Senior Technical Program Manager - Robotics

- Take ownership and steer multifaceted, multi-year technical programs involving hardware, software, systems, and research teams across diverse organizations - Lead launches of new products and services, ensuring synchronization among product, engineering, operations, quality, legal, and supply chain partners - Establish a clear program framework, milestones, dependencies, and success metrics to facilitate predictable execution at scale - Develop and operationalize processes, systems, and governance structures that support extensive product development, validation, and launch - Implement repeatable methodologies to minimize operational costs, enhance throughput, and boost quality across projects and services - Identify structural deficiencies and proactively refine operating models as programs increase in size, complexity, and partner involvement - Drive comprehensive technical solution alignment, assuring architectural consistency across internal platforms and external partner systems - Collaborate with senior engineers and architects to establish integration patterns, APIs, data flows, and engagement processes with technical partners - Convert high-level product and research goals into actionable technical and operational plans - Oversee productivity, quality, and operational health metrics, including executive reporting and business reviews - Utilize data to highlight risks, trade-offs, and opportunities, enabling informed decision-making by senior leadership - Create mechanisms to continuously enhance quality, reliability, and delivery velocity - Influence and align senior stakeholders across product, engineering, research, and operations without direct authority - Serve as a people leader and task manager, ensuring disciplined planning, prioritization, execution, and accountability among teams - Mentor program managers and contribute to advancing program management best practices within the organization - Proactively identify, evaluate, and mitigate technical, operational, and delivery risks across programs - Build and maintain a centralized knowledge base and training platform to support operational readiness, onboarding, and global execution - Ensure programs meet readiness standards for launch, scalability, and long-term support - Collaborate with research groups to transition early-stage innovations into scalable product and operational processes - Support the growth of new businesses and partner ecosystems, enabling engagement with a diverse range of external partners - Ensure alignment between exploratory research and production-grade product requirements