[Hiring] AI Co-Innovation Engineering Program Manager @Rockwell Automation

Role Description

As an AI Co-Innovation Engineering Program Manager, you will drive the operational rigor of complex, cross-functional programs, and serve as a credible technical thought partner to engineering teams and external technology partners building at the frontier of AI and autonomy — including agentic frameworks, robotics, and emerging AI platforms.

You will live in the intersection of program execution and technical fluency. You will be deep enough in the technology to challenge assumptions, ask the right questions in architecture discussions, and translate between business stakeholders, R&D engineers, and partner engineering teams.

You'll sit at the center of how AI and autonomy actually reach our businesses — close enough to the technology to shape it, close enough to the business to ensure it lands. You will report to AI Co-Innovation Engineering Manager and will work remotely in Illinois.

Primary Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of programs end-to-end: plans, milestones, performance metrics, risks, and resource needs across complex, multi-stakeholder work.
• Define and run the communication plan for each program — landing strategy, rhythm of business, executive updates, and decision logs.
• Establish objectives and success criteria with stakeholders, hold teams accountable, and shepherd decisions to closure.
• Use OKRs, KPIs, and other performance metrics to demonstrate program value and business impact.
• Recognize process gaps and inefficiencies, and drive optimization across the portfolio.
• Help shape the technical strategy for programs run jointly with strategic technology partners.
• Advise internal stakeholders on technical feasibility and trade-offs.
• Maintain working knowledge across modern AI systems — LLMs, agentic frameworks, ML pipelines.
• Promote reference architectures, standards, and reusable patterns from partner engagements.
• Understand the technical and business drivers of our strategic technology partners.
• Map partner capabilities to internal opportunities.
• Jointly qualify and prioritize partner opportunities with the AI Engineering Programs Manager.
• Engage internal teams to confirm capability to execute and to unblock technical and business obstacles.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in relevant field.
• Legal authorization to work in the US is required.

Requirements

• Typically requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience.
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of program management experience in software, AI, or other deeply technical environments.
• Run complex, multi-stakeholder programs with engineering teams as a primary audience.
• Track record of producing executive-quality updates and driving alignment in writing.
• Background as a software engineer, AI/ML engineer, or in an adjacent technical role.
• Working knowledge of modern AI systems — LLMs, agentic frameworks, ML pipelines — and/or robotics and autonomy stacks.
• Experience working with or inside technology partnerships.
• Experience building and running programs that require cross-org collaboration and support from leadership.
• A genuine passion for product roadmaps shaped by AI capabilities.

Benefits

• Health Insurance including Medical, Dental and Vision.
• 401k.
• Paid Time off.
• Parental and Caregiver Leave.
• Flexible Work Schedule.