Senior Technical Program Manager - Robotics Software

Pickle Robot Company; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 155,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision insurance

Unlimited vacation

401K 5% employer match

Paid federal & state holidays

Job summary

Pickle Robot Company is seeking an experienced Senior Technical Program Manager to lead cross-functional software and robotics initiatives across the autonomous platform. You will partner with software, robotics, firmware, hardware, product, manufacturing, and deployment teams to ensure milestones are met.

The role requires a technical background, a track record of delivering complex programs, and the ability to thrive in a fast‑moving startup.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of TPM/Technical PM experience supporting software engineering teams.
• Strong technical background, ideally with prior software engineering experience.
• Proven track record delivering complex multidisciplinary programs from conception to deployment.
• Experience with backend, infrastructure, robotics, embedded, or distributed systems teams.
• Solid understanding of Agile software development and modern delivery practices.
• Ability to map technical architecture, dependencies, and trade-offs, and facilitate discussions.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills with cross-functional influence.
• Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent programs with high attention to detail.
• Comfort working in a fast-paced startup with evolving priorities and ambiguity.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, execution, and delivery of complex software programs across Pickle’s robotics platform.
• Partner with software engineering leaders to set priorities and drive milestones.
• Coordinate cross-functional initiatives across Software, Robotics, Firmware, Product, Hardware, Manufacturing, and Deployment teams.
• Identify risks, dependencies, and trade-offs; drive resolution and report status to stakeholders.
• Facilitate roadmap reviews, sprint planning, releases, and program reviews.
• Improve execution with scalable processes and clear communication frameworks.
• Align engineering teams while managing changing priorities in a startup.
• Work with leadership to improve predictability and delivery of software.

Skills

Program management

Technical background

Cross-functional leadership

Agile software delivery

Architecture understanding

Communication

Multi-program management

Startup environment

On-site collaboration

Tools

Jira

Linear

Asana

Job description

Pickle Robot Company is seeking an experienced Senior Technical Program Manager to lead cross-functional software and robotics initiatives across the autonomous platform. You will partner with software, robotics, firmware, hardware, product, manufacturing, and deployment teams to ensure milestones are met.

The role requires a technical background, a track record of delivering complex programs, and the ability to thrive in a fast‑moving startup.