Technical Programs Manager

ARM Institute; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental and Vision plans

Paid vacation and holidays

Paid family leave

STD, LTD, & Life Insurance

Retirement plan contribution of 8% of salary

Job summary

The ARM Institute in Pittsburgh is seeking a Technical Programs Manager to oversee technical projects that advance robotics and manufacturing innovation. This hybrid position involves managing a portfolio of projects, ensuring deliverables are on time and within budget, and collaborating with industry leaders and researchers.

Successful candidates will have a Bachelor’s Degree in engineering or physical science, along with at least 5 years of relevant experience. Benefits include medical plans and an 8% retirement contribution.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of project management experience desired.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in engineering design, integration or test.
• Licensed as PMP, PMI; or equivalent preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage technical projects ensuring deliverables are met on time and budget.
• Organize project resources and monitor progress against deliverables.
• Conduct periodic assessments of project planning and budget risk.

Skills

Project management

Technical project oversight

Stakeholder management

Budget management

Engineering design

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in engineering or physical science

Job description

Have you managed complex technical projects involving multiple stakeholders, budgets, and deliverables? Do you enjoy bringing order to challenging engineering and technology initiatives? Does the opportunity to support robotics and manufacturing innovation in the U.S. excite you? If so, the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Institute may be the place for you.

As a federally funded national institute, ARM is growing, and we're looking for a Technical Programs Manager to join our team. Reporting to the Director of Technology Initiatives, you'll help oversee a portfolio of cutting‑edge robotics and advanced manufacturing projects that bring together industry leaders, researchers, startups, manufacturers, and government partners to solve real‑world challenges.

The Technical PM ensures project deliverables and outcomes are on time and on budget, measures project performance along technical and logistic dimensions, and develops mitigation plans when adverse scenarios develop.

This is a hybrid position that requires occasional on‑site work at our Pittsburgh office, located in Hazelwood. Must be a US Citizen.

What you’ll do:

• Manage technical projects to ensure that projects are delivered along their scope, quality, time, and cost as defined in their respective sub‑awards.
• Organize project resources and activities and monitor progress against project deliverables.
• Manage development and verification‑validation‑qualification programs to ensure that projects are executed, and deliverables are delivered along their scope, quality, time, and cost as defined in their contracts.
• Actively monitor and forecast budget, deliverables, and evaluate outcomes of projects.
• Conduct periodic assessments of planning, scheduling, and budget & risk for projects.
• Measure and report on project performance along technical and logistic dimensions.
• Act as first line of communication for sub‑awardees to provide management guidance. Engage project investigators to develop mitigation plans when necessary.
• Define and develop best practices, processes, and policies related to projects to ensure alignment with ARM’s business strategies and goals, in conjunction with leadership.
• Advise and help support compliance of all aspects of program contracts and sub‑awarded projects, including financial, deliverables, and milestones.

Successful Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in engineering or physical science or similar field required. Demonstrated related experience may substitute for preferred education.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in engineering design, integration or test experience on a development or manufacturing program or industrial automation preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of project management experience desired. Licensed as PMP, PMI; or equivalent preferred.

Why ARM?

The ARM Institute leads the way to a future where people and robots work together to respond to our nation’s greatest challenges and to develop and produce the world’s most desired products. As a federally funded national institute, the ARM Institute’s mission is to accelerate the development and adoption of innovative robotics technologies that are the foundation of every advanced manufacturing activity today and into the future.

Benefits Include:

• Medical, Dental and Vision plans and savings plan options.
• Paid vacation and holidays.
• Paid family leave.
• STD, LTD, & Life Insurance.
• Retirement plan contribution of 8% of your salary.

Come and be part of our mission to bring innovation to US Manufacturing!