Technical Program Manager, Autonomy & Product SW

This role is an onsite position 5 days / week

Pay range : $90-104 / hour

Job description :

Company is helping an on-demand, autonomous ride-hailing company find a Technical Program Manager, Autonomy & Product SW to drive high-level cross-functional program execution and orchestrate the internal delivery of key autonomy and cloud software technologies.

In this role, you'll support programs that develop, validate, and improve the company's autonomous driving system. You'll be deeply embedded in the software development lifecycle, ensuring that plans become actionable work and that teams deliver against technical and product milestones across vehicle platforms. You'll also establish the processes, frameworks, and tracking systems needed to guide reliable program execution across autonomy, robotics, and cloud-based software teams.

The ideal candidate is highly organized, technically fluent, and experienced in leading complex, cross-functional engineering programs. You excel at building structure, driving execution, and fostering alignment across fast-moving teams. A strong engineering background and relevant industry domain knowledge enable you to communicate effectively with technical stakeholders and support high-quality delivery.

As a Technical Program Manager, you'll :

• Drive execution of the software roadmap and align teams on priorities, timelines, and deliverables.
• Build and maintain dashboards, metrics, and tracking frameworks to monitor progress, risks, and overall program health across long-running efforts.
• Run status meetings and deliver concise stakeholder updates while managing Jira workflows, issue tracking, and bug resolution.
• Establish scalable delivery processes, standards, and best practices that improve execution and support the internal delivery of autonomy and cloud software technologies.
• Facilitate cross-functional decisions, resolve dependencies, and unblock teams to keep programs moving.
• Partner with department managers to translate strategy into actionable plans, backed by strong technical understanding of platforms, SDLC, and test operations.

Daily tasks

Responsibilities :

Drive the execution of the software roadmap, and ensure that development teams are aligned on priorities and timelines. Build and maintain dashboards, metrics, and reporting frameworks to track program progress, team performance, and program health for key stakeholders. Manage the issue and bug management process for the Autonomy & Product SW teams, ensuring effective tracking, prioritization, and resolution in Jira. Lead and implement initiatives to improve execution, establishing standards and best practices for the software development lifecycle. Facilitate cross-functional alignment to drive decisions, resolve dependencies, and unblock technical teams. Partner with department managers to translate high-level strategy into detailed, actionable plans and deliverables. Maintain a strong technical understanding of our vehicle platforms, software development lifecycle, and test operations to effectively manage program execution.

Required skills

Business driver of role

The Program Management Office (PMO) at company is responsible for driving cross-functional program execution at the highest level. The Autonomy and Product SW Technical Program Manager (TPM) is a key execution leader who works on programs to develop, validate, and improve our autonomous driving system. This role is deeply embedded in the software development lifecycle, ensuring that plans are translated into action and that teams can deliver on the technical and product milestones for our vehicle platforms.

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