Senior Technical Program Manager

Summary

Join Motional's Technical Program Management team as an experienced Autonomy SW TPM to lead integrated software programs. This role demands strong collaboration across various teams to achieve company milestones, requiring experience in ambiguous environments and a focus on AI/ML development. You will partner with engineering leaders, define technical roadmaps, instill efficient project management, and proactively identify and mitigate program risks. The position necessitates strong communication skills and the ability to navigate complex technical issues. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to the forefront of autonomous driving technology.

Requirements

• 5+ years experience in program management roles leading complex multi-disciplinary engineering programs
• Knowledge of autonomous systems and development processes e.g. perception, prediction, hardware, model training, simulation
• Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics or a relevant technical field
• Strong written and oral communication skills, especially the ability to communicate complex engineering issues to diverse audiences
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced work environment across time zones with a can-do attitude

Responsibilities

• Partner deeply with engineering leaders to drive autonomy-led programs across teams and organizations
• Ensure that the organization’s technical roadmap is well-defined and integrated with top-level programs
• Instill an efficient project management mindset and workflow across the teams
• Unblock and accelerate cross-team projects, drive prioritization clarity, identify gaps, manage healthy issue escalations and provide support to teams balancing competing priorities, and drive results proactively
• Proactively identify and communicate program risks, working with teams to minimize impact and likelihood
• Partner with engineering leaders to scope, staff, and deliver capabilities to achieve company milestones
• Define efficient processes for communicating group program status more broadly
• Communicate to leadership in regular forums, contribute to executive deliverables, and provide your team’s analyses and recommendations in a clear and concise way that captures impact
• Understand technical implementation at the architectural level and propose technical alternatives when applicable; ask questions that expose blind spots and challenge the status quo
• Champion development efficiency and be an effective proxy for engineering leads in program and organizational matters

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to coach and mentor junior team members
• Experience in robotics, applied AI / ML, or relevant complex technical domains
• Extensive demonstrated experience with the development lifecycle of ML models
• Extensive demonstrated experience with managing various stakeholder inputs at multiple levels

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401k with a company match
• Health saving accounts
• Life insurance
• Pet insurance
• Bonus
• Company equity