Technical Program Manager at FORT Robotics

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Technical Program Manager at FORT Robotics. . Location: Philadelphia, PA. . . In today's dynamic worksites, seamless collaboration between people and machines is essential. FORT's platform ensures safe, secure, and dynamic control that surpasses legacy systems and next-generation AI capabilities.. . While autonomous machines offer significant advantages, they also introduce new safety challenges. FORT addresses these concerns by providing solutions such as the Wireless E-Stop, which allows operators to instantly stop any machine from a safe distance, enhancing safety during emergencies.. . Additionally, FORT's Safe Remote Control enables operators to manage heavy machinery remotely, reducing the risk of accidents and improving visibility.. . By ensuring communications integrity across any network, FORT empowers customers to protect their most valuable assets—people, data, and machines—ensuring they remain safe and secure.. . . We are looking for a Technical Program Manager to drive execution across our product and engineering organizations. Reporting to the Director of Technical Program Management, you will own the end-to-end delivery of cross-functional initiatives: keeping programs and projects on track, risks visible, and teams aligned.. . This is a high-impact individual contributor role at the intersection of Product and Engineering; perfect for someone who thrives in complexity, moves fast without losing rigor, and knows how to hold a program together across multiple teams. You will be a trusted partner to engineering leads and product managers, ensuring the right things get built the right way.. . Key Responsibilities. . . Own the planning, execution, and delivery of assigned cross-functional programs through the entire lifecycle. . . Build and maintain project and program roadmaps that give stakeholders clear visibility into priorities, dependencies, milestones, and risks.. . Drive alignment across Product, Engineering, Operations, and Sales through structured planning cycles, reviews, and release coordination.. . Apply and contribute to FORT’s program management processes and tooling: keeping things lean, repeatable, and audit-ready.. . Identify and proactively resolve blockers, dependencies, and resource constraints before they become delivery risks.. . Partner with engineering leads and product managers to ensure customer commitments are scoped, tracked, and met.. . Provide timely, accurate program status updates to teams, stakeholders, and leadership to enable faster, better-informed decisions.. . Champion a culture of ownership, clarity, and continuous improvement within the programs you run.. . . Cultural Expectations. . . Accomplish the Impossible: Set ambitious delivery goals and create the structures that help teams achieve them even when the path isn’t obvious.. . Own Your Priorities: Take accountability for program outcomes end-to-end, not just process compliance.. . Build Together: Earn trust across Product, Engineering, Sales, and Operations and help those teams work as one.. . Think Out Loud: Create visibility, communicate risks early, and make it safe for teams to surface problems before they become crises.. . Deliver a Customer Experience Worthy of Loyalty: Understand that every program outcome has a customer on the other end and that our reputation for delivery is a competitive advantage.. . . Qualifications. . . 4 - 7 years of experience in product, program, or project management, ideally in a fast-moving hardware and/or software product environment.. . Proven experience managing complex, cross-functional programs in robotics, autonomy, industrial tech, or similar environments strongly preferred.. . Familiarity with both Agile and stage-gate delivery methodologies, and the judgment to apply the right one in the right context.. . Strong communicator able to translate technical complexity into clear, actionable stakeholder updates and hold teams accountable with clarity and respect.. . Comfortable operating in a high-growth environment where priorities shift quickly, and ambiguity is the norm, not the exception.. . Familiarity with safety-critical or regulated product development environments is a plus.. . . Preferred. . . Experience with tools such as Jira, Confluence, monday.com, or similar program management platforms.. . Background working in a company scaling through internal growth and/or acquisitions, with awareness of process maturity and documentation standards.. . PMP or equivalent certification is a plus, but not required..