Principal Technical Program Manager (Product Operations)

What You'll Do:

• Design and roll out a program-tracking system across concurrent R&D programs with clear owners, milestones, and risk visibility.
• Build a prioritization framework that makes trade-offs explicit whenever new customer-driven scope arrives.
• Map cross-team dependencies across hardware, ML, and software before they become blockers.

What You'll Need:

• 10 years of combined engineering and technical program leadership experience, with a track record driving complex hardware, robotics, or ML-based programs.
• Experience standing up prioritization frameworks that force explicit trade-offs, ideally at a scaling startup.
• Ability to engage deeply with engineering teams, validate estimates, and drive alignment between technical execution and business objectives.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with deployment or field-operations programs, including physical installs, supply chain, or hardware procurement.
• Background in agile or lean process facilitation and change management.
• PMP certification.