Product Program Manager

October 1, 2026

Remote

Senior

London, UK

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Description

The company builds commercially-scalable humanoid robots and is hiring a Product Program Manager to lead the end-to-end development and delivery programme for its next-generation bipedal humanoid robot fleet solution. The role covers the full lifecycle from Alpha prototype to production and from early adoption to mass deployment through to version obsolescence. The manager drives cross-functional coordination across Product, Engineering, Operations and Marketing to deliver on-time, on-cost, on-quality and on-spec, and owns programme budget planning and reporting.

Responsibilities

Lead the full lifecycle programme management of the humanoid robot fleet solution from planning and design to launch, deployment and obsolescence
Act as the central coordination point between Product, Engineering, Operations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Marketing, Business Development and Finance
Develop and maintain programme plans, risk registers, dependency maps and stage gates for structured delivery
Champion best-in-class governance, reporting and communication processes to keep all stakeholders informed and engaged
Identify and mitigate programme risks and issues early to maintain momentum and resolve delivery challenges
Support the Product Department in defining scope, prioritisation and trade-off decisions throughout development and deployment cycles
Drive alignment between cross-functional teams and facilitate decision-making to unblock issues across technical and operational domains
Own programme budget planning and management across development, testing, tooling and deployment phases with variance forecasting
Partner with Engineering Technical Program Managers on bipedal locomotion, whole-body control, sensor integration and safety certification workstreams
Manage commercial, budget and schedule aspects of supplier and partner relationships for critical bipedal subsystems
Translate technical KPIs such as locomotion performance and MTBF into programme-level cost, schedule and quality reporting

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or higher in Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics, Manufacturing or Industrial Design Engineering
7+ years of experience in programme or project management roles within technology or product development environments
Preferably experience in Robotics or Consumer electronics environments across different stages of product lifecycles
Formal project management qualification such as PMP, PRINCE2 or an equivalent
Proven track record of successfully delivering complex multi-disciplinary hardware and software product development programmes
Strong experience managing cross-functional teams spanning engineering, operations, manufacturing, finance and supply chain
Excellent communication, stakeholder management and problem-solving skills
Ability to work in a fast-paced and evolving environment, driving clarity and direction across multiple teams
Experience owning or managing programme budgets with cost tracking, forecasting and reporting
Experience partnering with technical or engineering leads with technical fluency in actuators, controls, sensors and robotics safety standards
Nice to have: direct experience working on a bipedal or legged humanoid robot programme from prototype to production
Nice to have: experience with mass-production ramp-up of complex robotic or mechatronic hardware including supplier qualification
Nice to have: familiarity with simulation-to-real transfer, digital twin practices or reinforcement-learning-based control

Conditions

Competitive equity through stock options with meaningful upside as the company scales
30+ paid days off including 23 days of annual leave, UK bank holidays and company closure days
Private healthcare including virtual and in-person care
Pension scheme with 8% total contribution, 5% employee and 3% employer on full earnings
Free daily breakfast, catered lunch and snacks in-office
Real ownership with direct access to founding leadership and input on product direction

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