Senior Operations Program Manager

Symbotic

Senior Operations Program Manager at Symbotic driving operational excellence within Industrial Controls. Leading program execution and cross-functional coordination with engineering teams.

Posted 4/15/2026full-time🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $149,000 - $204,600 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define and implement operational rhythm, processes, and planning frameworks for sustaining engineering teams.
Own end-to-end program and project management for feature development, continuous improvement projects, and system enhancements across legacy product lines.
Manage backlog prioritization, roadmap planning, and cross-functional dependencies across Industrial Controls.
Establish transparency mechanisms (dashboards, reporting, status updates) that provide visibility into team health, progress, and risks.
Establish triage and resourcing processes for urgent corrective response efforts addressing deployed system failures or product defects.
Lead development and rollout of engineering document standards to support consistency, quality, and scalability across product lines.
Track incident trends and drive continuous improvement initiatives based on data-driven insights.
Design and implement formal handoff processes to transition proof-of-concept systems to sustained engineering ownership.
Serve as the operational bridge across sustaining engineering and innovation teams within Industrial Controls.
Communicate program status, risks, and wins to senior leadership with clarity and data-driven insights.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Minimum of 10 years of experience in operations, program management, or project engineering within technology or industrial environments.
Proven track record of designing and implementing operational processes, workflows, and frameworks from the ground up.
Strong project and program management skills with the ability to manage multiple complex workstreams simultaneously.
Exceptional stakeholder management and influence skills; ability to drive alignment across technical and non-technical teams.
Data-driven approach to decision-making with strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
Experience managing backlogs, feature prioritization, and roadmap planning.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to distill complexity into clear, actionable insights.
Comfortable operating in ambiguous, fast-paced environments with shifting priorities.
Individual contributor mindset with ability to influence and drive outcomes without direct authority.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical
Dental
Vision
Disability
401K
PTO

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Hard Skills & Tools

program managementproject managementbacklog managementroadmap planningdata analysisincident trend trackingprocess designworkflow implementationcontinuous improvementengineering documentation standards

Soft Skills

stakeholder managementinfluence skillsanalytical skillsproblem-solvingcommunication skillsclarity in reportingadaptabilityindividual contributor mindsetteam alignmentdecision-making