Program Manager, Eval Operations

Nuro • Mountain View, CA

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About The Position

Nuro is seeking a Program Manager, Eval Operations to help shape how software evaluation and validation come together across the company. This role involves working with a team that manages complex pipelines across simulation, root cause analysis, and systems evaluation. The Program Manager will be responsible for organizing, prioritizing, and advancing this work. This position is ideal for a process-oriented leader adept at structuring ambiguous, fast-moving problems. The successful candidate will quickly grasp technical context, balance competing demands from multiple software teams, and provide clarity on next steps. Collaboration with Autonomy Engineering and Systems Engineering will be key to aligning priorities and scaling the validation organization.

Requirements

• 5+ years in technical program management, engineering operations, or related roles where you've built and improved operating mechanisms for complex technical organizations
• Strong critical thinking and the ability to drop into an active validation cycle, absorb the technical context quickly, and articulate clear priorities across multiple software teams
• Cross-functional stakeholder management, especially aligning competing engineering groups
• Experience coordinating delivery across onshore and offshore teams
• Structured problem-solving and risk management instincts
• Clear written and verbal communication with both technical and executive audiences
• High agency, with a track record of building process where none exists and influencing outcomes without direct authority
• Comfort defining KPIs, interpreting data, and turning outputs into clear decisions and recommendations
• A bachelor's degree in a technical or business discipline, or equivalent practical experience

Nice To Haves

• Background in software validation, QA, or quality engineering, with a working understanding of validation methodology
• Experience in AV, robotics, or safety-critical systems

Responsibilities

• Running the intake, triage, prioritization, and escalation processes that give the validation organization structure and predictability
• Refining workflows so they actually hold up as validation complexity grows, not just on paper but in how the work moves day to day
• Quickly orienting within active validation cycles by absorbing the technical context, identifying blockers, and articulating clear priorities across multiple software teams to keep work moving
• Partnering with Autonomy Engineering and Systems Engineering to align on validation requirements, manage competing demands, and drive clarity when priorities conflict
• Safeguarding data integrity across validation outputs so stakeholders can trust the results and act on them with confidence
• Managing capacity across external vendors and in-house resources
• Identifying risks early, planning mitigations, and escalating cross-functionally to keep critical deliverables on track under tight timelines
• Building the metrics, reporting, and review mechanisms that give leadership visibility into progress, risks, bottlenecks, and quality trends

Benefits

• Annual performance bonus
• Equity
• Competitive benefits package

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level