Technical Program Manager, Mining Autonomy Deployments

Decisive Point; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 222,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Intuition is seeking a Technical Program Manager to strategize and manage complex autonomous mining projects, collaborating with engineers and customers to implement solutions aligned with autonomy deployment goals.

The role emphasizes sprint planning, cross-functional coordination, and strong documentation. Candidates with 3–5 years of TPM experience, a technical background, and a proven ability to manage multiple streams should apply.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience in technical program management, engineering, or a related field.
• Ability to manage multiple complex customer projects simultaneously.
• Experience with program management tools and methodologies (e.g., Jira, Confluence, Google Drive, sprint planning).
• Enough technical fluency to follow engineering discussions, parse software scoping tasks, and contribute meaningfully to sprint planning — coding experience is not required.
• Strong organizational skills and a high bar for documentation hygiene across all customer deliverables.
• A positive, adaptable attitude with the ability to context-switch quickly across customers and workstreams.

Responsibilities

• Manage hardware and software stack deployment and autonomy system commissioning activities across customer mining and construction sites globally
• Own and manage multiple concurrent mining autonomy customer engagements, ensuring all workstreams are progressing toward contractual obligations and delivery milestones
• Define and scope bi-weekly sprint goals across customer projects, maintaining rigorous documentation of deliverables and task traceability in tools like Jira and Confluence
• Serve as the operational backbone for customer engagements — keeping the right people in the right meetings, maintaining workstream hygiene, and ensuring nothing falls through the cracks
• Collaborate closely with software engineers, workstream leads, customer engineering teams, and business development to drive progress on mining autonomy deployments
• Collaborate with customers to integrate and deliver mining autonomy solutions, coordinating across hardware and software teams to hit aggressive timelines
• Identify and implement AI-driven improvements to sprint workflows, reducing manual overhead and increasing team velocity

Skills

Technical program management

Project coordination

Documentation hygiene

Stakeholder communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Google Drive

Job description

Applied Intuition is seeking a Technical Program Manager to strategize and manage complex autonomous mining projects, collaborating with engineers and customers to implement solutions aligned with autonomy deployment goals.

The role emphasizes sprint planning, cross-functional coordination, and strong documentation. Candidates with 3–5 years of TPM experience, a technical background, and a proven ability to manage multiple streams should apply.