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You'll work under the program lead and alongside Fleet Operations, reporting what the numbers say and helping carry out the fixes.\n\nThis program runs today: a 2,000+ pilot floor already supports robots working live customer deployments. You'll spend your first months learning how that floor runs, then take direct ownership of a piece of it - a training cohort, a KPI, a shift.\n\nWe're looking for someone with strong critical thinking and clear communication, ready to learn a live operations program from the ground up - comfortable with messy real-world data and fast-changing priorities.\n\nWHAT YOU'LL DO\n\nRun tryouts and training sessions for new pilots, and track how they perform\n\nPull and report on KPIs (telemetry, task times, etc.) for your piece of the floor\n\nFollow SOPs, flag where they break down, and help update them\n\nCoordinate with Fleet Operations on day-to-day robot allocation for training\n\nEscalate performance findings to the program lead and to hardware/software engineering\n\nWHAT YOU'LL BRING\n\n1-2 years of experience in an operations, program-support, or offshore-workforce role (recruiting, training, or performance tracking)\n\nComfort working from SOPs and following a defined process closely\n\nStrong data-analysis skills and comfort with messy real-world data\n\nClear written and verbal communication skills\n\nWillingness to work hard in a scrappy environment\n\nWe’re committed to building a diverse, inclusive team. At Watney Robotics, we welcome people of all backgrounds and identities, and we make hiring decisions based on skills, experience, and potential. If you’re passionate about robotics but don’t meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply!\n\nCurious to learn more?\n\nFollow us here on X and LinkedIn","company":"Watney","rawCompany":"watney","city":"Millbrae","state":"CA","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-09-12T07:53:25.431Z","occupations":[{"code":"13-1082.00","title":"Project Management Specialists","slug":"project-management-specialists"},{"code":"17-2199.08","title":"Robotics Engineers","slug":"robotics-engineers"},{"code":"11-1021.00","title":"General and Operations Managers","slug":"general-and-operations-managers"}],"industries":[{"code":"541715","title":"Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)","slug":"research-and-development-in-the-physical-engineering-and-life-sciences-except-nanotechnology-and-biotechnology"},{"code":"333248","title":"All Other Industrial Machinery Manufacturing","slug":"all-other-industrial-machinery-manufacturing"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Program Manager, Teleoperations","description":"Our Mission\n\nExpand human ambition in the physical world.\n\nCritical infrastructure is constrained by labor shortages, hazardous working conditions, and operational complexity. 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