Senior Technical Program Manager, Agility Robotics
Robot Skills Development
$150-235k
+ Equity
More information about location
Robotic automation for the warehouse and logistics
Posted today
Robotic automation for the warehouse and logistics
201-500 employees
Posted today
$150-235k
+ Equity
More information about location
201-500 employees
Company mission
To make businesses more productive and people's lives more fulfilling.
Role
Who you are
- Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Robotics, or a related technical field
- Experience: 7+ years of experience in technical program management or project management with a rigorous focus on software engineering lifecycles within an Agile software development environment
- Hardware-Adjacent Software Expertise: Demonstrated experience driving programs for complex software systems that directly interact with physical hardware (e.g., robotics, autonomous vehicles, embedded systems, or IoT)
- Operational Tool Mastery: Advanced proficiency utilizing Jira (or similar) to architect workflows, track cross-team dependencies, and manage program roadmaps
- Influence Without Authority: Proven track record of proactively influencing the roadmaps of key cross-functional partners (e.g., Robot Software, AI Engineering) to ensure critical dependencies are met and unblock the team's work
- Leadership & Communication: Strong interpersonal skills with a proven ability to align stakeholders across multi-disciplinary teams and communicate effectively to senior leadership
Desirable
- Advanced Degree: Master's degree in a relevant technical field
- Robotics Domain Knowledge: Exposure to or experience with perception systems, robotic manipulation & controls pipelines, or machine learning frameworks (such as Learning from Demonstration/LfD)
- Data-driven Scalability and Reliability: Proven track record of leveraging reliability data (e.g. Pareto analysis of issues and root causes) to drive timely bug fixes and high-impact, systemic improvements that harden code for commercial production
- Scale-Up Environment: Experience guiding software development from early prototyping and validation environments to high-reliability commercial deployments
- Simulation-Based Validation: Experience using simulation environments to drive test coverage, validation, and release readiness for software deployed on physical systems
What the job involves
- At Agility Robotics, we are building a future where robots work alongside people to make life better
- To achieve this, we are seeking a highly technical and results-driven Senior Technical Program Manager to support the Skill Development Team
- You will lead the planning, execution, and delivery of our robot skills roadmap, which focuses on creating generalizable robot behaviors and capabilities
- You will partner closely with Product Management to translate the robot skill roadmap into actionable execution plans, balancing time-sensitive features and fixes for customer deployments with strategic platform scaling
- This role sits within the growing Software TPM Team and is embedded within the Skill Development Team, which is a core pillar of the Applications Software organization
- The team's mission is to enable rapid development of customer deployments by creating flexible robot skills and abilities that can be adapted for various applications and environments
- The team is a cross-functional hub, collaborating tightly with multiple software teams to bring cutting-edge controls, manipulation and perception features to our global partners
- Translate Strategy into Execution: Partner with Product Management and senior engineering leaders to translate the product roadmap into detailed, actionable execution plans with clear milestones, scoping, and timelines
- Strategic Prioritization: Optimize the execution of the Skill Development Team by managing the balance between long-range technical goals and the fast-paced demands of immediate commercial rollouts
- Drive Cross-Functional Alignment: Proactively manage complex technical dependencies and facilitate alignment across Robot Software, AI Engineering, Solutions Engineering, and Fleet Orchestration (i.e. Arc) teams
- Maximize Team Efficiency: Establish operational rigor and process clarity within the team using tools like Jira; optimize sprint mechanics & metrics, run agile ceremonies, and resolve roadblocks to maintain predictable delivery timelines
- Own the Skills Lifecycle: Guide the lifecycle of manipulation and perception capabilities from early-stage prototyping and feasibility assessments to robust, commercially viable, and pilot-ready production features
- Provide Transparent Clarity: Serve as the central point of communication for your programs, delivering concise updates on project health, timeline deviations, and risk mitigation strategies to leadership and cross-functional stakeholders
Our take
Agility Robotics was founded with the aim of empowering the blended workforce, where humans and human-movement-enabled robots work side by side. Though there’s still plenty of wariness about what workplace robots might mean for the future of the workforce, the amount of R&D and Venture Capital funding into the space – coupled with an acute labour shortage – suggests that there’s no holding it back.
The company, founded by a team of Robotics and Bioengineering academics, has hit the headlines a number of times in the last few years for the mobility and dexterity of its robots which can walk around, move packages, and unload trailers (as well as climb stairs and run a 5K). This ability to run could have a huge impact, as it opens up the potential not just to work in warehouses and factories, but to complete last-mile deliveries – an ambition that Agility Robotics has made public.
It's advancing humanoid robotics with its robot, Digit, already working in logistics and delivery. With partnerships like Schaeffler AG and a new production facility, Agility is scaling up operations. Digit's tasks, including package handling, and future plans for self-replication, position the company to address labor shortages. As it enhanced Digit's AI and safety features, Agility is preparing for a future where robots and humans work together, shaping the digital workforce.
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Insights
87% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Mar 2025
$400m
SERIES C
Apr 2022
$150m
SERIES B
Total funding: $578m
Company benefits
- 100% Company Paid Disability, Life, Health, Dental & Vision Insurance (for AR employees)
- Employer Matched Retirement Plan
- Five Weeks of Paid Time Off Annually
- Paid Parental Leave
- Employee Referral Bonus Program
- Relocation Assistance (for certain roles)
- Stock Options (for certain roles)
- A culture that encourages flexible work schedules
- A culture that embraces individuality and authenticity
Company HQ
Southeast Mill Creek, Salem, OR
Leadership
Peggy Johnson
(CEO)Joined Agility Robotics in 2024 as CEO. Prior to this, they were the CEO of Magic Leap. They also spent 6 years at Microsoft as an Executive Vice President of Business Development and 25 years at Qualcomm as an Executive Vice President of Global Market Development.
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