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Salary: USD 180,000 - 220,000 / annual
Standard Bots is building the next generation of industrial robots—hardware that is powerful, affordable, and designed to scale. The company is moving rapidly from prototype to high-volume production and needs program management infrastructure to execute without breaking things along the way.
You will own the full lifecycle of hardware products from early concept through manufacturing ramp, launch, and field stabilization. This is not a coordination role; you will own the integrated program plan, run structured cross-functional reviews, manage a live risk register, and make hard calls when workstreams fall out of alignment. You will report directly to the VP of Operations and work closely with the executive team on program health and key decisions.
Key responsibilities include:
• End-to-End Program Ownership: Own the full lifecycle of a hardware product from concept through development, manufacturing ramp, launch, and field stabilization. Maintain a single integrated program plan spanning hardware, firmware, software, manufacturing, and go-to-market workstreams. Hold all functions accountable to schedule, scope, and quality milestones and escalate clearly when something is at risk.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Serve as connective tissue across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, finance, sales, and marketing. Run structured cross-functional reviews that surface misalignment early. Build relationships and operating rhythms that enable fast, high-quality execution across diverse stakeholders.
• Executive Communication: Own preparation and delivery of regular executive-level program reviews. Translate complex, multi-threaded program status into clear narratives around schedule health, risk, cost, and decisions needed from leadership.
• Risk Management: Proactively identify program risks across all functions before they become blockers. Maintain a live risk register and drive mitigation plans with clear owners and timelines. Make the call on when to escalate early enough to matter.
• Manufacturing Readiness: Lead manufacturing readiness milestones (EVT, DVT, PVT, MP) in close partnership with manufacturing engineering and supply chain. Ensure design releases, tooling, test fixtures, work instructions, and supplier readiness align to hit ramp targets on time and at quality.
• Beta Program & Field Stabilization: Design and manage structured beta programs to surface product issues before broad launch. Coordinate feedback loops between field teams and engineering. Track field performance metrics, drive corrective actions, and define the bar for what "stable" looks like.
• Program Budget & Resource Tracking: Partner with Finance to track program budgets, capital expenditures, and resource allocation across functions. Flag variances early and ensure financial milestones align with program phase gates.
The complexity is real—hardware, firmware, software, and manufacturing moving in parallel—and so is the accountability. You will be the connective tissue holding every function accountable to schedule, scope, and quality while keeping leadership oriented on what matters.
Note: This role is hybrid, with 3 days/week at the NYC office and 1 day/week at the Glen Cove, NY robotics factory. Visa sponsorship is not available at this time.
REQUIREMENTS:
• 6–10 years in technical program management with direct experience owning hardware product lifecycles end-to-end
• Deep familiarity with hardware development cycles (EVT, DVT, PVT, MP) and what it takes to hit manufacturing readiness milestones on time and at quality
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional programs across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and go-to-market without direct authority
• Strong executive communication skills—ability to distill a complex, multi-threaded program into a crisp status narrative and know what leadership actually needs to hear
• Experience managing program budgets and tracking resource allocation across functions
• A proactive risk mindset—identify issues before they become blockers and own the mitigation plan, not just the flag
NICE TO HAVE:
• Experience scaling a hardware product from low-volume prototype to higher-volume production
• Background in robotics, automation hardware, or high-complexity electromechanical systems
• Exposure to firmware or software development cycles in a hardware-integrated context
• Familiarity with structured beta and field stabilization programs
