Technical Program Manager, Mill
Product Software
$185-210k
Plus a potential equity grant
Office located in San Bruno, CA
Food waste recycling company
Be an early applicant
Food waste recycling company
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$185-210k
Plus a potential equity grant
Office located in San Bruno, CA
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To keep food from stinking up your kitchen — and the planet.
Role
Who you are
- 7+ years of software engineering, systems engineering, or technical product/program management experience
- Experience with the development and delivery of hardware products, including familiarity with sensors, actuators and computer vision systems
- Experience with firmware development and testing
- Experience delivering tech programs or products from inception through delivery to post launch
- Knowledge of user needs, gathering requirements, and defining scope
- Experience operating autonomously across multiple teams, demonstrated critical thinking, and thought leadership
- Communication experience and experience working with technical management teams to develop systems, solutions, and products
- Organizational, coordination and multi-tasking experience
- Analytical and problem-solving experience with large-scale systems
- Ability to communicate technical tradeoffs (e.g., battery life vs. software performance) to non-technical stakeholders
- B.S. in Computer Science or a related technical discipline, or equivalent experience
What the job involves
- We are looking for a high-caliber senior technical program manager to drive the software program for Mill’s commercial hardware
- You’ll work across functions and with software engineers to build and launch device firmware, displays, and connectivity with cloud services to meet product requirements, and ultimately, to enable Mill’s mission
- This is a great opportunity to join an incredible, high-performing team, and exhibit strong leadership and judgment as Mill navigates its first commercial product launch!
- As Mill’s Commercial Embedded Software Technical Program Manager, you will:
- Work alongside engineers and quality assurance teams to deliver Mill’s commercial hardware products to market
- Lead cross-functionally to define schedules, requirements, resources and integration plans
- Communicate program status and prioritize initiatives
- Drive product delivery and technology reviews
- Use technical judgment to challenge proposals and build consensus
- Proactively identify program risks and drive mitigation plans
- Maintain the team's focus on goal-oriented results in a fast paced startup environment with many moving parts
Our take
Wasted food and its decomposition do more for CO2 emissions globally than the entire airline industry combined. Whilst food waste bins run by local councils in the US do redirect the majority of food waste to recycling plants, there are still holes to plug, which is exactly what Mill is doing.
For a yearly subscription, customers can buy and use a combined waste tracking and impact app alongside the company’s purpose-made food waste bin. Unlike other bins for food waste, Mill’s product shrinks and dehydrates waste so that there’s no smell or runoff. Mill will dispose of your waste themselves, and use it for sustainable chicken feed.
With a number of high profile environmentally-friendly investors behind them, the Mill ecosystem has a range of benefits for company subscribers as well as individuals. Restaurants and offices can subscribe to Mill and help to move towards sustainability goals, whilst partnerships with local farms provide a solid revenue structure.
Mill is only available in the US, but since its successful first-gen launch in 2023, it has been using funding from that year to enhance its product offering and reach a wider market.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
29% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Sep 2023
$70m
SERIES C
Jan 2023
$100m
LATE VC
Total funding: $170m
Company HQ
San Bruno, CA
Leadership
Harry Tannenbaum
(Founder & President)Previously Director of Hardware at Google, Director of Business Analytics and eCommerce at Nest Labs and Analyst at Gleacher Partner.
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