Digital Technology Operations Lead

Role Summary

We are seeking a Sr./Staff Technical Program Manager to run the operational backbone of the Digital Technology Organization’s (DTO) Corporate Technology portfolio. This role owns the end-to-end portfolio cadence across active initiatives, including intake, triage, prioritization, and “push-right” resequencing, together with the financial governance, PMO tooling, and reporting that keep leadership decisions grounded in data.

This is a high-ownership, execution-focused role for someone who thrives at the intersection of program operations, financial governance, and analytics. You will be the connective layer between initiative POCs/PMs, cross-functional partners, and DTO leadership, keeping a large, fast-moving portfolio prioritized, funded, measured, and moving.

What You Will Drive

1. Initiative Operations & Portfolio Cadence

• Own the end-to-end portfolio cadence across ~30 active initiatives: intake, triage, prioritization, and “push-right” resequencing (recently reprioritized 10 of 30 active initiatives).
• Own CapEx and financial governance across all initiatives, cost estimates, forecasts, capitalization treatment, and tracking to actuals.
• Own PMO tooling: Jira configuration and customization, and the Sigma reporting dashboard.
• Run weekly check-ins with every initiative POC/PM to keep status, risks, and dependencies current.
• Run every-other-day executive and cross-functional preparation syncs.
• Prepare Steering Committee (SteerCo) communications and decision materials.

1. Data & Analytics

• Own portfolio reporting, capacity and workload tracking, and the metrics that feed leadership decisions.
• Build and maintain dashboards (Sigma) and reporting that give leadership a single, trusted view of portfolio health.
• Translate raw initiative, financial, and capacity data into decision-ready insight.

1. People Technology Enhancements

• Provide PMO delivery support for the People-side project pipeline, new-hire application, international payroll automation, Docebo/LMS, and UAE integrations, so these efforts stay on track rather than stalling.
• Partner with People Technology leadership to sequence, govern, and report on these initiatives.

1. Other Corporate Technology Enhancements

• Own the broader Corporate Technology enhancement backlog that otherwise has no dedicated owner.
• Triage, prioritize, and drive delivery across enhancement requests spanning enterprise systems and business applications.

Why This Role Is Business Critical

Today, this portfolio-operations, financial-governance, and analytics work is being absorbed ad hoc by DTO leadership and individual PMs, with no single, dedicated owner. As the portfolio has grown to roughly 30 active initiatives, that model no longer scales: prioritization slips, CapEx visibility is fragmented, People-technology projects risk stalling, and the broader Corporate Technology enhancement backlog goes unowned. This role consolidates that operating model into one accountable seat, protecting leadership focus, keeping spend governed, and ensuring the portfolio stays prioritized, measured, and moving.

Success Measures

• A single, trusted portfolio cadence (intake → triage → prioritization → push-right) operating across all active initiatives.
• CapEx and financial governance with clean, reliable tracking to actuals across the portfolio.
• Leadership decisions backed by dependable portfolio, capacity, and workload reporting.
• People Technology pipeline progressing on schedule with PMO delivery support.
• The Corporate Technology enhancement backlog actively owned, triaged, and delivered.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years leading technology programs or PMO operations, ideally within a Corporate or Enterprise Technology environment.
• Demonstrated ownership of portfolio cadence, intake, triage, prioritization, and resequencing, across many concurrent initiatives.
• Strong financial and CapEx governance experience: cost estimation, forecasting, and tracking to actuals.
• Hands-on with PMO tooling, Jira configuration/customization and BI/reporting dashboards (Sigma, Tableau, Power BI, or similar).
• Strong data and analytics orientation: portfolio reporting, capacity/workload tracking, and the metrics that inform leadership.
• Proven stakeholder coordination across POCs/PMs, cross-functional partners, and executives, including running recurring exec and SteerCo cadences.
• Excellent written communication, able to prepare executive and SteerCo decision materials.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting People/HR technology delivery (HRIS, payroll automation, LMS such as Docebo, onboarding apps, international/multi-region integrations).
• Sigma (or comparable BI) dashboard development.
• Experience in regulated or high-compliance industries (aerospace, medical device, manufacturing, etc.).
• PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM, or equivalent certifications.
• Experience maturing PMO process and tooling as an organization scales.

Leadership & Working Style

• Structured, systems-oriented thinker who builds repeatable operating cadences.
• Comfortable operating at both portfolio-strategy and execution-detail levels.
• Calm under pressure with strong prioritization instincts.
• Influential communicator across technical and non-technical audiences.
• High ownership and accountability mindset.

Bonus Qualifications:

• Knowledge of PeopleOps / People Technology.
• Familiarity with FP&A / CapEx accounting treatment.
• Jira administration and Sigma (or comparable BI) development.
• Knowledge of InfoSec, IT infrastructure, or Supply Chain technology domains.

At Archer, you will help pioneer the future of sustainable aviation. You’ll join a world-class team pushing the boundaries of engineering, manufacturing, and digital infrastructure, tackling challenges that have never been solved before. If you’re a builder, a problem-solver, and a connector across complex physical and digital disciplines, this is your opportunity to make history.

Compensation: For this position, we drive a pay-for-performance culture and reward performance that supports the Company's strategy. Actual compensation offered will be determined by job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

At Archer we aim to attract, retain, and motivate talent that possess the skills and leadership necessary to grow our business. We drive a pay-for-performance culture and reward performance that supports the Company’s business strategy. For this position we are targeting a base pay between $144,000 - $180,000. Actual compensation offered will be determined by factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Please note that this job description is intended to provide a general overview of the position and does not include an exhaustive list of responsibilities and qualifications.