Job Summary
The Senior Project Manager leads complex, large-scale automation projects at Berkshire Grey from planning through closeout. This role owns scope, schedule, budget, risk, quality, vendor performance, stakeholder communication, and delivery across multiple concurrent projects.
Key Responsibilities
Project Planning and Delivery
- Lead complex projects from kickoff through customer acceptance and support several projects concurrently.
- Develop and maintain detailed plans and schedules in the PSA tool, including milestones, resources, budgets, and dependencies; adjust plans based on performance and changing conditions.
- Define project scope, goals, deliverables, roles, and resource needs with cross-functional teams; confirm team readiness and lead project kickoff and design-phase alignment.
- Obtain Berkshire Grey and customer signoff on the baselined scope at the end of design, and control subsequent changes through documented approval and communication.
- Support project estimates during the sales cycle as needed.
Financial and Change Management
- Develop and manage project budgets; update monthly cost forecasts in the PSA tool and review project performance with Finance.
- Process and track change orders, monitor potential overruns, issue timely overrun alerts, and recommend corrective actions.
Risk Quality Testing and Ramp
- Maintain risk registers and issue trackers; lead periodic reviews, implement mitigation and contingency plans, and escalate issues requiring management support.
- Develop quality plans and metrics that align Berkshire Grey, vendors, and customers on required standards and specifications; initiate corrective action when needed.
- Ensure detailed test scenarios are documented and reviewed with the customer, and track testing through completion.
- Develop volume ramp plans and coordinate team readiness for the transition from prototype to full-scale production.
Vendor and Stakeholder Management
- Identify, evaluate, and select vendors such as general contractors, riggers, installers, and conveyor providers based on project requirements, quality, and cost.
- Manage vendor relationships and performance, including delivery, installation, quality, issue resolution, and negotiated changes.
- Build effective relationships with customers, suppliers, and internal teams and maintain clear communication throughout the project lifecycle.
- Create the project communication plan and governance cadence, establish a steering committee, lead weekly status meetings, issue weekly reports, and present monthly updates to executives.
Leadership Project Closeout and Improvement
- Lead and motivate project teams, clarify accountability, and support Project Managers with scope, schedule, resource changes, risks, issues, and escalations.
- Confirm completion and customer signoff, organize final documentation, conduct lessons learned, release resources, and transition the project to the support team.
- Improve project management templates and procedures and remain current on relevant robotics and supply chain practices.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Project Management, or a related field.
- PMP or equivalent project management certification preferred.
- At least five years of project management experience, preferably in robotics or supply chain, with a record of delivering complex projects from initiation through completion.
- Strong organizational and prioritization skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects and cross-functional teams.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, including the ability to perform under pressure.
- Proficiency with project management tools such as MS Project, JIRA, or Asana; experience with Microsoft Power BI.
- Knowledge of quality management, risk management, change control, and issue resolution practices.
Travel
Approximately 50% travel is expected to meet with customers and review installation progress.
This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.
