Senior Project Manager in Munich coordinating a robotics company's customer-facing deployments — steering Forward Deployed projects from POC to production, planning scope and engineer allocation with team leads, and acting as key contact for customers and delivery partners. Works at staff level alongside product and technical leadership, using agile tools like Jira and Confluence.
At the heart of our offering is a versatile software platform for orchestrating complex robotic systems, from industrial robot arms and mobile manipulators to humanoids. Our Forward Deployed engineers bring it into real production environments with international customers and delivery partners.
As Senior Project Manager, you help steer that work. You keep projects on track from POC to production, give team leads a clear picture to decide which projects to take on, and ensure that what we build for one customer flows back into the platform. You work at the staff level alongside product management and technical leadership, and take on whatever else the department needs as it grows. Expect a fast-moving environment where the processes are still being shaped, and you help shape them.
Responsibilities:
Coordinate the Forward Deployed project landscape, and prepare prioritization decisions with the team leads by strategic value, technical risk, and commercial return
Plan scope, milestones, and engineer allocation together with the team leads, and make the trade-offs visible when capacity is tight
Drive engagements from POC through pilot to production, including on-site commissioning and acceptance
Act as a key point of contact for customers and delivery partners, with a clear interface between their scope and ours
Support Sales and Pre-Sales with feasibility assessments and effort estimates
Coordinate across product teams and AI research without direct line authority
Make sure features built for customer projects are fed back into the platform as standard capabilities
Set up lightweight ways of working for planning and reporting that fit how the teams actually work
Essential Skills:
Degree in Computer Science, Mechatronics, Electrical, Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, or a comparable field
5+ years of project management, including meaningful time in a startup, scale-up or other fast-growing tech environment
Experience with customer-facing projects in robotics, AI or software-heavy automation, and with taking new technology from pilot to production
Comfortable with immature products and changing requirements: you make progress without waiting for perfect specs
Solid technical understanding of robotic systems and how mechanics, controls, software and AI work together
Pragmatic, agile-first project management, with tools such as Jira and Confluence
Ability to lead through influence and make trade-offs under ambiguity
Fluent English; willingness to travel around 30% of the time, including on-site customer phases
Beneficial Skills:
Fluent German; Mandarin is a plus
Experience in a product company where customer projects drive platform development
Experience with humanoid or mobile robot deployments
Familiarity with machinery and functional safety (ISO 10218, ISO/TS 15066, ISO 3691-4)
What we offer
A dynamic high-tech company, combined with financial soundness and world-class investors.
Join an interdisciplinary, international team with 60+ different nationalities in a collaborative work environment.
Lots of development opportunities as we continue to grow.
Challenging tasks and impactful projects alongside experts that enable professional and personal growth.
Corporate Benefits Program covering health, mobility, and learning for 100€ net per month.
Modern office facilities with a rooftop terrace overlooking Munich, free drinks & fruits, and regular company events contribute to a good working environment
About us
Agile Robots SE is an international high-tech company based in Munich, Germany with a production site in Kaufbeuren and more than 3500 employees worldwide. Our mission is to bridge the gap between artificial intelligence and robotics by developing systems that combine state-of-the-art force-moment-sensing and world-leading image-processing technology. This unique combination of technologies allows us to provide user-friendly and affordable robotic solutions that enable intelligent precision assembly.
This is made possible by our employees, who bring out the best in each and every day with creativity and enthusiasm. Become part of this team and shape the future of robotics with us!
We are proud of our diversity and welcome your application regardless of gender and sexual identity, nationality, ethnicity, religion, age, or disability.