Program Director
West Cary Group
Director, Program Management
Regent Selection Ltd
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: North Kingstown • Rhode Island • 🇺🇸 United States
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Lead
About the role
- Build and Lead the PMO Function: Architect REGENT’s Program Management Office, building from our early stage foundation. Hire, mentor, and grow a high-caliber team of program and project managers who can own scope, schedule, and execution across multiple vehicle programs.
- Establish a Scalable Program Culture: Define the operating rhythms, reviews, and cadences that bring structure, focus, and accountability across engineering and manufacturing functions.
- Mentor and Develop Future Leaders: Invest in your team’s growth. Coach program managers and technical leads to be more effective planners, communicators, and cross-functional leaders.
- Drive Execution Across Programs: Own the delivery of REGENT’s major vehicle programs - ensuring execution aligns with business objectives, technical milestones, certification timelines, and production readiness.
- Unify Planning and Forecasting: Partner with finance, People, and executive leadership to align program execution with company-level forecasts and headcount planning. Translate technical plans into capital requirements, hiring needs, and runway projections.
- Implement Smart, Flexible Process: Introduce the minimum required engineering and program management processes to support speed without sacrificing quality. Ensure repeatability and rigor across programs without slowing teams down.
- Own Program Risk and Change Control: Manage and communicate key schedule risks and tradeoffs. Implement change control processes and ensure cross-functional alignment when scope or priorities shift.
- Collaborate Across Domains: Work with engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and commercial teams to ensure tight coordination and successful delivery from design through sea trials and customer handoff.
Requirements
- Proven Program Leadership in Complex Vehicle Programs: Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional hardware development programs in aerospace, defense, maritime, or other advanced hardware environments. Direct ownership of $50 M+ programs and leadership of teams 50+ strong.
- Track Record of Building Teams: Demonstrated success in building and mentoring high-performing program management teams. You’ve hired, coached, and developed PMs and technical leads who thrive in fast-paced, technical environments.
- End-to-End Product Development Experience: Demonstrated success taking multiple hardware+software systems through design, build, integration, and test - especially in regulated or certified environments.
- Expertise in PMO Best Practices: Track record of standing up and leading PMO organizations in high-growth or high-complexity settings.
- Strong Technical Acumen: Comfort engaging with engineers on everything from system architecture to build schedules and integration risks. Familiarity with disciplines across software, electrical, composites, propulsion, and embedded systems.
- Cross-Functional Planning Experience: Ability to align technical milestones with financial forecasting, capital planning, headcount modeling, and organizational growth.
- Clear, Empathetic Communication: Able to drive accountability and alignment while earning trust through clarity, empathy, and delivery.
- Calm in Complexity: Comfortable operating in ambiguity and rolling up your sleeves in a startup environment. Able to create clarity and structure where none exists - without slowing things down.
- Collaborative Team Player: Communicate effectively and collaborate with engineers, stakeholders, and other cross-functional teams to align on goals and move projects forward.
- Creative Problem Solver: Thrive on tackling complex challenges and finding innovative solutions to unblock critical path items and refine program execution frameworks.
- Adaptable & Agile: Quickly adapt to changing priorities and requirements in a fast-paced startup environment.
- Innovative Mindset: Driven by curiosity and a passion for technology and continuous improvement.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation including a robust equity incentive plan.
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance - we cover 100% of your premiums.
- 401(k) with company matching.
- Generous flexible time off, paid parental leave, and company-wide holiday breaks.
- Relocation packages available for those moving to join our team.
- Daily, free catered lunches.
- Learning & professional development opportunities.
ATS Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
program managementhardware developmentsoftware systems integrationPMO best practicesrisk managementchange controlcapital planningforecastingproduct developmenttechnical milestone alignment
Soft skills
leadershipmentoringcommunicationcollaborationproblem solvingadaptabilityempathyaccountabilitycreativitycalm in complexity
