Senior/Staff Technical Program Manager - Live Service Operations
On-siteFoster City, California, United States
Job Summary
Translate corporate strategy into detailed technical roadmaps, timelines, and deliverables while influencing cross-functional decisions across engineering, manufacturing, product, operations, and strategy. Establish standard reports to communicate program status, risks, and accomplishments to stakeholders, and define new KPIs to measure progress toward goals. Ensure program alignment with business objectives by building momentum among cross-functional teams to deliver on time and on target. Maintain strong technical understanding of vehicle platforms, software lifecycle, and safety clearance processes while negotiating trade-offs across competing organizational priorities.
Required Qualifications
- BS or MS degree in an engineering discipline or equivalent experience
- 7+ years of experience in engineering, program management, or management consulting with a focus on product launches
- Success in driving complex SW/HW integration processes and optimizations, and leading complex cross-functional programs end to end
- Comfortable leading through ambiguity and enabling teams to perform in this environment
- Proficient in tools or processes required to manage complex projects (i.e., Gantt chart, risk matrix, Smartsheet, Jira, etc.)
- Excellent written, presentation, and verbal communication skills
- Ability to create visualizations of KPIs and program risks
Desired Qualifications
- Project Manager Professional certification (PMP) or equivalent
- Experience with autonomous vehicles, robotics, test platforms, simulation, and automotive or aerospace processes
- Experience with developing and scaling strategy, processes
- Strong foundational background in Systems Engineering
- Prior experience in the Autonomous Vehicle (AV) or Aerospace/Airline industries
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