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Senior Autonomy Operations Manager

Nuro
Mountain View, California
Full Time
Posted January 30, 2026
$132k - $198k
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Job Description

The role involves leading on-road autonomous vehicle operations in the Bay Area, overseeing data collection, validation, and mission execution to ensure safety, performance, and operational excellence in a high-stakes, innovative environment.

Key Responsibilities

  • Oversee autonomous vehicle operations, ensuring safety, performance, and efficiency.
  • Manage and coach a multi-layered team of managers and field personnel.
  • Drive strategy, set OKRs, and align organizational workflows with company objectives.
  • Coordinate fleet and resource allocation to execute weekly plans and adapt as needed.
  • Provide technical leadership and promote operational excellence and a performance-driven culture.
  • Respond to emergency and troubleshooting situations, ensuring resolution.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams on vehicle integration, testing, and software development.
  • Lead strategic planning and track key performance indicators (KPIs).

Requirements

  • Seven (7) or more years of experience in operations management, with a proven track record of managing managers and overseeing large-scale, 24/7 organizations in high-stakes environments like autonomous vehicles, robotics, or complex logistics.
  • Experience in leading and managing a multi-layered team, including setting clear expectations, providing coaching and mentorship to first-line supervisors and managers, and managing performance.
  • Demonstrated ability to oversee autonomous vehicle operations, ensuring safety, performance, and efficiency across all daily missions.
  • Proven experience in strategic planning, including driving strategy, setting and tracking OKRs, and organizational design aligned with company objectives.
  • Strong leadership skills to foster a culture of safety, inclusion, accountability, and continuous improvement, and to promote operational excellence.
  • Ability to independently solve complex cross-functional problems and make critical decisions on mission priorities with strong judgment.
  • Experience building scalable systems and processes, including identifying operational bottlenecks and leading Continuous Improvement projects.
  • Experience directly overseeing fleet and resource coordination, ensuring effective execution of weekly plans and agile reallocation of resources.
  • Technical leadership skills to provide direction and uphold operational excellence in a high-tech environment.
  • Ability to respond to and escalate emergency and troubleshooting situations with composure, following issues through to resolution.
  • Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams, including providing feedback on vehicle integration, testing, software development, and partner demonstrations.
  • Proven ability to lead strategic planning and develop, achieve, and track key performance indicators (KPIs).
  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional teams and advocate for team needs while supporting broader company goals.
  • Deep commitment to safety and a proven ability to foster an inclusive, performance-driven culture built on accountability and transparency.

Benefits & Perks

Base salary range between $132,300 and $198,450
Annual performance bonus
Equity options
Competitive benefits package

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