Program Manager – Strategy & Operations

The Mission Our customers trust AiDASH with their most critical operational challenges: delivering safe, reliable, and cost-effective infrastructure services while navigating climate change and the energy transition. We are looking for a Program Manager – Strategy & Operations to establish the first Program Management Office (PMO) at AiDASH. At AiDASH we secure tomorrow. As Program Manager – Strategy & Operations, you will be the planner and traffic director for our entire customer delivery system. You will assure cost and schedule performance across the full portfolio, from satellite tasking to AI modeling and analysis to web and mobile app delivery. In a rapidly scaling environment, you will cut through noise, balance competing priorities, and guide internal teams toward what matters most: delivering faster, higher-impact results for every AiDASH customer. What You’ll Do: Build and run AiDASH’s PMO with tools, practices, and dashboards that give transparency across the entire portfolio Plan and manage the master delivery schedule across satellite vendors, AI/analytics, and app delivery, and replan as new sales enter the system Optimize cost and schedule performance by managing throughput and resource allocation across all delivery teams Create clarity and accountability by calling out risks early and ensuring the organization addresses them head-on Set priorities and hold the line, even when multiple project teams believe their work is most urgent Influence without authority while ensuring that decisions are made on facts, not optimistic assumptions Report portfolio health with accuracy, objectivity, and persistence, building trust with leadership and customer-facing teams Continuously improve the delivery system to increase throughput, reduce delays, and drive faster customer outcomes What We’re Looking For: Must-haves Proven experience managing multi-project portfolios with a focus on cost and schedule performance Strong leadership without direct authority, able to influence and redirect stakeholders across silos Confidence to say “no,” reset priorities, and enforce discipline when required Meticulous, data-driven planning with comfort building and running dashboards Ability to cut through competing narratives and create a clear, fact-based view of delivery health Self-starter who drives their own work with minimal supervision Good-to-haves Experience standing up or running a Program Management Office (PMO) Familiarity with SaaS B2B delivery, consulting engagements, or infrastructure/industrial portfolios Exposure to program and portfolio tools such as Jira, Smartsheet, MS Project, PowerBI, or Tableau What Success Looks Like: AiDASH has a visible, data-driven portfolio management system that guides delivery priorities Customer projects are delivered with improved cost and schedule performance across the board Risks are surfaced early, decisions are based on facts, and priorities are enforced consistently The delivery system continuously improves, increasing throughput and reducing delays Why Join Us? Build something new: this is the first Program Manager role at AiDASH, and you will create the foundation for how we deliver customer success at scale High visibility and impact: your work will directly influence cost, schedule, and customer outcomes across the entire portfolio Mission-driven company: join a team that is securing tomorrow by making critical infrastructure more reliable, resilient, and sustainable in the face of climate change