Senior/Staff Technical Program Manager - Autonomy Operations

Zoox•Foster City, CA

1d•$186,000 - $284,000

About The Position

The Program Management Office (PMO) at Zoox is responsible for driving cross-functional program planning and execution at the highest level. We partner with leaders from across the company in vehicle development, system design, software engineering, manufacturing, fleet operations, and business functions to develop and deliver major corporate milestones on the path to launch, and beyond. Our program managers contribute to the end to end success of technical, integrated product milestones involving both of our vehicle platforms - the Toyota Highlander test fleet and Zooxâ€™s purpose-built robotaxi. The Autonomy Technical Program Manager (TPM) in PMO is an experienced cross-functional program management leader that will be responsible for planning and execution of technical and integrated product milestones for our vehicle platforms, specifically managing the end-to-end (E2E) PUDO workstream. This person will work on programs to develop, validate, and improve our autonomous driving system, ultimately enabling the Zoox robotaxi to serve riders in a rapidly expanding operational design domain.

Requirements

BS or MS degree in an engineering discipline or equivalent experience
5+ years of experience in engineering, program management, or management consulting with a focus on product development
Success in leading complex cross-functional technical programs from start to finish
Comfortable leading through ambiguity and enabling teams to perform in this environment
Excellent written, presentation, and verbal communication skills are a must, including the ability to manage complex cross-functional and leadership communications effectively.
Proficiency with Jira for structuring program plans that reflect progress without need for manual processing

Nice To Haves

Experience with autonomous vehicles or other complex, safety-critical systems
Experience with developing from scratch and scaling engineering or operational processes
Experience in a high-growth company
Experience using Gen AI tools for program management, dashboarding and scripting

Responsibilities

Partner with a wide range of department managers to translate the top-down corporate strategy and milestones into detailed technical roadmaps, timelines, and deliverables
Influence key decisions working cross-functionally across engineering, product, operations, and strategy to reach the right outcomes, ensuring all PUDO stakeholders function as a cohesive structure.
Establish standard reports to provide concise and effective communications to key stakeholders on program status, issues/risks, and accomplishments
Define, develop, and track new KPIs and other methods to measure performance that best translate progress towards goals
Ensure program goals are aligned with business objectives; build and sustain momentum among cross-functional TPMs and workstreams towards delivering on time and on target, bringing order, structure, and rhythm to program execution.
Maintain a strong technical understanding of our vehicle platforms, software lifecycle, safety clearance process, and test operations, with the ability to deeply understand complex technical programs while maintaining a clear end-to-end perspective.