Program Manager, Eval Operations

Nuro•Mountain View, CA

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 managing complex pipelines for simulation, root cause analysis, and systems evaluation, ensuring the work is organized, prioritized, and progresses effectively. The ideal candidate is a process-oriented leader adept at bringing structure to ambiguous problems in a fast-moving environment. They will quickly grasp technical context, balance competing demands from multiple software teams, and provide clarity on next steps. This role requires close collaboration with Autonomy Engineering and Systems Engineering to align priorities, develop clear plans, and support the scaling of the validation organization.

Requirements

5+ years in technical program management, engineering operations, or related roles with experience building and improving operating mechanisms for complex technical organizations.
Strong critical thinking skills with the ability to quickly understand technical context in active validation cycles and articulate clear priorities across multiple software teams.
Experience in cross-functional stakeholder management, particularly aligning competing engineering groups.
Experience coordinating delivery across onshore and offshore teams.
Structured problem-solving and risk management instincts.
Clear written and verbal communication skills for 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 translating 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 for the validation organization to ensure structure and predictability.
Refining workflows to effectively manage growing validation complexity, both in documentation and daily execution.
Quickly understanding active validation cycles by absorbing technical context, identifying blockers, and articulating clear priorities across multiple software teams to maintain momentum.
Partnering with Autonomy Engineering and Systems Engineering to align on validation requirements, manage competing demands, and resolve priority conflicts.
Safeguarding data integrity across validation outputs to ensure stakeholders can trust results and act on them confidently.
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 metrics, reporting, and review mechanisms to provide leadership with visibility into progress, risks, bottlenecks, and quality trends.