Robotics Technical Program Manager – Global Deployments

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

Job summary

Rhoda is seeking a Technical Program Manager to own delivery for customer engagements from initial scoping through POC, coordinating across engineering, product, and operations to ensure readiness at customer sites.

You will plan timelines and resources, manage communications with customers and internal teams, and lead cross-disciplinary execution across the US and Europe. This role requires travel to customer sites and strong PM skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field or equivalent experience.
• 4+ years of technical program or project management experience 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

PM experience

Technical depth: robotics

Communication skills

Organization skills

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelors in engineering or related field

Job description

Rhoda is seeking a Technical Program Manager to own delivery for customer engagements from initial scoping through POC, coordinating across engineering, product, and operations to ensure readiness at customer sites.

You will plan timelines and resources, manage communications with customers and internal teams, and lead cross-disciplinary execution across the US and Europe. This role requires travel to customer sites and strong PM skills.