Strategy & Planning Lead, Fleet Operations

Wayve • Sunnyvale, CA

7d • $171,000 - $229,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Strategy & Planning Lead will help Wayve’s Fleet Operations team connect business strategy with operational planning as the company develops and scales autonomous driving. The role works with leaders across the business and across multiple geographies to ensure the fleet is efficiently utilized and operational plans support strategic objectives.

The position develops operational strategies and plans, builds and maintains workforce and fleet-capacity models, and partners with Finance on budgets, spending, and resource allocation. It leads analytical investigations into operational performance, spend anomalies, resourcing constraints, and variances, then recommends actions. The role also coordinates staffing and resource plans across regions, internal teams, and external partners, and improves planning tools, KPI reporting, processes, and cross-functional workflows. It prepares executive-ready presentations to communicate analysis and recommendations.

Wayve operates a hybrid working model, combining collaboration in office spaces with remote work. The company’s main hubs are London, Sunnyvale, Yokohama, Herzliya, Vancouver, and Leonberg. The role may include hands-on work in vehicle workshops and labs. Relocation support and visa sponsorship may be available where applicable.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience in investment banking, consulting, business intelligence, strategy, entrepreneurship, or another relevant field.
• Strong analytical and quantitative reasoning skills, including handling large datasets, building models, and deriving data-driven insights.
• Strong commercial judgment and ability to connect operational decisions with business outcomes.
• Proven program management skills, including structuring work, managing dependencies, and driving cross-functional delivery.
• Exceptional presentation and storytelling skills, including creating concise, clear, and compelling leadership presentations.
• High ownership, attention to detail, and effective stakeholder management.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in autonomous vehicles, mobility, logistics, or other fleet-intensive operations.
• Experience with workforce planning, fleet utilization, or capacity optimization.
• Proficiency with data visualization and analytics tools such as Tableau, Looker, or SQL.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Fleet Operations leadership, regional and functional leads, and Finance to align operational plans with business priorities.
• Build, maintain, and evolve planning models connecting workforce availability, vehicle capacity, utilization, and cost with testing and program needs.
• Analyze budgets, spending, and resource allocation with Finance and regional leaders.
• Investigate spend anomalies, resourcing constraints, and performance variances; quantify drivers and recommend actions.
• Coordinate planning inputs across regions, functions, and vendors, managing dependencies and resolving execution escalations.
• Structure ambiguous questions into actionable plans, align stakeholders, and track delivery against goals.
• Prepare executive-ready presentations communicating findings, options, and recommendations.
• Improve planning tools, KPI reporting, and workflows to strengthen operations at scale.
• Develop operational strategies and plans for fleet operations.
• Build and refine workforce and fleet-capacity models to support business goals.
• Lead analytical research on operational performance and identify and address inefficiencies.
• Coordinate resource and staffing plans across global regions, internal teams, and external partners.
• Support business initiatives by improving processes, reporting, and cross-functional workflows.

Benefits

• Meaningful equity.
• Relocation support and visa sponsorship where applicable.
• Hybrid working and core hours.
• Learning and development budgets, with support for training and conferences.
• Comprehensive benefits including health insurance, dental insurance, enhanced maternity and paternity leave, retirement or pension where applicable, access to therapists, wellbeing partnerships, and team socials.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed