Deployment Program Manager

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end deployment projects, collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure timely and successful delivery of robotics systems to customer sites.
• Develop and execute project plans, including defining project scope, goals, and deliverables, as well as establishing project timelines and resource allocation within a matrixed organizational structure
• Work closely with customers to understand their needs and expectations, manage project risks, and ensure that project scope and capabilities are met, resulting in successful project outcomes and high customer…
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders to ensure alignment throughout the deployment.
• Manage project risks, issues, decisions, and dependencies.
• Proactively identify and address potential roadblocks to ensure project milestones are achieved on time.
• Maintain internal project management tools and documentation as the single source of truth.
• Collaborate with the deployment team and engineering to solve complex technical problems.

Job requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business Operations, Project Management, or related fields. Advanced degrees are a plus.
• 4+ years of proven experience as a Project or Operations Manager or similar role, preferably in the field of robotics, automation, or manufacturing.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities, with a proactive approach to managing project risks and issues.
• Experience using program management tools (Airtable/Monday.com or similar planning software, quality tools and methods, risk assessment and mitigation, etc.).
• Proven ability to operate in a dotted-line environment.
• Excels in managing high levels of ambiguity and quickly adapts to changing priorities.
• Strong knowledge of project management and agile methodologies, tools, and best practices.
• Experience deploying complex systems, preferably robotics or automation solutions, within manufacturing environments.