Sr. Technical Product Manager, Robotics

Key Responsibilities

• Own the product roadmap and platform backlog (feature intake, prioritization, grooming, readiness), aligned with business goals, customer needs, technical strategy, and delivery capacity.
• Translate roadmap priorities into executable plans by defining quarterly objectives, developing coordinated delivery plans, and maintaining backlogs connecting long‑range strategy to day‑to‑day execution.
• Drive end‑to‑end execution of cross‑functional R&D initiatives by tracking commitments, managing dependencies/risks, and ensuring predictable delivery from concept through design transfer and release.
• Lead planning/tracking/execution cadence using Agile and program management practices (sprint planning, reviews, dependency management) to implement the roadmap.
• Partner with engineering, product management, clinical, and functional leaders to align scope/priorities/timelines, surface tradeoffs, and resolve blockers.
• Use data and metrics to inform decisions and course‑correct (delivery health, milestone progress, KPIs for scope/schedule/quality/risk).
• Provide proactive communication to leadership/partners with regular updates on roadmap progress, execution status, risks, and mitigation plans.

Qualifications

• Education: Minimum bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) or equivalent experience in engineering or a scientific field.
• Required: 8+ years professional product development experience.
• Required: 4+ years engineering, program, or product management.
• Required: Experience on complex systems or in complex/dynamic teams.
• Required: Strong communication/interpersonal skills; able to work effectively with teams.
• Required: Experience in Organizational Change and Conflict Resolution.
• Required: Integrated Hardware and Software development experience.
• Required: Ability to motivate/influence others without direct authority.
• Required: Passion for experimentation; proactive problem‑solving, critical thinking, eagerness to learn.
• Required: Able to work independently; self‑motivated and results driven.
• Preferred: Experience launching a new product.
• Preferred: Project Management and/or Scrum Master certification (e.g., FPX/PMP; CSM/PSM I/PMI‑ACP).
• Preferred: Regulated industry experience (healthcare, aerospace, pharmaceutical, automotive).
• Preferred: Experience with Jira, Smartsheet, Airtable, and other work planning tools.
• Preferred: People management experience.

Other

• Up to 25% domestic and international travel.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short‑ and long‑term disability, business accident insurance, group legal insurance.
• Retirement: consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).
• Time off: Vacation (120 hrs/yr), Sick time (40 hrs/yr; 56 hrs/yr in WA), Holiday pay incl. Floating Holidays (13 days/yr), Work/Personal/Family Time (up to 40 hrs/yr), Parental Leave (480 hrs/within one year), Condolence Leave, Caregiver Leave, Volunteer Leave, Military Spouse Time-Off.