Job Function:
Project/Program Management Group
Job Sub Function:
R&D Project Management
Job Category:
Professional
All Job Posting Locations:
Santa Clara, California, United States of America
Job Description:
The Sr Technical Product Manager, Robotics is responsible for defining and delivering the technical vision for products in the surgical robotics space. Collaborating closely with R&D leaders, engineers, and cross-functional teams, this role ensures the development of innovative technical product roadmaps aligned with business goals and technological feasibility. This individual will develop and manage technical project timelines, set and drive sprint goals and roadmap commitments, and identify and mitigate program risks within the engineering teams. They will play a meaningful role in the success of our programs by developing, driving, and supporting product development strategies and practices surrounding requirements documentation, architecture planning, risk management, testing, and release.
Key Responsibilities:
- Own the product roadmap and platform backlog, including feature intake, prioritization, grooming, and readiness, ensuring alignment with business goals, customer needs, technical strategy, and delivery capacity.
- Translate roadmap priorities into executable plans by defining quarterly objectives, developing coordinated delivery plans, and maintaining backlogs that connect longrange strategy to daytoday execution.
- Drive endtoend execution of crossfunctional R&D initiatives by tracking work against commitments, managing dependencies and risks, and ensuring predictable delivery across the product development lifecyclefrom concept through design transfer and release.
- Lead planning, tracking, and execution cadence using Agile and program management practices (e.g., sprint planning, reviews, dependency management), leveraging these mechanisms to implement the roadmap rather than serving as a dedicated Scrum Master or standalone Program Manager.
- Partner closely with engineering, product management, clinical, and functional leaders to align scope, priorities, and timelines, proactively surface tradeoffs, and resolve execution blockers.
- Use data and metrics to inform decisions and coursecorrect, including tracking delivery health, milestone progress, and key performance indicators related to scope, schedule, quality, and risk.
- Communicate clearly and proactively with leadership and partners, providing regular updates on roadmap progress, execution status, risks, and mitigation plans to support timely, informed decisionmaking.
Qualifications
Education:
- Minimum bachelors degree (BA/BS) or equivalent experience in engineering, or scientific field.
Experience and Skills
Required:
- Minimum 8+ years of professional work experience in product development
- Minimum 4 years in engineer, program or product management
- Experience working on complex systems or in complex, dynamic teams
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills and an ability to work effectively with teams
- Experience in 'Organizational Change' and 'Conflict Resolution'
- Software and/or Hardware development experience
- The skills for motivating and influencing others without direct authority.
- A passion for experimentation, with a proactive approach to problem-solving, strong critical thinking, and an eagerness to learn.
- Able to work independently and be self-motivated and results driven.
Preferred:
- Experience launching a new product is a plus
- Project Management Certification (e.g., FPX, PMP) and/or Scrum Master Certification (e.g., CSM, PSM I, PMI-ACP)
- Experience working in the regulated industry such as healthcare, aerospace, pharmaceutical, automative.
- Experience with Jira, Smartsheet, Airtable, other database and work planning tools.
- People Management experience
Other:
- Up to 25% domestic and international travel
Required Skills:
Preferred Skills:
Agility Jumps, Business Alignment, Collaboration, Continuous Improvement, Mentorship, Operational Excellence, Organizing, Performance Measurement, Process Control, Project Management Methodology (PMM), Project Management Office (PMO), Project Reporting, Project Schedule, Quality Control (QC), Research and Development, Technical Credibility
The anticipated base pay range for this position is :
Salary Range $157,000 - $271,400 Bay Area Only
Additional Description for Pay Transparency:
Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees and/or eligible dependents are eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, business accident insurance, and group legal insurance. Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are eligible to participate in the Companys consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)). Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, Employees are eligible for the following time off benefits: Vacation 120 hours per calendar year Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington 56 hours per calendar year Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays 13 days per calendar year Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year Parental Leave 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child Condolence Leave 30 days for an immediate family member: 5 days for an extended family member Caregiver Leave 10 days Volunteer Leave 4 days Military Spouse Time-Off 80 hours Additional information can be found through the link below. https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits
