Robotics Technical Program Manager - Global Deployments

Rhoda AI; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Rhoda AI in Mountain View, CA is seeking a Technical Program Manager to own delivery for customer engagements from scoping through POC completion. You will plan timelines and resources, run customer and internal communications, coordinate across Rhoda's engineering, product, and operations teams, and ensure every site is ready when our team arrives.

You will enable Application and Solution Engineers to focus on engineering while keeping all stakeholders informed about progress, risks, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related technical field.
• 4+ years of technical program or project management experience, ideally in robotics, automation, manufacturing, or hardware.
• Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent, customer-facing programs with competing priorities.
• Technical depth to engage credibly with engineers and customers on robotics and automation topics.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including with customer executives and plant teams.
• Strong organizational skills and comfort with project management tools.
• Willingness to travel to customer sites (domestic and international).

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end timeline and resource planning for customer programs, from Scoping through POC.
• Serve as a point of contact for customer communications, participating in regular syncs and status reporting.
• Coordinate across Rhoda teams — Application Engineering, ML, robot software, hardware, product, and business — to keep programs on track.
• Lead site planning and readiness with Application Engineers, including logistics, equipment shipping, and return logistics.
• Identify risks early and drive mitigation, escalation, and resource planning, especially around the POC stage.
• Capture feature requests and blockers from the field and channel structured feedback to product and engineering.
• Manage internal team resource coordination across concurrent programs in the US and Europe.
• Build and improve the processes, templates, and tools the team uses to deliver programs consistently.

Skills

Technical program management

Communication skills

Project management tools

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related technical field

Job description

Rhoda AI in Mountain View, CA is seeking a Technical Program Manager to own delivery for customer engagements from scoping through POC completion. You will plan timelines and resources, run customer and internal communications, coordinate across Rhoda's engineering, product, and operations teams, and ensure every site is ready when our team arrives.

You will enable Application and Solution Engineers to focus on engineering while keeping all stakeholders informed about progress, risks, and