Technical Program Manager (Robotics Solution Delivery)

Intrinsic; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Equity

Annual bonus target

Medical insurance

Dental and vision insurance

401(k) retirement plans

Paid time off

Fertility support

Parental leave

Volunteer time off

Educational reimbursement

Student loan reimbursement

Back-up childcare

Job summary

Intrinsic in Mountain View, CA seeks an experienced Technical Program Manager to lead delivery of cutting-edge automation and robotic solutions. You will coordinate with industry-leading partners and internal teams to scale robotics deployments globally, while ensuring scope, feasibility, timelines, and risk are managed effectively.

You will work with Product Managers, Software Engineers, Roboticists, and ML experts, traveling domestically and internationally to ensure successful customer

Qualifications

• Apply best-practice technical program/project management approaches and adapt in ambiguous settings
• Navigate cultural nuances and build relationships internationally
• Experience in robotic-automation program management and lifecycle delivery

Responsibilities

• Manage delivery of automation technology and robotic solutions to customers and partners
• Coordinate engagements with leading companies to scale robots for broad use
• Facilitate scope, feasibility, and execution with internal and external stakeholders
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Software Engineers, Roboticists, ML experts, and leadership
• Collaborate with TPM peers to evolve delivery standards and processes
• Travel domestically and internationally to visit partners and customers
• Own delivery status overview and manage related risks and budget
• Represent delivery in leadership updates and raise guidance needs when needed

Skills

Technical PM

Stakeholder management

Global collaboration

Robotics knowledge

Machine learning

Mechatronics

Risk analysis

Timeline estimation

German language

Cross-functional leadership

Education

MS in Engineering

Job description

Responsibilities

• As a Technical Program Manager (TPM), you’ll manage the delivery of cutting edge automation technology and robotic solutions to our customers and partners. You will have the opportunity to collaborate with some amazing and talented people, who also happen to be working on highly creative and ambitious efforts
• You will manage and coordinate engagements with industry leading companies and partners of Intrinsic. While each engagement differs to some extent, they generally share the aim to deliver our cutting edge technology and products to make robots usable by more people and businesses at scale in a radically simplified way
• To achieve that, you will facilitate alignment on scope & feasibility and manage execution of internal development and external delivery. All while collaborating closely with a wide range of external and internal stakeholders - Product Managers, Program Managers, Software Engineers, Roboticists, Machine-Learning experts, and leadership
• As part of the overall TPM team, you will collaborate closely with your peers to evolve our shared standards and processes, enabling successful deliveries to our customers and partners at scale
• This role will require domestic and regular international travel to visit partners and customers
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver novel, cutting edge automation technology and robotic solutions to customers and partners
• Facilitate alignment on scope and timelines that capture needs while balancing feasibility, quality and acceptable risk
• Motivate by creating clarity. For example, manage change by creating clarity on: Why is the change needed? How did we decide on the change? What is changing?
• Own an up-to-date delivery status overview and manage related risks
• Manage delivery budget (cost and resource allocation)
• Guide the team to follow Intrinsic’s established standards and processes - collect feedback to evolve our operations to successfully deliver at scale
• Represent your delivery in regular leadership updates and proactively raise flags where leadership guidance is needed for a successful delivery

Benefits

• Employee assistance programs focused on mental health
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents
• Workplace accommodations for physical or mental health concerns
• Access to mental health apps
• Competitive compensation package that includes base salary, an annual performance bonus target, and equity
• Paid time off, including vacation, bereavement, jury duty, sick leave, parental leave, disability, and holidays
• Hybrid work model that balances in-person collaboration and productivity with individual flexibility
• 401(k) and regional retirement plans
• Student loan reimbursement
• Fertility and growing family support
• Back-up childcare
• Parental leave and baby bonding leave
• Donation matching and time off to volunteer
• Educational reimbursement

Qualifications

Experienced in applying best practice technical program/project management approaches and comfortable adapting and leveraging these in ambiguous settings with shifting priorities (project scoping/planning, risk analysis, timeline estimation, status tracking)Expertise in navigating cultural nuances and building relationships internationallyMaster of Science in Engineering or a related field, or equivalent practical experience to confidently engage in technical discussions and articulate technical concepts, both in familiar and unfamiliar areasConcise and clear communicator, especially when working with external partners and customersExperienced in managing collaborative external projects from start to end (incl. scope negotiation, stakeholder management, priority alignment)Strength in facilitating alignment of competing needs and constraints by leveraging critical thinking, e.g. when delivering novel technologies to established industriesFamiliarity with robotics technologies such as machine learning, computer vision, automated motion planning, reactive sensor control, their potential, limitations and resulting project risksSystems understanding of conventional robotics and automation systems, incl. mechatronic systems engineering and functional safetyExperienced in robotic-automation specialized technical program/project management, e.g. understanding of typical phases and challenges in deploying a robotic solutionPrior work in the machine tending automation spaceConfident in German language (writing and speaking)