Robotics Program Manager: Cross‑Functional Launch Lead

Lab37; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 122,000 - 153,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k)

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Discretionary vacation days

8 paid holidays per year

Job summary

Lab37 Robotics in Pittsburgh is seeking a highly organized Program Manager to drive cross-functional execution for robot, software, and deployment initiatives. You will turn priorities into credible plans with milestones, risks, and success criteria, coordinating across Product, Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, Deployment, Support, Data, and Finance.

You will manage pilots, launches, and post‑launch iterations, ensuring readiness across product requirements, engineering, and operational

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in program management or related cross-functional roles.
• Experience driving hardware, software, manufacturing, operations, deployment, or fielded technical systems.
• Strong technical fluency; able to understand engineering dependencies, release constraints, reliability issues, and technical tradeoffs.
• Demonstrated ability to bring structure to ambiguous programs without slowing teams down or adding unnecessary bureaucracy.
• Strong execution discipline; able to define owners, milestones, dependencies, risks, decisions, and follow-through in fast-moving environments.
• Strong analytical mindset; comfortable using telemetry, operational data, product metrics, and pilot results to assess program health and guide decisions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience in robotics, automation, hardware/software products, or manufacturing environments.
• Experience with pilot programs, customer deployments, production launches, field operations, or support escalation processes.
• Familiarity with telemetry, reliability testing, manufacturing readiness, or launch readiness processes.
• This role is based in Pittsburgh, onsite five days a week.

Responsibilities

• Own execution for assigned robot, software, pilot, deployment, manufacturing, or operational programs from planning through launch and post-launch iteration.
• Convert product and business goals into actionable program plans with clear owners, milestones, dependencies, risks, decisions, and success criteria.
• Contribute to the org-wide roadmap by keeping timelines, workstreams, risks, blockers, and dependencies current across multiple teams.
• Run effective working sessions, program reviews, launch readiness reviews, pilot reviews, escalation reviews, and postmortems with clear decisions and owners.
• Coordinate work required to ensure new robot capabilities, software releases, pilots, and deployments are ready across product, engineering, operations, and deployment.
• Plan and manage internal and external customer pilots, including pilot scope, cadence, metric reporting, issue tracking, and feedback loops.
• Manage integration risks, hardware/software dependencies, V&V inputs, reliability improvements, release readiness, and field issues.
• Capture, classify, route, escalate, resolve, and review field issues; translate patterns into priorities.
• Improve how teams plan, communicate, track readiness, measure progress, and learn from the field.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional leadership

Technical program management

Product operations

Engineering program management

Operations execution

Robotics industry experience

V&V awareness

Release management

Job description

Lab37 Robotics in Pittsburgh is seeking a highly organized Program Manager to drive cross-functional execution for robot, software, and deployment initiatives. You will turn priorities into credible plans with milestones, risks, and success criteria, coordinating across Product, Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, Deployment, Support, Data, and Finance.

You will manage pilots, launches, and post‑launch iterations, ensuring readiness across product requirements, engineering, and operational