Vice President, Strategic Program Management Office (SPMO)
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Agility RoboticsRobotics
This is a fully remote role with the option to work hybrid if a commutable distance from our Salem, OR, Pittsburgh, PA, or Fremont, CA offices.Full-TimeVp
Salary$250,000 — $390,000 USD
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Job Details
- Experience
- 12+ years of technical program or project management experience, including 5+ years in a people-leadership role
- Required Skills
- JiraCross-functional Team LeadershipRisk Management
Requirements
- 12+ years of technical program or project management experience, including 5+ years in a people-leadership role managing a team of program or technical program managers.
- Experience leading new product introduction (NPI) or new product development (NPD) programs in a hardware, robotics, automotive, aerospace, or complex electromechanical products environment.
- Track record building or scaling a program management function (PMO/SPMO) inside a fast-growing or scaling organization.
- Strong executive presence; demonstrated ability to communicate program status, risk, and tradeoffs clearly to C-suite and board-level audiences.
- Deep fluency in program management methodology and tools (stage-gate processes, risk management, critical path/schedule management, earned value or equivalent).
- Experience partnering across engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, and quality functions in a hardware product company.
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, or a related field; advanced degree (MBA or technical master's) a plus.
- PMP, PgMP, or equivalent program management certification preferred.
- Experience in robotics, humanoid/mobile robotics, or advanced automation.
- Experience taking a hardware and integrated software product from pilot production through volume manufacturing ramp.
- Familiarity with modern program management tooling (e.g., Smartsheet, Jira, Monday, or similar) and portfolio reporting dashboards.
Responsibilities
- Build, lead, and grow the Strategic Program Management Office, including hiring, mentoring, and performance management of Technical Program Managers.
- Develop and enforce a consistent program management methodology, toolset, and cadence (gate reviews, milestone tracking, risk registers) across all new product launch programs.
- Own the portfolio-level view of all active launch programs: sequencing, resourcing, interdependencies, and tradeoffs across the product roadmap.
- Partner with engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, quality, finance, and commercial leadership to align cross-functional teams around program milestones and commitments.
- Establish and run the executive program review cadence, delivering clear, data-driven status, risk, and decision recommendations to the COO and executive staff.
- Identify at-risk programs early and drive recovery plans, escalating and resolving cross-functional blockers before they impact launch timelines.
- Develop and track program-level KPIs (schedule, cost, quality, scope) and drive continuous improvement in program predictability and execution.
- Champion change management and process maturity as Agility scales from prototype and pilot programs to high-volume production programs.
- Represent the program management function in strategic planning, new product introduction (NPI) governance, and annual operating planning.
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