Lead Embedded Software & Robotics Programs

Global Connect Technologies

North Reading (MA)

On-site

USD 90,000 - 130,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Job summary

Global Connect Technologies is seeking an experienced Embedded Project Manager to lead complex software and robotics programs from North Reading, MA. You will guide roadmap execution, feature delivery, release planning, dependency management, and program health tracking in a hands-on leadership role across software, firmware, controls, QA, operations, and support teams.

The ideal candidate has 3+ years of technical program management in software/robotics contexts, strong communication, and the

Qualifications

3+ years of Technical Program/Project Management experience supporting software engineering teams.
Proven experience delivering software products, platforms, or technical programs.
Strong understanding of project management methodologies, including scope, schedule, risk, dependency, and stakeholder management.
Experience coordinating cross-functional teams with complex technical dependencies.
Strong communication, leadership reporting, and escalation management skills.
Ability to work independently in fast-paced and ambiguous environments.
Strong ownership mindset with excellent organizational and problem-solving abilities.

Responsibilities

Drive end-to-end execution of software projects from requirements gathering through release and post-launch support.
Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies, risks, and critical paths.
Partner with software engineering teams to define requirements, acceptance criteria, delivery timelines, and priorities.
Coordinate feature delivery and roadmap execution across multiple engineering workstreams.
Manage release schedules, readiness reviews, launch activities, and follow-up actions.
Track project health through dashboards, KPIs, SLAs, risk registers, dependency trackers, and status reports.
Provide regular updates to leadership on project progress, risks, mitigation plans, and key decisions.
Identify and proactively resolve project risks, blockers, and cross-team dependencies.
Facilitate planning sessions, dependency reviews, risk assessments, and release readiness meetings.
Drive accountability and alignment across software, firmware, systems, controls, QA, operations, and support teams.
Support technical discussions, delivery planning, estimation reviews, and execution trade-offs.