Senior Warehouse Automation Project Manager

Berkshire Grey, Inc.; Bedford (MA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Berkshire Grey, Inc. in Bedford, MA is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead large-scale automation initiatives from planning through closeout. You will own scope, schedule, budget, risk, quality, vendor performance, and stakeholder communication across multiple concurrent projects.

You will develop detailed plans, manage budgets, track changes, and coordinate testing, ramp, and handoffs to support teams. Travel ~50% is expected; visa sponsorship is not available.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a related field.
• PMP or equivalent project management certification preferred.
• 5+ years of project management experience, preferably in robotics or supply chain.
• Strong organisational and prioritisation skills; ability to manage multiple projects.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; able to perform under pressure.
• Proficiency with MS Project, JIRA or Asana and Power BI.
• Knowledge of quality management, risk management, change control and issue resolution practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex projects from kickoff through customer acceptance and manage several projects concurrently.
• Develop detailed plans and schedules with milestones, resources, budgets, and dependencies in the PSA tool.
• Define project scope, goals and resource needs with cross-functional teams; lead kickoff and design-phase alignment.
• Secure signoff on baselined scope and manage changes through approvals.
• Support project estimates during sales cycles as needed.
• Develop and manage project budgets; update monthly forecasts.
• Track change orders and alert on potential overruns with corrective actions.
• Maintain risk registers and issue trackers; lead reviews and mitigation plans.
• Develop quality plans and metrics; ensure testing is documented and tracked to completion.
• Coordinate volume ramp plans and transition from prototype to production.
• Identify and evaluate vendors (contractors, riggers, installers, conveyors); manage relationships.
• Create project communication plan and governance; lead status meetings and executive updates.
• Lead closeout activities, lessons learned, and transition to support.
• Improve PM templates and stay current on robotics and supply chain practices.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Decision making

Prioritization

Cross-functional teams

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Project Management or related field

PMP or equivalent project management certification

Tools

MS Project

JIRA

Asana

Power BI

Job description

Job Summary

The Senior Project Manager leads complex, large-scale automation projects at Berkshire Grey from planning through closeout. This role owns scope, schedule, budget, risk, quality, vendor performance, stakeholder communication, and delivery across multiple concurrent projects.

Key Responsibilities

Project Planning and Delivery

• Lead complex projects from kickoff through customer acceptance and support several projects concurrently.
• Develop and maintain detailed plans and schedules in the PSA tool, including milestones, resources, budgets, and dependencies; adjust plans based on performance and changing conditions.
• Define project scope, goals, deliverables, roles, and resource needs with cross-functional teams; confirm team readiness and lead project kickoff and design-phase alignment.
• Obtain Berkshire Grey and customer signoff on the baselined scope at the end of design, and control subsequent changes through documented approval and communication.
• Support project estimates during the sales cycle as needed.

Financial and Change Management

• Develop and manage project budgets; update monthly cost forecasts in the PSA tool and review project performance with Finance.
• Process and track change orders, monitor potential overruns, issue timely overrun alerts, and recommend corrective actions.

Risk Quality Testing and Ramp

• Maintain risk registers and issue trackers; lead periodic reviews, implement mitigation and contingency plans, and elevate issues requiring management support.
• Develop quality plans and metrics that align Berkshire Grey, vendors, and customers on required standards and specifications; initiate corrective action when needed.
• Ensure detailed test scenarios are documented and reviewed with the customer, and track testing through completion.
• Develop volume ramp plans and coordinate team readiness for the transition from prototype to full-scale production.

Vendor and Stakeholder Management

• Identify, evaluate, and select vendors such as general contractors, riggers, installers, and conveyor providers based on project requirements, quality, and cost.
• Manage vendor relationships and performance, including delivery, installation, quality, issue resolution and negotiated changes.
• Build effective relationships with customers, suppliers and internal teams and maintain clear communication throughout the project lifecycle.
• Create the project communication plan and governance cadence, establish a steering committee, lead weekly status meetings, issue weekly reports and present monthly updates to executives.

Leadership Project Closeout and Improvement

• Lead and motivate project teams, clarify accountability and support Project Managers with scope, schedule, resource changes, risks, issues and escalations.
• Confirm completion and customer signoff, organise final documentation, conduct lessons learned, release resources and transition the project to the support team.
• Improve project management templates and procedures and remain current on relevant robotics and supply chain practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Project Management or a related field.
• PMP or equivalent project management certification preferred.
• At least five years of project management experience, preferably in robotics or supply chain, with a record of delivering complex projects from initiation through completion.
• Strong organisational and prioritisation skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects and cross-functional teams.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, problem solving and decision making skills including the ability to perform under pressure.
• Proficiency with project management tools such as MS Project, JIRA or Asana and experience with Microsoft Power BI.
• Knowledge of quality management, risk management, change control and issue resolution practices.

Travel

Approximately 50% travel is expected to meet with customers and review installation progress.

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

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