Demo Project Manager · Shield AI

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:14:10 GMT
Engineering

Shield AI · San Francisco · Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity · onsite

Be at the centre of delivering complex, mission-critical programs that bring advanced technology into real-world operation. As a Demo Project Manager, you will drive planning, coordination, and execution across cross-functional teams,ensuring seamless demonstrations, efficient logistics, and sustained customer success.

Key responsibilities include:

Generating demonstration plans

Conducting demonstration event logistics planning

Coordinating with Go-To-Market leads and customers

Establishing and maintaining project action plans and risk metrics

Generating and maintaining project schedules

Coordinating participation of personnel for demonstration events

Establishing and leading a consistent cadence of well-organised, well-facilitated, and effective meetings, including driving all preparation and follow-up activities

Managing project budgets

Managing and organising customer correspondence

Coordinating import/export regulatory compliance – ITAR and EAR

Facilitating fuel availability and procurement

Reviewing, understanding, and complying with proposals and contracts

Driving subcontractor performance as applicable

In addition, you will act as the Assistant Program Manager for Logistics, responsible for:

Acting as the key point of contact for the sustainment portion of programs

Driving program execution of Engineering Change Order (ECO) implementation tasks in the company's Product Lifecycle Management Software

Ensuring Service Bulletins are released and disseminated to customers, and tracking their incorporation into fielded hardware

Providing continuous, real-time readiness tracking of customer hardware (aircraft, payloads, ground support equipment, etc)

Serving as the programmatic point of contact for customer requested warranty and non-warranty repairs, to include RMAs to vendors

Serving as Deployed Operations Field Service Representatives primary point of contact within the program office

Representing customer programs in managing Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortage issues

Maintaining real-time awareness of customer hardware inventory levels, both within Shield AI's facilities as well as at customer sites. Coordinating replenishment at intervals appropriate to customer usage rates

Ensuring all customers have access to the most up-to-date technical manuals and bulletins applicable to their hardware configuration

Providing customer feedback to internal teams regarding maintainability and sustainability issues

As a General Task, you will:

Deliver proven, exceptional, and reliable performance in support of customer/end-user's mission through flawless project management

Effectively collaborate, motivate, and lead relevant stakeholders to successfully deliver early, under budget, and with exceptional technical performance

Complete critical path analyses including the evaluation of potential means to accelerate the pace or mitigate identified risks

Identify potential bottlenecks or delays in projects and drive efforts to ensure projects stay on schedule

Partner with leadership to guide prioritisation of projects and utilisation of resources

Support an environment where accountability and program execution excellence are core

Report directly to Shield AI's Senior Director of V-BAT Program Management