About Haply
Haply Robotics builds high-performance haptic devices and software that let people interact naturally with digital and physical environments. Our products combine hardware, firmware, software, robotics, simulation, and human-machine interaction across research, industrial applications, 3D interaction, and emerging Physical AI workflows.
About the Role
We are looking for a Senior Program Manager to lead the execution of Haply's most important cross-functional programs. You will translate product priorities and customer commitments into executable plans, align teams around milestones and dependencies, surface risks early, and drive decisions when execution becomes blocked.
This is not a project-coordinator role. You will work close to the substance of the programs you lead across Product, Engineering, Applications, Operations, Sales, customers, and partners. Programs may include new product development, strategic customer programs, major releases, integrations, and industrialization initiatives spanning hardware and software.
What You'll Do
- Own integrated program plans for major product and customer initiatives, including scope, milestones, dependencies, owners, risks, and acceptance criteria.
- Drive cross-functional execution across hardware, firmware, software, applications, operations, and commercial teams; keep commitments and critical paths visible.
- Identify schedule, technical, resource, supplier, and customer risks early; establish mitigation plans and escalate material trade-offs with clear recommendations.
- Lead governance for strategic customer programs, ensuring customer-specific work is clearly separated from reusable product development and aligned with product priorities.
- Coordinate major product and software releases, including readiness, validation, documentation, launch dependencies, and stakeholder communication.
- Build lightweight, reliable program reporting and continuously improve Haply's planning, decision tracking, risk management, and execution discipline without adding unnecessary bureaucracy.
- What You'll Own Independently
- For assigned programs, you will independently own integrated planning, milestone and dependency tracking, program risks, decision and action tracking, cross-functional follow-up, leadership status reporting, and escalation of material scope, schedule, cost, or resource conflicts. Product owns what and why; Engineering owns how; Program Management ensures the agreed plan is executable and delivered across teams and commitments.
- Your First 3-6 Months
- Establish integrated plans for Haply's highest-priority programs and customer commitments.
- Ensure 100% of Tier-1 programs have clear scope, milestones, owners, key dependencies, major risks, and measurable completion criteria.
- Create a weekly program view that allows leadership to understand the state of major initiatives in under 30 minutes.
- Lead at least one major cross-functional program or release through a meaningful delivery milestone and establish clear escalation paths for critical blockers.
- Success means Haply's most important commitments become more predictable, risks surface earlier, and teams spend less time recovering from avoidable execution surprises.
What We're Looking For
- 7+ years of professional experience, including significant ownership of complex technical programs or product-development initiatives.
- Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional programs involving multiple teams and technical disciplines.
- Experience with complex technology products involving hardware, firmware, software, systems, manufacturing, or a comparable multidisciplinary environment.
- Strong program-management fundamentals: milestones, critical path, dependencies, risk management, change management, and resource constraints.
- Ability to understand technical issues deeply enough to identify execution risks and dependencies without replacing technical owners.
- Strong judgment when balancing scope, schedule, resources, customer expectations, and business priorities.
- Excellent stakeholder management and concise written and verbal communication; comfortable communicating difficult program realities early.
- Professional working proficiency in English and a hands-on operating style suited to a fast-moving environment.
- Education
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business, Operations, Project/Program Management, or another relevant discipline. A technical degree combined with formal business or management education is a strong asset.
Nice to have
- Experience in robotics, industrial automation, haptics, aerospace, automotive, medical devices, mechatronics, or another multidisciplinary engineering environment.
- Experience managing integrated hardware + firmware + software programs, new product introduction, industrialization, or contract-driven customer programs.
- Experience working with suppliers, manufacturing partners, or complex customer integrations.
- Familiarity with Aha!, GitLab, Jira, Odoo, or equivalent product/program execution tools; PMP, PgMP, PMI-ACP, or equivalent certification is a plus.
- Bilingual French / English and experience in an early-stage or rapidly scaling technology company.
What a Great Candidate Looks Like
You create clarity in complex situations. You understand a program well enough to expose hidden dependencies before they become surprises, challenge unrealistic commitments constructively, and communicate bad news early. You know when a team can resolve an issue and when leadership needs to make a decision. Most importantly, the structure you create helps strong technical teams move faster rather than slowing them down.Our Product
Why Join
• High impact: directly influence how Haply executes its most important product and customer commitments.
• Complex technology: hardware, firmware, software, robotics, manufacturing, and Physical AI in one environment.
• Direct access to decisions and close collaboration with senior product, technical, operational, and commercial leaders.
• Build the operating model: help shape scalable execution practices while Haply is growing.
To Apply
Send us your CV or LinkedIn profile. Cover letters are welcome but optional. We are particularly interested in a complex program you personally led: what made it difficult, what you owned, what went wrong, and how you drove it to an outcome.
Perks
A full-time position
Attractive salary package.
Trainings
12 days / year, including
6 of your choice.
Sport Activity
Play any sport with colleagues,
the bill is covered.
Eat & Drink
Fruit, coffee and
snacks provided.
