Symbotic

Senior Director, Project Management Execution

Symbotic

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Mexico

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

PMP

About the role

  • Serve as the executive owner of site implementation projects, acting as the primary customer escalation point
  • Own the full regional portfolio, balancing shared global resources and competing milestones to ensure high-velocity execution across all sites simultaneously
  • Champion the adoption of Symbotic’s standardized project management framework within the region
  • Lead the execution of stage-gate reviews, milestone governance, and proactive risk management processes to ensure systemic consistency
  • Navigate complex, critical negotiations and change management with customers and vendors
  • Lead the identification and resolution of contractual issues while maintaining strong, long-term customer and vendor relationships
  • Drive project planning and execution for complex, custom automation installations, ensuring alignment across engineering, software, controls, manufacturing, construction, commissioning, and operations
  • Provide updates on progress, wins, and cost impacts to Symbotic leadership

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, Management, or related discipline required
  • Minimum of 12 years of project or program management experience delivering large-scale, complex, cross-functional programs integrating hardware, software, and controls
  • Minimum of 7 years of direct people leadership experience managing managers and senior professionals
  • Experience with material handling systems, industrial automation, robotics, or large capital equipment deployments is strongly preferred
  • Demonstrated experience executing projects using Agile methodologies, with the ability to operate in hybrid Agile/Waterfall environments
  • Strong negotiation, stakeholder management, and relationship-building skills across customers, vendors, and internal technical teams
  • Proficiency with project management and collaboration tools including JIRA, MS Project, PowerPoint, Excel, Word, and Visio
  • PMP certification is preferred
  • Fluency in Spanish and English required
Benefits
  • Travel required up to 65%
  • Frequent walking, reaching, climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and crawling
  • Ability to work at heights up to 45 feet
  • Must be able to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
  • Strict adherence to all safety protocols, including Lockout/Tagout and fall protection requirements
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Hard Skills & Tools
project managementprogram managementAgile methodologiesWaterfall methodologiesmaterial handling systemsindustrial automationroboticslarge capital equipment deploymentsrisk managementnegotiation
Soft Skills
leadershipstakeholder managementrelationship buildingcommunicationchange managementproblem solvingcustomer escalation managementcross-functional collaborationstrategic planningexecution
Certifications
PMP certification