Senior Program Manager - Talent Acquisition Programs

Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation and synthetic reality technologies. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube. 

We are seeking an experienced Senior PX Program Manager to lead the delivery, optimization, adoption, and continuous improvement of strategic Talent Acquisition (TA) programs and priority People Experience (PX) initiatives. This role combines program management, recruiting operations, process optimization, and change management to strengthen how the organization attracts, assesses, selects, and hires talent. In close partnership with Talent Acquisition leaders, recruiters, recruiting coordinators, hiring teams, PX Systems, and cross-functional stakeholders, this individual will translate recruiting strategy into scalable programs, operating models, and implementation plans. They will lead complex initiatives, improve end-to-end hiring processes, clarify roles and decision rights, establish governance, and use data to drive efficiency, quality, adoption, and an exceptional candidate and hiring-manager experience. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in program and project management, process improvement, change management, and stakeholder engagement, along with experience supporting Talent Acquisition or other high-volume People functions. This is a full-time role responsible for advancing critical TA and PX priorities, strengthening operating rigor, and developing efficient, repeatable approaches that support organizational growth.

Key Responsibilities

Senior Program Manager - Talent Acquisition Programs

We are seeking an experienced Senior PX Program Manager to lead the delivery, optimization, adoption, and continuous improvement of strategic Talent Acquisition (TA) programs and priority People Experience (PX) initiatives. This role combines program management, recruiting operations, process optimization, and change management to strengthen how the organization attracts, assesses, selects, and hires talent.

In close partnership with Talent Acquisition leaders, recruiters, recruiting coordinators, hiring teams, PX Systems, and cross-functional stakeholders, this individual will translate recruiting strategy into scalable programs, operating models, and implementation plans. They will lead complex initiatives, improve end-to-end hiring processes, clarify roles and decision rights, establish governance, and use data to drive efficiency, quality, adoption, and an exceptional candidate and hiring-manager experience.

The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in program and project management, process improvement, change management, and stakeholder engagement, along with experience supporting Talent Acquisition or other high-volume People functions. This is a full-time role responsible for advancing critical TA and PX priorities, strengthening operating rigor, and developing efficient, repeatable approaches that support organizational growth.

Key Responsibilities

Talent Acquisition Program Delivery

Lead the planning, coordination, execution, and launch of complex TA programs and cross-functional PX initiatives, such as recruiting process optimization, interviewer enablement, hiring capacity planning, candidate experience, recruiting technology implementations, and talent-program rollouts.

Partner with TA and PX leaders to define program scope, objectives, milestones, timelines, risks, dependencies, resources, and success measures.

Translate strategic hiring priorities into actionable roadmaps, workstreams, implementation plans, and sustainable operating models.

Maintain integrated program plans and op …