Commercial Program Manager, Apptronik
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Humanoid robot developer
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Humanoid robot developer
201-500 employees
Open for applications
More information about location
201-500 employees
Company mission
To leverage robotics to improve universal quality of life.
Role
Who you are
- This role is ideal for a program manager who thrives in cross-functional environments, brings structure to ambiguity, and enjoys operating at the intersection of customer needs, field execution, and technical delivery
- Strong program management judgement, with the ability to structure ambiguity and drive prioritization
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to translate between commercial objectives and technical execution
- Highly organized and execution-oriented, with comfort managing competing priorities and fast-changing demands
- Proactive problem solver who identifies risks and drives resolution without waiting for direction
- Strong stakeholder management skills, including the ability to influence and align without direct authority
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business Operations, Project Management, or related field (advanced degree a plus)
- 5+ years of experience in project or program management, preferably in technology, robotics, hardware/software, or systems-based organizations
- Experience partnering closely with engineering and technical program management teams to drive execution
- Proven experience managing multiple concurrent programs across commercial, technical, and customer-facing stakeholders
- Experience supporting commercial, go-to-market, customer success or field-facing teams strongly preferred
- Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
- Vision to read printed materials and a computer screen
- Hearing and speech to communicate
What the job involves
- The Commercial Program Manager serves as the central program management lead for Apptronik’s commercial organization, owning the intake, planning, scheduling, and execution visibility of all commercial-facing programs and requests. This includes customer deployments, trade shows and demonstrations, and commercial-driven feature and capability requests into engineering
- Reporting to the Senior Deployment Program Manager and embedded within the Program Management Office (PMO), this role acts as the single coordination point between commercial teams and technical execution partners
- By centralizing demand, managing dependencies, and driving accountability, the Commercial Program Manager ensures commercial priorities are clearly defined, properly sequenced, and executed in alignment with engineering capacity and technical readiness
- The Commercial Program Manager plays a critical role in scaling commercial operations by reducing ad hoc coordination, improving execution predictability, and enabling commercial teams to stay focused on customers and growth
- This is a newly created role critical to scaling Apptronik’s commercial operations. By centralizing commercial intake, scheduling, and cross-functional coordination, this role enables faster, more predictable execution for customers while ensuring engineering and PMO teams receive clear, prioritized, and actionable inputs
- The Commercial Program Manager plays a key role in turning commercial demand into delivered outcomes
- Serve as the single intake and coordination point for all commercial-facing programs and requests
- Own planning, scheduling, dependencies, and execution tracking across deployments, pilots, demos, events, and commercial-driven initiatives
- Consolidate commercial demand into a structured, transparent intake and prioritization process
- Provide clear, consistent status reporting and escalation to commercial and technical leadership
- Coordinate scheduling and resourcing for customer field deployments, PoCs, and pilot programs in partnership with Customer Success, Deployment Program Leaders, and Application Engineering
- May support planning and execution of trade shows, demonstrations, and commercial events in collaboration with Marketing and PR
- Ensure commercial activities are aligned with technical readiness, resource availability, and delivery timelines
- Manage feature and capability requests originating from the commercial team into product or engineering via the PMO
- Track requests through prioritization, development, and delivery, escalating risks and conflicts through PMO governance
- Act as the accountability owner for commercial-originated requests, eliminating the need for ad hoc follow ups
- Maintain visibility into engineering progress and communicate timely updates back to commercial stakeholders
- Partner closely with Customer Success, Deployment, Application Engineering, Marketing/PR, PMO, Product, and Engineering teams
- Ensure ongoing alignment between commercial priorities and technical execution
- Identify risks, resource constraints, and dependency conflicts early and drive resolution through appropriate escalation paths
- Establish and continuously improve processes for commercial intake, prioritization, scheduling, and communication
- Develop and maintain dashboards, templates, and trackers, to improve efficiency, transparency, and decision-making
- Translate commercial needs into well-defined, actionable inputs for technical teams
Our take
Apptronik specialises in the development of advanced robotic systems designed to enhance and automate various industrial processes. The company's flagship product, The Apollo humanoid robot, is engineered to perform low-skill, physically demanding tasks that are repetitive and crucial for manufacturing efficiency.
The company's expertise extends beyond robotics into the broader realm of artificial intelligence and automation, contributing to its rapid growth and increasing prominence in the tech industry. Apptronik's products are designed to integrate seamlessly into existing workflows, offering solutions that address labour shortages and improve operational efficiency.
The company's partnership with Mercedes-Benz marks a significant milestone for both companies. This agreement to pilot Apollo robots in Mercedes-Benz manufacturing facilities represents Apptronik's first publicly announced commercial deployment. This is an exciting opportunity for the company, and as the industry continues to evolve, Apptronik is poised to leverage its technology to meet increasing demands in the robotics and automation sectors.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
35% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Feb 2026
$520m
SERIES A
Mar 2025
$403m
SERIES A
Total funding: $937.9m
Company HQ
North Burnet, Austin, TX
Leadership
Jeff Cardenas
(Co-Founder & CEO)Received a Master of Science in Technology Commercialization from the University of Texas. Founded multiple startups and non-profits. Previously worked at IC2 Institute at UT Austin and in Technology at Deloitte Consulting.
Dr. Nick Paine
(Co-Founder & CTO)B.S., M.S. and Ph.D in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Texas in Austin. Previously a member of the NASA-JSC DARPA Robotics Challenge team which developed high-performance hardware and software for robotic control.
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