Senior Business Systems Manager

The posting, as Apptronik wrote it

Apptronik is a human-centered robotics company developing AI-powered robots to support humanity in every facet of life. Our flagship humanoid robot, Apollo, is built to collaborate thoughtfully with people, starting with critical industries such as manufacturing and logistics, with future applications in healthcare, the home, and beyond.

We operate at the cutting edge of Applied AI, applying our expertise across the full robotics stack to solve some of society's most important problems. You will join a team dedicated to bringing Apollo to market at scale, tackling the complex challenges like safety, commercialization, and mass production to change the world for the better.

JOB SUMMARY

As Apptronik scales its humanoid robotics platform from prototype builds into volume production, we are seeking an experienced Senior Manager, Business Systems to build and lead the team responsible for the systems that carry a product from concept through design release into manufacturing. This leader will own the strategy, roadmap, and team accountable for our PLM, MES, and Quality systems, the design-to-build data thread that connects engineering to the shop floor, and the business process and business support systems that surround them. The ideal candidate brings proven people-management experience leading enterprise systems teams, a working command of engineering and manufacturing platforms sufficient to direct and evaluate the team's work, a strong track record of setting strategy and building durable business processes, and the judgment to balance speed of delivery with long-term system integrity in a fast-moving, high-growth environment.

This is a player-leader role at the intersection of people leadership and systems delivery. You will build, hire for, and manage a team of systems analysts and engineers, setting their priorities and holding them accountable — while staying close enough to the work to sit in a requirements workshop with mechanical and electrical engineering, a configuration review with a systems integrator, or on the production floor watching an operator work. You will not simply track other people's plans — you will set the function's scope and direction, drive executive-level decisions, hold both vendors and your own team accountable, and be measured on whether your team delivers systems that get adopted and produce the outcomes they were funded to deliver.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead and build the team accountable for end-to-end delivery of enterprise systems projects supporting engineering and manufacturing — business case, scope, schedule, budget, resourcing, risk, stage gates, and benefits realization
• Direct your team's PLM implementation, configuration, and continuous improvement — CAD data management, part and BOM structures, item numbering, revision and effectivity control, engineering change (ECR/ECN/ECO and deviations), and configuration management
• Own the design-to-build data thread: ensure your

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• Strong vendor and contract management skills, including SOW negotiation and holding integrators and internal teams accountable to committed deliverables
• Excellent people-management and project management skills with the ability to run multiple concurrent workstreams, teams, and stakeholder groups
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills; able to move credibly between a design engineer, a production operator, a quality auditor, and an executive, and comfortable presenting trade-offs and recommendations to senior leadership
• Proven ability to build, hire for, and develop a high-performing team; self-directed, pragmatic, and biased toward action in a fast-paced, high-growth environment where processes may not exist yet

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing or Industrial Engineering, Information Systems, Supply Chain, Computer Science, or a related field; equivalent professional experience considered in lieu of a degree
• 6+ years of relevant enterprise systems experience required, including demonstrated people-management or team-leadership experience
• Relevant vendor, professional, or leadership certifications (Siemens, Salesforce, PMP or PgMP, Lean Six Sigma, or people-management/leadership training) are a plus

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
• Must be able to lift 15 pounds at times
• Vision to read printed materials and a computer screen
• Hearing and speech to communicate

*This is a direct hire. Please, no outside Agency solicitations.

Apptronik provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.