Autonomous Systems Program Manager

Komatsu; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Komatsu Mining Technology Solutions in Tucson, AZ invites a Program Manager to lead complex development programs across the Automation portfolio from concept through sustainment. You will collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, quality, and training to deliver products meeting customer, cost, schedule, and performance objectives.

This individual-contributor leadership role requires influencing a global, matrixed organization without direct authority, strong governance,

Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressive project or program management experience.
• Experience leading products through multiple lifecycle phases, including development, validation, launch, and sustainment.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, quality, and business stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience managing integrated schedules, dependencies, program risks, and executive-level reporting.
• Experience leading through influence in a matrixed organization.

Responsibilities

• Own integrated program execution across concept development, feasibility, design, validation, industrialization, launch, and sustainment.
• Develop and maintain integrated program plans, milestones, critical paths, resource requirements, dependencies, and program-level KPIs.
• Establish effective program governance, decision-making processes, review cadences, and executive reporting.
• Lead cross-functional coordination across engineering, validation, manufacturing, supply chain, purchasing, quality, product strategy, technical publications, training, and product support.
• Identify and manage program risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, and constraints; establish mitigation and contingency plans and drive timely escalation where required.
• Facilitate cross-functional decisions and trade-offs involving technical performance, customer requirements, schedule, cost, quality, and risk.
• Coordinate requirements, scope changes, engineering changes, readiness reviews, and stage-gate approvals throughout the product lifecycle.
• Provide clear, data-driven program reporting and recommendations to business and technical leadership.
• Capture lessons learned and drive improvements to product-development and program-management processes.

Skills

Cross-functional coordination

Executive communication

Program governance

Program planning

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Influence in matrixed org

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, project/program management, or related field

Equivalent combination of education and experience

Job description

Komatsu Mining Technology Solutions in Tucson, AZ invites a Program Manager to lead complex development programs across the Automation portfolio from concept through sustainment. You will collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, quality, and training to deliver products meeting customer, cost, schedule, and performance objectives.

This individual-contributor leadership role requires influencing a global, matrixed organization without direct authority, strong governance,