Senior Manager, AV Deployment Readiness

Gatik

Mountain View, California

Full Time

Posted March 20, 2026

$180k - $250k

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Job Description

The Senior Manager, AV Deployment Readiness is responsible for overseeing the end-to-end deployment process of autonomous vehicles, ensuring timely and efficient vehicle integration, validation, and go-live, while coordinating cross-functional teams and managing risks in a fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities

Manage end-to-end deployment planning, validation, and execution for autonomous vehicle deployments.
Track and coordinate deployment milestones, vehicle readiness, and cross-functional tasks using project management tools.
Develop dashboards and enforce readiness criteria to ensure timely deployment progress.
Serve as the central escalation point for deployment blockers and manage risk mitigation protocols.
Coordinate between hardware/software engineering, safety, operations, and customer teams to align timelines and expectations.
Create and improve deployment processes, checklists, SOPs, and post-deployment review procedures.

Requirements

7 years in program management, deployment operations, or launch readiness in autonomous vehicles, robotics, aerospace, defense, automotive, or similarly complex hardware software domains.
Demonstrated experience managing multi-workstream programs where hardware, software, field infrastructure, regulatory approvals, and customer commitments must converge simultaneously.
Deep proficiency with Jira or equivalent for complex project tracking hierarchies, custom fields, automation, dashboards, and the ability to architect workflows.
Track record managing programs with hard external deadlines where missing the date has real financial and relationship consequences.
Experience building deployment readiness frameworks from scratch in fast-moving environments.