Senior Technical Program Manager at Symbotic

Wilmington, Massachusetts, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

14 Mar, 26

Salary

247500.0

Posted On

14 Dec, 25

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Project Management, Robotics, Engineering, Cross-Functional Leadership, Problem Solving, Communication, Negotiation, Agile Methodologies, JIRA, Technical Development, Integration, Automation, Mechatronics, User-Centered Innovation, Supply Chain, Quality Assurance

Industry

Automation Machinery Manufacturing

Description

Who we are With 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 need We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Technical Program Manager who has experience managing technically complex new product development programs. You will work with cross-functional leaders, including product owners, engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, services, sales, and other stakeholders, to plan and execute projects. Your primary goal will be to ensure the teams are aligned, plans are executed, and issues/risks are managed effectively. You will be in a highly visible role and will interact with all departments and levels across the company, including executive management. What we do The Technical Program Management Office (PMO) oversees the planning, execution, and delivery of technical projects within the Symbotic engineering organization. The PMO establishes and implements the processes, standards, and methodologies for project management of hardware engineering projects and sustainment efforts required for delivered projects. The team ensures alignment with business objectives, manages key technical risks, and coordinates engineering resources to ensure successful project outcomes. What you’ll do Project Leadership: Work with engineering, product management, sales, and finance to ensure project plans for each initiative are sound and optimized. Manage scope, schedule and budget for strategic projects and initiatives managed within the Project Management Office (PMO). Facilitate cross-functional meetings and regularly communicate initiative status to teams, senior management, and customers. Represent Symbotic to our customer(s) as the project lead, ensuring clear communication, effective negotiation, and resolution of any roadblocks to success. Project Execution: Lead 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, harnessing their high energy to deliver high quality products. Manage technical development, integration and deployment for large-scale automation and robot systems from design to production deployment; manage engineering deliverables across multi-disciplinary engineering teams (software, mechanical, electrical, industrial and embedded controls). Facilitate the resolution of issues, risks, and challenges that surface through development lifecycle including NPD/hardware engineering 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. Manage generation of critical project artifacts including Bill of Material (BoM), Tech Data Package (TDP) releases, Functional Requirements and Requirements Validation documentation. Champion Process: Foster a culture focused on transparency, speed of decision-making, and a synchronized partnership within product teams. Ensure Symbotic’s Product Lifecycle Management 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. What you’ll need BS in Engineering, Robotics, Mechatronics, or related discipline. Minimum 8 years of related work experience. Minimum 5 years in a Program Management position. Extensive experience playing a central role 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 system integration and test programs for complex electro-mechanical or automation systems. Experience planning and actively managing software deliverables of various disciplines, including robotic controls, routing, network, vision and perception systems. Experience building out project plans and structuring project work within JIRA. Working experience partnering with offshore manufacturers to deliver electromechanical/robotics products through product launch and sustainment. Includes familiarity with Supply Chain, Quality, Manufacturing standards and practices. Willingness to fail quickly and fail often to succeed sooner when exploring solutions. Exemplify being the Team player. Conflict resolution and influencing skills are a 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. Experience negotiating resources in a matrix environment to work on multiple workstreams, setting clear priorities when juggling priority paths. Respect and understanding of other disciplines; including Controls, Software, Design Engineering, Systems, Electronics, Quality and Manufacturing. Proficient in JIRA, MS Project, MS Power Point, MS Excel, Word, and Visio. Our environment Up to 10% travel may be required. Employees must have a valid driver’s license and the ability to drive and/or fly to client and other customer locations. The employee is responsible for owning a credit card and managing expenses personally to be reimbursed on a bi-weekly basis. #LI-Hybrid # JT1 About Symbotic Symbotic is an automation technology leader reimagining the supply chain with its end-to-end, AI-powered robotic and software platform. Symbotic reinvents the warehouse as a strategic asset for the world’s largest retail, wholesale, and food & beverage companies. Applying next-gen technology, high-density storage and machine learning to solve today's complex distribution challenges, Symbotic enables companies to move goods with unmatched speed, agility, accuracy and efficiency. As the backbone of commerce the Symbotic platform transforms the flow of goods and the economics of supply chain for its customers. For more information, visit www.symbotic.com. We are a community of innovators, collaborators and pioneers who embrace our differences, because we know unique perspectives make us stronger and smarter. Every perspective matters. We depend on the collective voices of our employees, customers and community to help guide us as we build a better place to work – for you and the world. That’s why we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or genetic information. The base range for this position in the posted location is $180,000.00 - $247,500.00 however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The compensation package includes medical, dental, vision, disability, 401K, PTO and/or other benefits. Symbotic is an automation technology leader reimagining the supply chain with its end-to-end, AI-powered robotic and software platform. Symbotic reinvents the warehouse as a strategic asset for the world’s largest retail, wholesale, and food & beverage companies. Applying next-gen technology, high-density storage and machine learning to solve today's complex distribution challenges, Symbotic enables companies to move goods with unmatched speed, agility, accuracy and efficiency. As the backbone of commerce the Symbotic platform transforms the flow of goods and the economics of supply chain for its customers. For more information, visit www.symbotic.com.

Responsibilities

The Senior Technical Program Manager will lead multidisciplinary teams to bring new products from concept through implementation, ensuring alignment and effective management of issues and risks. They will also manage project plans, scope, schedule, and budget while facilitating communication across various departments.