Staff Product Program Manager

About the role

The Technical Product/Program Manager will partner closely with various Autonomy Software teams to develop the Fault Management System and ensure the Aurora Driver can fail safely in the presence of faults and failures. This role focuses on planning and prioritizing development with the greatest product impact.

Responsibilities

• Partner deeply with Autonomy Architecture leads and engineers to plan and prioritize development with greatest product impact.
• Assess requirements, facilitate selection of strategy, and coordinate the team to successfully evolve tools and operational processes to achieve them.
• Track progress, resolve dependencies, evaluate risks and communicate status to upper management and project stakeholders.
• Engage and energize the project teams to achieve aggressive goals.
• Manage complex projects at a large scale, spanning many functional teams and cross-functional initiatives.
• Instill an efficient project management mindset and workflow across the team, and function as a go-to resource for project management mentorship.
• Manage complex projects at a large scale, spanning many functional teams and cross-functional initiatives.
• Remove obstacles to drive momentum and progress, identify gaps in communication or schedule, manage issue escalations and provide support to teams balancing competing priorities, and drive results proactively.
• Understand technical implementation at the architectural level and propose technical alternatives when necessary; ask questions that clarify priorities and push the team to be effective.

Requirements

• Minimum of 7 years experience as a Technical Program Manager, Product Manager, or Engineering Manager, or Engineer in an autonomous systems, robotics, data science, machine learning, computer vision, or software development environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Math, Data Science, Information Systems or a related area, or the equivalent in experience with evidence of exceptional ability preferred.
• A strong familiarity with machine learning models, robotics or computer vision systems and their architecture.
• Direct, measurable impact through the design, development and launch of groundbreaking products or delivery of significant and novel technology programs.
• High technical aptitude with an ability to understand technical designs, software development lifecycle, challenges and risks; ability to work closely with engineers.
• Strong experience in project management; practical familiarity with both Agile and Waterfall methodologies and ability to apply them where best suited.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to adjust communication based on audience.
• Passion for shipping new to market products and the ability to dynamically adapt to new responsibilities needed to do so.

Qualifications

• Passion for shipping new to market products and the ability to dynamically adapt to new responsibilities needed to do so.

Skills

• Project management skills, including experience with Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
• Ability to assess requirements, facilitate strategy selection, and coordinate team efforts.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to tailor communication to different audiences.
• Technical aptitude, including understanding of technical designs, software development lifecycle, challenges, and risks.
• Experience working with autonomous systems, robotics, data science, machine learning, computer vision, or software development environments.

Benefits

• Base salary range: $163,000 - $236,000 per year.
• Annual bonus, equity compensation, and benefits.

Pay

• The base salary range for this position is $163,000 - $236,000 per year.

Schedule

• Aurora operates in a hybrid work environment where employees are in the office at least 3 days per week.

Benefits

• Reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in the application process.
• Commitment to safety and inclusion.