Program Manager
Horizontal Talent · Foster City, CA · Yesterday
HybridProject ManagementContract
Responsibilities
- Lead the end-to-end operational program for the integration, coordinating work across SOP development, tooling, support workflows, rider experience, and dispatch logic.
- Serve as the main point of contact for external program coordination, helping align milestones, close action items, and drive decisions across teams.
- Own weekly integration meetings, maintain action logs, and keep stakeholders accountable to timelines and deliverables.
- Build and maintain operational procedures for issue handling, support routing, and fault response specific to the partnership.
- Define how existing rider support processes apply to partner riders, including escalation paths and resolution options.
- Develop workflows for adding and removing vehicles from service in coordination with operations and engineering partners.
- Partner with Rider Operations, Mission Control, TeleOps, Fleet Response, Engineering, and Product to identify gaps and drive solutions.
- Support technical discovery related to support APIs and translate operational needs into clear product and engineering requests.
- Cook up workflows for automation teams to align contact workflows with partner ride scenarios.
- Track risks, blockers, and dependencies, escalating issues when needed to keep the launch on track.
- Define readiness criteria for launch and monitor progress against operational requirements.
- Plan and support tabletop exercises, dry runs, and post-launch review cadences to improve quality and compliance.
- Monitor day-to-day execution and help ensure service levels are consistently met.
Requirements
- 6+ years of experience in program management, operations, or a related field.
- Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional initiatives from planning through launch.
- Strong ability to write, refine, and operationalize SOPs in customer-facing environments.
- Experience managing external partnerships, vendors, or third-party program relationships.
- Excellent communication and facilitation skills with the ability to work across technical and operational teams.
- Strong organizational habits, including action tracking, milestone management, and stakeholder follow-up.
- Comfort working in ambiguous, fast-moving environments and helping create clarity from uncertainty.
- Able to identify risks early and communicate updates clearly to diverse stakeholders.
Preferred Skills
- Experience in rideshare, transportation, or autonomous vehicle operations.
- Familiarity with support escalation processes and async contact workflows at scale.
- Experience using Jira, Smartsheet, or similar project tracking tools.
- Prior experience coordinating between operations teams and external platform partners.
- Exposure to launch readiness planning, incident response processes, or post-launch review programs.