Technical Program Manager, Robotics Data

Technical Program Manager, Robotics Data

Scale’s Robotics business unit is currently seeing historic levels of growth. As a Technical Program Manager (TPM) for Robotics Data
, you will be the connective tissue across our most complex technical operations, driving initiatives that secure $XXM+ in new revenue.

This isn't a "sit back and watch" project management role. You will work with multiple project leads across a vast portfolio of robotics data projects, ensuring technical milestones are met, dependencies are de‑risked, and stakeholders are aligned. You should be prepared to wear many hats - from debugging hardware rigs to architecting data pipelines - and be excited about intense, impactful work that leads to accelerated career progression.

• Drive Multi‑Project Outcomes: Serve as the primary driver for a portfolio of robotics projects, tracking milestones, deliverables, and dependencies to ensure on‑time delivery for the world’s leading AI researchers.
• Bridge the Technical‑Operational Gap: Act as the central liaison between AI researchers, hardware engineers, and global operational teams to translate high‑level research goals into executable data collection and annotation workflows.
• Architect Scalable Pipelines: Partner with engineering to design and optimise end‑to‑end data ingestion pipelines, ensuring they can handle the high‑fidelity sensor data (video, logs, teleop) required for Vision‑Language‑Action (VLA) models.
• Manage Hardware & Logistics: Coordinate the setup, maintenance, and scaling of physical robotic platforms and data collection rigs across multiple sites.
• Enforce Data Quality & Governance: Define KPIs and Quality Assurance (QA) metrics to ensure datasets are high‑fidelity, labelled correctly, and compliant with rigorous privacy and safety standards.
• Standardise for Scale: Develop and refine Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) that allow us to scale collection and annotation efforts across global, distributed teams.
• Communicate with Precision: Provide regular, data‑driven progress updates to Scale’s executive team, utilising SQL and dashboards to monitor performance and guide strategic pivots.

• Strong Technical Foundation: A degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, combined with a deep understanding of the AI/ML data lifecycle.
• 2‑3+ Years of TPM
  
  Experience:
  
  Proven track record of managing complex, cross‑functional technical programmes, ideally in robotics, hardware, or large‑scale data operations.
• Hands‑on Problem Solving
  
  Skills:
  
  A proactive approach to overcoming technical and logistical roadblocks in a fast‑paced environment.
• Operational Grit: Experience "in the weeds" of operational challenges – you don’t just identify bottlenecks; you build the solution to clear them.
• Entrepreneurial Mindset: You are comfortable with ambiguity and excited about building infrastructure from scratch in a fast‑paced environment.

• SQL Proficiency: Ability to pull your own data and build your own tracking dashboards.
• Global
  
  Experience:
  
  Experience interacting with distributed teams or collection sites across different time zones.
• Robotics Domain Expertise: Familiarity with robotic hardware, sensor calibration, or the nuances of collecting data for Physical AI.
• AI/CV Knowledge: Familiarity with Computer Vision or Large Language Model (LLM) training requirements.

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