Job Description
The role involves managing cross-functional programs to integrate Aurora's autonomous driving technology with various vehicle platforms, ensuring timely delivery, risk mitigation, and collaboration with OEM partners to scale autonomous vehicle production.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage cross-functional programs to integrate Aurora Driver with various vehicle platforms.
- Set milestones, track progress, and ensure accountability across departments for vehicle integration projects.
- Identify and mitigate risks throughout the program lifecycle from requirements to deployment.
- Collaborate with OEM partners to integrate Aurora Driver Kit and scale autonomous truck production.
- Manage requirements, deliverables, and milestones between Aurora and OEM partners.
- Create and maintain work plans to ensure timely completion of product deliverables and resolve dependencies.
- Gather and align technical and product requirements with company roadmaps and organizational needs.
- Define, track, and report on key performance indicators for OEM programs at different maturity stages.
- Proactively identify, report, and manage risks across multiple teams and program phases.
- Understand technical architectures and propose alternatives when necessary.
- Facilitate cross-functional meetings, ensuring clear outcomes, decisions, and next steps.
- Build and maintain relationships with partners, aligning their needs with Aurora’s product vision.
- Suggest and implement process improvements for OEM vehicle programs.
Requirements
- Ability to work near an Aurora office, preferably in Pittsburgh or Mountain View, CA, with the ability to travel to OEM partners outside of the U.S. when required, estimated at 2 weeks per quarter.
- At least 5 years of experience in program management and operations of highly technical initiatives.
- Ability to break complex projects down into manageable milestones and deliver them successfully and in a timely manner.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills to effectively communicate with various global audiences at all levels, from line engineers to C-level executives.
- Master collaborator with impeccable attention to detail and organization, able to influence, motivate, and generate goodwill with teammates while managing multiple projects simultaneously.
- Demonstrated impact through the design, development, and launch of exceptional products and programs.
- Solid technical aptitude with the ability to understand technical designs, challenges, and risks, and work closely with engineers.
- Ability to manage requirements, deliverables, and milestones between Aurora and OEM partners, including managing complex programs spanning multiple functional teams and initiatives such as hardware and software engineering, legal, safety and security, business and commercial development, finance, supply chain, and operations.
- Ability to create and track work plans to ensure timely completion of partnership product deliverables, resolve dependencies, evaluate risks, and communicate status to upper management and project stakeholders.
- Ability to solicit, aggregate, and track product and technical requirements for integrated vehicles to ensure alignment with company roadmap and organizational satisfaction.
- Ability to define, communicate, and track key performance indicators for OEM programs at various stages of maturity across multiple functions and departments.
- Ability to identify, catalog, and report on risks to OEM programs across multiple teams, and manage the burndown of these risks throughout the program lifecycle.
- Understanding of technical implementation at the architectural level and ability to propose alternatives when necessary.
- Proactive in removing obstacles to drive momentum and progress, identifying gaps in communication or schedule, providing support to teams with competing priorities, and driving results.
- Experience running programmatic meetings with appropriate level of detail for the audience, from working level to executive level, ensuring meetings are action-oriented with clear notes, outcomes, decisions, next steps, DRIs, and due dates.
Benefits & Perks
Base salary range of 135K-196K per year
Annual bonus
Equity compensation
Hybrid work environment with in-office presence at least 3 days per week
Ability to travel to OEM partners outside of the U.S. approximately 2 weeks per quarter
Benefits related to safety policies and safety culture
Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans
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