Senior/Staff Technical Program Manager - Fleet Orchestration
On-siteFoster City, California, United States
Job Summary
Lead cross-functional strategy and execution to scale Zoox's driverless robotaxi and autonomous test fleets across new cities and states. Drive the roadmap for cloud systems that pair rider requests with bots, manage charging, and position vehicles for demand while partnering with Product, Data Science, and Fleet Operations to ship improvements. Champion orchestration improvements for the test fleet, optimizing routing and mission assignment to maximize data accumulation for system validation. Define KPIs for orchestration performance, build tracking mechanisms, and use data-backed plans to trigger immediate action on root causes. Engage deeply in technical trade-offs with engineers to invent new orchestration capabilities in uncharted territory.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 7+ years of TPM experience, with a strong background in large-scale cloud software systems — e.g., dispatch, marketplace, or fleet management platforms, or consumer mobile apps backed by cloud services.
- A naturally inquisitive, highly technical mindset. You catch on quickly in new technical domains, and you love creative problem-solving.
- A metrics-first approach to program leadership. You define the right KPIs, instrument them, and use them to drive decisions and hold programs accountable.
- Demonstrated ability to translate complex technical bottlenecks into clear, data-backed executive narratives that enable timely, critical business decisions.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with fleet orchestration, ride-hailing, delivery, logistics, or other real-time marketplace and dispatch systems.
- Familiarity with optimization problems such as routing, matching, resource allocation, or demand forecasting — and experience partnering with the teams who build them.
- Experience with autonomous vehicle platforms or large-scale robotics fleets.
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