Senior Technical Program Manager

Senior Technical Program Manager The Technical Program Management Office (PMO) oversees the planning, execution, and delivery of technical projects within the Symbotic Products and Innovation Organization. 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.Lead multidisciplinary teams to bring new products from concept through implementation, delivery, and supportWork 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 productsManage robotic/automation projects that enable back-of-store space to be automated inventory management and fulfillment centers.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).Foster a culture focused on transparency, speed of decision-making, and a synchronized partnership within product teamsFacilitate the resolution of issues, risks, and challenges that surface through development lifecycle including NPD/R&D process, production deployment and sustainmentManage cross-functional issue tracking to identify problems, track root-cause and corrective action plans; provide issue status across engineering teams and leadershipEnsure Symbotic's Product Development Process is followed, coach teams in executing the NPD process and best practicesLean-focused, continual improvement of new standards, processes and procedures that streamline interactions and communication across teamsFacilitate cross-functional meetings and regularly communicate initiative status to teams, senior management, and customersWork with engineering, product management, sales, and finance to make sure project plans for each initiative are sound and optimizedRepresent Symbotic to our customer(s) as the project lead, ensuring clear communication, effective negotiation, and resolution of any roadblocks to successBS in Engineering, Robotics, Mechatronics, or related discipline. MS or MBA beneficial.Minimum of 10 years of related experienceMinimum of 5 years in a Program Management positionExtensive experience in a highly integrated electro-mechanical systems, mechatronics, or robotics product development teamExtensive experience leading user-centered innovation programs across multiple disciplinesExperience managing large-scale industrial automation or system integration programsWillingness to fail quickly and often to succeed sooner when exploring solutionsExemplify being the Team player. Conflict resolution and influencing skills are key to successOpen to pursuing multiple paths to get to the best solution and not being too proud of your own ideas to listen to othersExcellent communication and presentation skillsExperience negotiating resources in a matrix environment to work on multiple workstreams, setting clear priorities when juggling priority pathsExperience working with contract manufacturing partners and consultantsRespect and understanding of other disciplines; including Controls, Software, Design Engineering, Systems, Electronics, Quality and ManufacturingProficient in JIRA, MS Project, MS Power Point, MS Excel, Word, and VisioPMP accreditation is a strong plusUp to 15% 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.