Program Manager

Swarmer

Program Manager at Swarmer driving complex product and engineering initiatives across multiple teams. Focused on delivering clarity and operational realism in a high-pressure defense-tech environment.

Posted 6/16/2026full-timeKyiv • 🇺🇦 UkraineMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own delivery planning and execution for cross-functional initiatives across product, engineering, field, sales, and external partners.
Translate strategic goals into clear milestones, workstreams, owners, timelines, risks, and decision points.
Coordinate dependencies between product managers, engineering teams, integration teams, field teams, vendors, and leadership.
Create and maintain transparent program reporting: status, progress, blockers, risks, trade-offs, and decisions needed.
Drive regular syncs, reviews, and escalation routines for critical initiatives.
Help teams clarify scope, success criteria, acceptance criteria, delivery risks, and readiness for field testing or release.
Identify bottlenecks early and push for resolution before they become delivery failures.
Support planning for demos, integrations, customer commitments, field tests, provisioning, licensing, updates, and production-readiness activities.
Ensure that commitments made to customers, partners, and internal stakeholders are realistic, tracked, and actively managed.
Build/evolve lightweight but disciplined project/program management practices suitable for a fast-moving defense-tech startup.
Help leadership see the real picture: what is on track, what is blocked, what is unclear, and where decisions are required.

Requirements

What you’ll need

4+ years of experience in project management, program management, delivery management, technical program management, or similar roles
Experience managing complex cross-functional initiatives involving engineering teams
Strong ability to structure chaos: define plans, owners, dependencies, timelines, risks, and follow-up mechanisms
Proven ability to work with technical teams without turning into a process bottleneck
Excellent stakeholder management skills
Strong written and verbal communication in English
Ability to create clear executive-level reporting without hiding complexity or overloading people with noise
Comfortable working in high-uncertainty environments where requirements, priorities, and constraints can change quickly
High ownership, persistence, and operational discipline
Strong risk-management mindset
Readiness to work with sensitive defense-related information and follow strict operational security practices
Ukrainian language proficiency

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary
Comprehensive benefits package, including insurance
Paid sick leave
20 paid days off per year
Flexible remote work options

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Hard Skills & Tools

project managementprogram managementdelivery managementtechnical program managementrisk managementexecutive-level reportingstakeholder management

Soft Skills

strong written communicationstrong verbal communicationability to structure chaoshigh ownershippersistenceoperational disciplineability to work in high-uncertainty environments