Senior Technical Program Manager

Who we areWith its A.I.

-powered robotic technology platform, Symbotic is changing the way consumer goods move through the supply chain. Intelligent software orchestrates advanced robots in a high-density, end-to-end system – reinventing warehouse automation for increased efficiency, speed and flexibility.

What we doThe Technical Program Management Office (PMO) oversees the planning, execution, and delivery of technical projects within the Symbotic Products and Innovation O rganization. The PMO establishes and implements the processes, standards, and methodologies for project management of NPI projects to support on-going innovations and solution/product deployments . The team ensures alignment with business objectives , manages key risks /issues , and coordinates resources to ensure successful project outcomes.

The technical PMO team is responsible for handling reporting, communication, and stakeholder management across company functions and up through organization leadership. Technical PMs work closely with product and engineering teams to define project scope, schedule, and budget. The team is actively involved throughout the entire project lifecycle collaborating with teams to ensure successful technology insertion, deployment into production, and overall sustainment support.

What you’ll doLead multidisciplinary teams to bring new products from concept through implementation, delivery, and support

Work closely with engineering managers and leaders , product managers/owners, to ensure rapid execution and on time, high quality delivery of complex projects. Interact with and motivate talented engineering teams across multiple locations, harness their high energy to deliver high quality products

Manage robotic/automation projects that enable back-of-store space to be automated inventory management and ful fillment centers.

Manage technical development, integration and deployment for large-scale automation and robot system s from design to production deployment; manage engineering deliverables across multi-disciplinary engineering teams (software, mechanical, electrical, industrial and embedded controls).Foster a culture focused on transparency, speed of decision-making, and a synchronized partnership within product teams

Facilitate the resolution of issues, risks, and challenges that surface through development lifecycle including NPD/R&D process, production deployment and sustainment

Manage cross-functional issue tracking to identify problems, track root- cause and corrective action plans; provide issue status across engineering teams and leadership

Ensure Symbotic’s Product Development Process is followed, coach teams in executing the NPD process and best practices

Lean-focused, continual improvement of new standards, processes and procedures that streamline interactions and communication across teams

Facilitate cross-functional meetings and regularly communicate initiative status to teams, senior management, and customers

Work with engineering, product management, sales, and finance to make sure project plans for each initiative are sound and optimized

Represent Symbotic to our customer(s) as the project lead, ensuring clear communication, effective negotiation, and resolution of any roadblocks to success

What you’ll need

BS in Engineering, Robotics, Mechatronics, or related discipline. MS or MBA beneficial.

Minimum of 10 years of related experience

Minimum of 5 years in a Program Management position

Extensive experience in a highly integrated electro-mechanical systems, mechatronics, or robotics product development team Extensive experience leading user-centered innovation programs across multiple disciplines

Experience managing large-scale industrial automation or system integration programs

Willingness to fail quickly and often to succeed sooner when exploring solutions

Exemplify being the Team player. Conflict resolution and influencing skills are key to success

Open to pursuing multiple paths to get to the best solution and not being too proud of your own ideas to listen to others

Excellent communication and presentation skills

Experience negotiating resources in a matrix environment to work on multiple…