Launch Planner

Slip Robotics

$80K — $95K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2-5+ years in technical or customer-facing program management, preferably in hardware or robotics deployments
  • Strong scheduling and coordination skills across multiple teams
  • Ability to manage several concurrent timelines
  • PMP or equivalent project management credential required
  • Experience in process tooling or automation implementation, such as project management platforms or dashboards

Responsibilities

  • Own and maintain a comprehensive master launch timeline for active sites
  • Drive coordination and follow-up among various departments to keep launch timelines on track
  • Track and manage milestones, dependencies, and risks, escalating issues early
  • Conduct regular status reviews with stakeholders and customers
  • Serve as the single point of truth for launch status across all sites
  • Design and implement new tools for automating tracking and reporting processes
  • Continuously improve launch tracking processes as volume increases
  • Report on timeline health and forecasts to leadership

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and potential equity in an early-stage robotics company
  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
  • Flexible time off policy
Full Job Description
The Launch Planner owns the launch timeline end to end for every active launch site, tracking and coordinating status across all in-process projects simultaneously. Interfaces with customers to ensure accurate and timely information transfer. Drives cross-functional follow-up to keep every launch on schedule from kickoff to go-live, and builds the tools and processes that let status tracking and reporting scale as launch volume grows.

Responsibilities:
  • Own and maintain the master launch timeline for every active launch site, tracking and coordinating status updates across all in-process projects simultaneously
  • Drive cross-functional coordination and follow-up across Production, Engineering, Supply Chain, Account Management and customer teams to ensure timelines stay accurate and on pace
  • Track milestones, dependencies, and risks across all active launches; escalate slippage early
  • Run recurring status reviews with cross-functional stakeholders and the customer
  • Maintain a single source of truth for launch status across all active sites
  • Design and build new tools and ways of working to automate the status update and reporting process, reducing manual tracking overhead as launch volume scales
  • Continuously evaluate and improve launch tracking processes as the team and launch volume grow
  • Report timeline health and forecast to leadership

Requirements
  • 2-5+ years in technical or customer-facing program management, ideally hardware or robotics deployments
  • Strong scheduling and cross-functional coordination skills
  • Comfortable managing multiple concurrent site timelines
  • PMP or equivalent project management credential
  • Experience building or implementing process tooling or automation, such as project management platforms, dashboards, or workflow automation

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and equity in an early-stage robotics company
  • Comprehensive benefits including health, dental, and vision
  • Permissive time off policy


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