Symbotic · 6 hours ago
Senior Technical Program Manager
Wilmington, MA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$180K/yr - $248K/yr
8+ years expSymbotic is an automation technology leader reimagining the supply chain with its end-to-end, AI-powered robotic and software platform. The Senior Technical Program Manager will manage technically complex new product development programs, ensuring alignment across cross-functional teams and effective execution of projects.
MobileRetailRoboticsSupply Chain ManagementWarehouse Automation
Responsibilities
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
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
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
Qualification
Required
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
Benefits
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401K
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Company
Symbotic
Symbotic is a provider of integrated supply network automation solutions for warehouses and distribution centers.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
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$1.36B2025-12-04Post Ipo Secondary· $192.5M
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Leadership Team
Carol Hibbard
Chief Financial Officer
Tom Ernst
Chief Financial Officer
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