Head of Technical Programme Management

Why This Role Exists Mattur is moving from a small startup with a handful of projects into a multi-product hardware company shipping at scale. We have three product lines, a shared platform, and a fundraise that requires us to deliver against committed timelines.

The Technical Program Manager is the person who makes that possible — and they do it by building one of the most advanced R&D operating systems in hardware. An AI-first operator who automates everything that can be automated, builds dashboards that update themselves, and uses LLMs and modern tooling to give engineers their time back so they can focus on engineering.

This is a role for someone who believes the next generation of operations isn’t about managing more — it’s about automating more, instrumenting more, and creating systems that scale without adding headcount. You will own the cadence, the planning, the commitment tracking, the dashboards, and the operating system that makes Mattur’s R&D move faster than companies 10x our size. You will be in fundraise diligence conversations, board updates, and customer discussions where program health matters.

You will be AI-first in everything you do. Every status update generated from data, not chased from people. Your job is to use AI tools to make the engineering org 2–3x more productive than it would be otherwise.

Program Planning and Roadmap Ownership
Own and drive program planning across Mattur’s hardware development portfolio — developing and maintaining structured roadmaps that align with company goals, technical feasibility, and resource availability.
Track execution against roadmaps proactively — using AI-powered tools to surface risks, blockers, and schedule misalignments before they become problems, not after.
Maintain structured program documentation that is automatically generated, versioned, and searchable — not manually maintained spreadsheets that go stale within a week.

Serve as the primary coordination point across mechanical, electrical, firmware, controls, manufacturing, and product teams — ensuring dependencies are well-managed and programs stay synchronized.
Run the engineering operating cadence: daily stand-ups, weekly cross-functional reviews, monthly integrated demonstrations, monthly planning. Design and run the integrated demonstration cadence — the monthly forcing function where products, platform, and shared capabilities prove themselves together against customer-relevant outcomes.
Partner with the CTO and engineering team leads to ensure technical decisions are made with schedule and manufacturing constraints in mind, and that trade-offs are clearly documented.
We are building one of the most advanced R&D operating environments in hardware, and the TPM is the architect of it.
Risk register maintenance. AI-powered visibility across the program. Build dashboards that pull from Asana, Microsoft 365, Teams, fab systems, and engineering tools to give leadership real-time program health without anyone manually updating a slide.
LLM-driven workflows for the engineering team. Use Claude, ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, and other tools to accelerate documentation, design review prep, test plan generation, and decision logs. Meeting intelligence as default. Every meeting recorded with Teams AI or equivalent. Every meeting auto-summarized with action items extracted. Build, evaluate, and roll out new AI tools continuously. The tooling landscape is moving fast. Gantt views, weekly risk reviews, and structured documentation that scales with the team. Identify systemic inefficiencies and drive process improvements that compound over time. 6–10 years of experience in technical program management, engineering program management, or a closely related role, with a track record of delivering complex hardware programs on time.

• Technical fluency across at least one hardware discipline (electrical, mechanical, embedded systems, or controls); AI-first mindset and demonstrated experience using modern AI tools to accelerate operations. You’re excited about what AI does, not skeptical of it.
• Proven ability to manage multiple parallel programs in a fast-paced, resource-constrained environment.
• Experience building and improving engineering execution processes from the ground up, not just inheriting and maintaining existing systems. Comfortable writing scripts, configuring tools, and creating templates — not just managing them.
• Demonstrated ability to engage substantively in design reviews and test planning — reading schematics, interpreting test results, and understanding hardware trade-offs well enough to independently assess schedule risk.
• Strong proficiency with Asana and Microsoft 365. Comfortable building dashboards and structured trackers from scratch.
• this is a full-time, on-site role.

Bonus Points
Experience with API integrations, scripting (Python, JavaScript), or building lightweight internal tools.
Familiarity with MCP servers, agentic workflows, or building custom AI tooling for operations.
Experience operating in a pre-revenue, venture-backed environment with investor exposure.
Aerospace or defense program management background.

Competitive salary — targeted range $160K–$200K base, dependent on experience, plus meaningful early-stage equity.
Comprehensive benefits including health, vision, dental, and life insurance.
Direct exposure to fundraise, board, and customer conversations — this is a senior role with executive visibility from day one.