Joby Aviation

Commercial Operations Launch Program Manager

Joby Aviation$105K — $180K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent practical experience
  • 5+ years of experience in program management, preferably in fast-paced or ambiguous environments
  • Experience managing complex cross-functional programs with interdependent workstreams
  • Proven ability to create integrated schedules with clear risk communication
  • Experience designing governance processes for multi-team programs
  • Proficiency in project management tools like Smartsheet
  • Strong communication skills, capable of influencing without direct authority

Responsibilities

  • Maintain the master portfolio for the commercial launch program across teams
  • Build an executive dashboard for real-time program status
  • Facilitate cross-functional checks and define readiness stage gates
  • Establish program governance including syncs and steering committee updates
  • Apply prioritization rules for scope changes and accelerate requests
  • Manage the master integrated schedule and critical-path analysis
  • Track global dependencies and the impact of task delays
  • Consolidate budget and resourcing needs for visibility
  • Drive resolution of open items using the escalation log
  • Communicate schedule impacts and trade-offs to all stakeholders

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance coverage
  • 401(k) plan with company match
  • Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
  • Paid time off for work-life balance
  • Short-term and long-term disability insurance
  • Life insurance coverage
Full Job Description
Overview

Joby's Go-to-Market - Operations team is responsible for standing up the full commercial launch program across our global and market-specific workstreams, spanning Commercial Operations, Market Development, Maintenance, Maintenance Engineering, Operations Technical Publications, Safety, Infrastructure, Environmental Planning, Workforce Development, and Training. This role owns the integration layer that ties these workstreams into a single, cross-functional program – the master schedule, the governance cadence, the dependency and risk tracking, and the escalation path leadership uses to make trade-off decisions.

You will be the person who knows how every workstream's timeline connects to every other workstream's timeline, who can tell leadership exactly what's on the critical path, what's at risk, and what the options are when something slips. You'll operate with a high degree of autonomy and cross-functional influence, holding functional leads accountable to commitments without having formal authority over them.

Responsibilities
  • Stand up and maintain the commercial launch program portfolio: a master roll-up of all tasks across both functional workstreams and market teams
  • Build and maintain an executive dashboard that gives leadership an accurate, current view of program status across all markets and workstreams
  • Define stage gates and facilitate cross-functional checks that determine when a market or workstream is ready to advance
  • Establish and run the program's governance cadence – functional team syncs, market readiness reviews, monthly program reviews, and executive steering committee updates
  • Define and apply the program's prioritization rules and process for scope changes and acceleration requests, ensuring decisions are made consistently and objectively across markets
  • Own and maintain the master integrated schedule and critical-path view across all markets and functional teams
  • Track dependencies on global deliverables and flag downstream impact when tasks slip
  • Roll up budget, headcount, and resourcing needs across the program for leadership visibility
  • Maintain the program escalation log and drive open items to resolution, pulling in the right functional or market leads
  • Communicate milestones, schedule impacts, and trade-offs clearly to stakeholders ranging from functional leads to executive leadership
Required
  • Bachelors degree in a relevant field or equivalent practical experience
  • 5+ years of experience in program, portfolio, or project management (ideally in a fast-paced, pre-launch, or 0-to-1 environment with significant ambiguity)
  • Demonstrated experience managing a complex, cross-functional program with multiple interdependent workstreams and no single owner of the full timeline
  • Proven ability to build and maintain integrated schedules and critical-path views, and to translate schedule risk into clear, actionable communication for leadership
  • Experience designing or running a governance cadence (steering committees, portfolio reviews, gate reviews) for a multi-team program
  • Proficiency with project management tools (e.g., Smartsheet) and standard office software
  • Experience in aviation, aerospace, transportation, infrastructure, or another regulated or safety-critical industry
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a proven track record of influencing cross-functional stakeholders without direct authority
  • Comfortable operating with a high degree of autonomy and holding a team accountable to commitments in a fast-changing environment
Desired
  • Experience in aviation, aerospace, transportation, infrastructure, or another regulated or safety-critical industry
  • Strong proficiency with Smartsheet as program/project management tooling, and standard workplace software (Google and Microsoft)
  • Experience supporting multi-market or multi-site launches (new market entry, retail rollout, network expansion, or similar)
  • Familiarity with regulatory or certification-driven program structures, even without direct regulatory experience
Additional Information

Compensation at Joby is a combination of base pay and Restricted Stock Units (RSUs). The target base pay for this position is $105,000 - $180,000. The compensation package will be determined by job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Joby also offers a comprehensive benefits package, including paid time off, healthcare benefits, a 401(k) plan with a company match, an employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, and more.

About Joby Aviation

Joby Aviation is an aerospace company that is developing an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for urban air mobility. The company's aircraft is designed to be quiet, efficient, and environmentally friendly, and is intended to provide a faster and more convenient mode of transportation for urban commuters. Joby Aviation was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Santa Cruz, California. The company has received funding from a variety of investors, including Toyota and JetBlue Technology Ventures.
Learn more about Joby Aviation
Size
500 employees
Market Cap
$2 billion
Industry
Founded
2009
NASDAQ

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