drives better insights, and will ultimately lift us all to success. We are dedicated to cultivating an equitable and inclusive environment that embraces our differences, and supports and celebrates all of our team members. What You’ll Do Responsible for leading and coordinating complex technical programs and projects across Archer globally, aligned to key organizational objectives. Provide thought leadership and guidance to project teams and stakeholders, ensuring successful delivery of impactful initiatives. Responsible for driving best practices in program management and fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement. Responsible for translating technical needs into clear internal action, managing expectations, and ensuring every facet of product delivery is on time and compliant. Establish and lead the company-wide Program Management Office (PMO), including governance, processes, and operating mechanisms. Build, mentor, and scale a high-performing organization of program, project, and technical program managers. Define enterprise program strategies, objectives, priorities, and long-range plans aligned with company goals. Develop and maintain integrated master schedules for engineering development, product builds, program milestones, and production transition. Identify critical path items, resource needs, dependencies, and major program risks. Oversee planning and execution of complex programs across hardware, software, systems integration, operations, supply chain, and manufacturing engineering. Coordinate cross-functional deliverables across engineering, quality, test, operations, supply chain, and business teams. Collaborate with Business Development, Commercial, and Finance teams to determine production planning, demand forecasting, and go-to-market strategy. Support complex development life cycles, including readiness for build events, test activities, integration phases, and design freezes. Ensure alignment to technical, quality, safety, and operational requirements throughout the program lifecycle. Direct planning for builds, including BOM maturity, long-lead procurement, supplier readiness, and tooling development. Partner with finance, supply chain, and operations to manage budgets, forecasts, resource plans, and cost tracking. Develop and manage program-level risk assessments, mitigation plans, and contingency strategies. Provide structured executive-level reports, dashboards, and status updates for leadership and stakeholders. Facilitate cross-functional decision-making and ensure alignment across engineering and business organizations. Implement continuous improvement initiatives to increase program predictability, efficiency, and execution maturity. Ensure all delivery, financial and technical commitments of the project are met. Minimum Education Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in Computer or Electrical Engineering or related technical field. Minimum Experience Requirements: Engineering Manager or related occupational job title in which 10 years of experience in program and project management within a complex technical environment and managing enterprise-level programs involving hardware, software, systems integration, and manufacturing engineering was gained. For this position we are offering $500,000 to $525,000 per year. #LI-DNF Information collected and processed as part of any job applications you choose to submit is subject to Archer's Candidate Privacy Policy. Archer is unable to provide work visa sponsorship for this position at the present time. Archer is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusivity in the workplace. All aspects of employment are decided on the basis of merit, qualifications, and business needs. We do not discriminate based upon race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Archer Aviation does not engage with external recruiting agencies/individual recruiters with whom it does not have a prior written agreement. Archer reserves the right to make use of any unsolicited resumes that it receives and bears no responsibility for payment of any fees asserted from the use of unsolicited resumes. If you are a recruiting agency or individual recruiter wishing to do business with Archer, please reach out to View email address on click.appcast.io. All employment processes are managed by the Archer People Team. #J-18808-Ljbffr