Infrastructure Technical Program Manager - Remote

Overview

The Motional Technical Program Management team is seeking to hire an experienced Infrastructure TPM to help drive integrated software programs. This role requires strong collaboration and management across our infrastructure, systems, autonomy, embedded software, hardware, operations and testing teams in order to achieve program-level activities and milestones. We are seeking an individual who has experience in driving alignment across the organization with a heavy focus on infrastructure teams and understanding what’s required to deliver a driverless robotaxi. This is a unique and exciting opportunity to be at the forefront of autonomous driving technology!

In Short

• Partner deeply with engineering leaders to drive successful infrastructure program execution and team velocity across groups of cross-functional teams and across departments.
• Ensure that the organization’s technical roadmap is well understood and that programs and staffing are aligned with the roadmap.
• Manage, unblock, and accelerate cross-team projects spanning multiple functional teams and cross-functional initiatives.
• Proactively identify program risks and mitigations, working with teams to develop action plans.
• Partner with engineering leaders to scope, staff, and deliver capabilities to achieve company milestones.
• Perform value stream mapping to develop and implement processes which will improve organizational effectiveness.
• Track and communicate the progress of the team or group’s key programs.
• Communicate to leadership in regular forums, contribute to executive deliverables.
• Remove obstacles to drive clarity and progress.
• Understand technical implementation at the architectural level and propose technical alternatives when necessary.

Requirements

• Extensive demonstrated experience with software developer platforms, CI/CD pipeline, cloud applications, virtual tools, testing and simulation.
• Extensive demonstrated experience with managing various stakeholder inputs at multiple levels.
• Demonstrated ability to coach and mentor junior team members.
• Minimum of 5 years experience in the robotics, autonomy, or embedded software domain areas.
• Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics or a related technical field.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Strong teamwork, communication, and presentation skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced work environment across multiple time zones.
• Ability to support conference calls in Asia business hours.

Benefits

• Motional’s benefits include medical, dental, vision, 401k with a company match, health saving accounts, life insurance, pet insurance, and more.