Technical Program Manager

Who we are

The role

As the Technical Program Manager, you will be responsible for scoping and orchestrating the execution of customer projects for Helsing’s US business. You will work across teams and geographies to establish workflows, internal and external processes, and strong cross-functional relationships to transfer, develop, and deliver Helsing’s defense technologies. You will be an essential aspect of Helsing’s ability to understand and serve our customers, delivering complex systems that answer the challenges of tomorrow’s battlefields. 

The day-to-day

• Engage, design, and implement strategies and programs that drive customer engagements and industry partnerships 

• Develop strong customer relationships through a collaborative approach to capability delivery, enabling Helsing to deliver greater customer value over time 

• Work hand-in-glove between Helsing’s US and European businesses to facilitate technology transfer and sharing, while remaining compliant with import, export, and ITAR requirements 

• Understand and forecast market trends and client needs to cultivate long-term views of new business opportunities 

• Inform strategic campaigns, ensuring their success aligns with Helsing’s overarching goals 

• Collaborate with engineering management and lead technical staff to meet and exceed scoped delivery requirements 

• Assist in architecting and bidding new customer projects 

• Forecast and manage delivery schedules and budgets against projected performance, developing regular reports for financial and organizational planning purposes 

You should apply if you

• Thrive in an environment that requires you to understand tactical customer problems, translate their solutions into machine-enabled capabilities, and relay those solutions to customers in meaningful, human-readable terms 

• Have 5+ years of experience managing complex technical projects for defense customers 

• Have experience leading integrated teams and working across organizations to plan and execute work against contract requirements  

• Excel when taking accountability to meet dynamic timelines, address evolving requirements, and guide brilliant teams oriented toward a common objective 

• Your personal values match ours: ownership, initiative, dedication to mission, speed and inclusiveness    

• Are a high performer who thrives in a fast-paced environment   

• Are collaborative, humble, intellectually curious, and driven to solve hard problems  

• Hold a current security clearance (ideally Top Secret) 

• Feel strongly about the right of democracies to defend their sovereignty through the fielding of capabilities that bolster deterrence and decisive action 

Join Helsing and work with world-leading experts in their fields 

• Helsing’s work is important. You’ll be directly contributing to the protection of democratic countries while balancing both ethical and geopolitical concerns

• The work is unique. We operate in a domain that has highly unusual technical requirements and constraints, and where robustness, safety, and ethical considerations are vital. You will face unique Engineering and AI challenges that make a meaningful impact in the world

• Our work frequently takes us right up to the state of the art in technical innovation, be it reinforcement learning, distributed systems, generative AI, or deployment infrastructure. The defense industry is entering the most exciting phase of the technological development curve. Advances in our field of world are not incremental: Helsing is part of, and often leading, historic leaps forward

• In our domain, success is a matter of order-of-magnitude improvements and novel capabilities. This means we take bets, aim high, and focus on big opportunities. Despite being a relatively young company, Helsing has already been selected for multiple significant government contracts

• We actively encourage healthy, proactive, and diverse debate internally about what we do and how we choose to do it. Teams and individual engineers are trusted (and encouraged) to practice responsible autonomy and critical thinking, and to focus on outcomes, not conformity. At Helsing you will have a say in how we (and you!) work, the opportunity to engage on what does and doesn’t work, and to take ownership of aspects of our culture that you care deeply about

What we offer

• A focus on outcomes, not time-tracking

• A generous compensation and benefits package (in addition to base salary) that includes, but may not be limited to, insurance coverage (medical and travel), flexible paid time off, paid holidays, and remote and/or hybrid work available depending on position. All compensation and benefits are subject to the terms and conditions of the underlying plans or programs, as applicable and as may be amended, terminated or superseded from time to time.

The annual base salary range for this full-time position in the location listed is €140,000 to €180,000 USD. The actual base salary offered to the successful candidate will be determined by a variety of factors including relevant experience, qualifications, education, skill level, interview performance, and the level and scope of the position. 

Helsing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetics, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.