Strategic Portfolio Leader, Hardware & Software Programs

Exol; Wilmington (MA); Hybrid; USD 176,000 - 257,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel up to 15%

Job summary

Symbotic seeks a senior program leader to bring structure and predictability to delivering programs that blend robotics hardware, embedded and application software, and the enterprise systems behind them.

You will set the standard for integrated program management, lead the most complex companywide initiatives, and align engineers, product teams and executives to drive delivery from concept through deployment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a technical field.
• 8+ years in technical program and product management.
• 3+ years leading multi-program portfolios of complex hardware and software.
• Experience taking a complex product from concept to field sustainment.
• Understanding of manufacturing, suppliers, reliability, deployment, and warranty economics.
• Proven track record presenting to C-suite and influencing decisions.

Responsibilities

• Own Symbotic’s integrated program management standards: governance, stage gates, templates and operating cadence.
• Oversee a portfolio of hardware, software, enterprise application and business solution programs with one integrated view of scope, schedule, budget, resourcing and dependencies.
• Personally lead the most complex companywide initiatives from business cases through delivery.
• Bring portfolio status, risks, trade-offs and recommendations to the C-suite and drive the decisions.
• Guide programs from concept through new product introduction, production ramp, field deployment and sustaining, with supply chain, service, support and warranty built in from the start.
• Govern engineering change across the deployed installed base and close the loop from field data back to engineering roadmaps.
• Connect product development to the business that supports it, including enterprise systems such as PLM and engineering change, ERP, MES, warranty and field service.
• Coach and develop program managers and use AI tools to raise how the whole team plans, reports and spots risk.

Skills

Portfolio management leadership

Executive communication

Risk management

AI tools for program management

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related technical discipline

Tools

PLM

ERP

MES

Field service platforms

Job description

Symbotic seeks a senior program leader to bring structure and predictability to delivering programs that blend robotics hardware, embedded and application software, and the enterprise systems behind them.

You will set the standard for integrated program management, lead the most complex companywide initiatives, and align engineers, product teams and executives to drive delivery from concept through deployment.