Lead Technical Program Manager, Robotaxi
Waabi · San Francisco +1 · 2h ago
You will...
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Define and maintain the integrated robotaxi program plan — key milestones, cross-team dependencies, and critical path — spanning autonomy, vehicle hardware, safety/V&V, fleet operations, and commercial launch readiness.
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Own program-level risk management. Surface issues early, bring data-backed options rather than just status updates, and ensure every dependency has a clear owner and ETA.
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Drive launch and market-readiness planning across vehicle readiness, ODD (operational design domain) coverage, safety validation sign-off, site and facility readiness, and regulatory or permitting requirements for new markets and service areas.
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Partner with Autonomy, Safety, Commercial, and Operations to translate top-down strategy into executable roadmaps, and hold teams accountable to the plan.
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Build and run executive reporting — concise, credible updates on program status, risk, and path-to-green for leadership.
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Define and track the KPIs that measure readiness for driverless operation, such as ODD coverage, disengagement rates, system readiness, and rider experience metrics.
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Establish scalable processes and tooling for robotaxi program tracking, ensuring a single source of truth as the program and fleet scale.
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Represent the robotaxi program in cross-company planning, ensuring it's properly sequenced against Waabi's trucking roadmap and shared platform investments.
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10+ years of technical program management experience, with a track record leading complex, cross-functional technical programs from ambiguity to delivery.
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Direct experience in autonomous vehicles, robotics, or another safety-critical, deeply cross-functional environment spanning hardware, software, and safety.
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Demonstrated ability to build program structure from scratch — dependency maps, risk registers, executive reporting, milestone tracking — in a fast-moving, early-stage environment.
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Strong technical fluency across hardware, software, and autonomy/ML domains — able to ask the right questions and spot a false dependency without being a domain expert in any one area.
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Excellent written and verbal communication; comfortable writing a crisp one-pager for an executive audience and facilitating a working-level technical review in the same week.
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Proven cross-functional leadership without formal authority — you drive alignment and hold teams accountable through influence, not org-chart position.
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Hands-on experience with program tracking tools such as Jira, Asana, or other Project Management.
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BS or MS in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
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Proven history executing driverless commercial rollouts, operational domain expansions, or initial market deployments for robotic transport platforms.
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Working knowledge of system safety assurance, ODD boundaries, and integrating safety sign-off gates into target deployment schedules.
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Track record establishing or scaling continuous fleet management, remote command facilities, or real-time operations centers.
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Prior collaboration with policy, legal, and public affairs stakeholders to secure local operating authorizations and permits.
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Hands-on application of modern AI solutions to streamline operational tracking, eliminate manual administrative friction, and speed up critical decisions.
- Competitive compensation and equity awards.
- Health and Wellness benefits encompassing Medical, Dental and Vision coverage (for full-time employees only).
- Unlimited Vacation.
- Flexible hours and Work from Home support.
- Daily drinks, snacks and catered meals (when in office).
- Regularly scheduled team building activities and social events both on-site, off-site & virtually.
- As we grow, this list continues to evolve!