Cyngn

Senior Program Manager – Release Management

Mountain View, CA · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$140k-$175kDetected 53 days ago

Project ManagementAgileJiraRoboticsMechanical DesignLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationMentoring

About the role

The ideal candidate combines deep release management expertise with a strategic perspective to align engineering, product, and customer-facing teams around shared delivery goals.

Own the release management lifecycle from planning through deployment, including release readiness criteria, go/no-go decisions, and post-release retrospectives.
Define and maintain release schedules that account for hardware/software dependencies, customer commitments, and regulatory requirements.
Drive program-level planning, tracking, and risk management across multiple concurrent initiatives.
Develop and maintain release governance processes, including branching strategies, freeze windows, and rollback procedures in collaboration with engineering leads.
Identify systemic risks and blockers across programs and drive resolution with appropriate urgency and escalation.
Build and report on program and release KPIs, surfacing insights that inform leadership decisions on scope, schedule, and resource trade-offs.
Partner with product and engineering leadership to translate roadmap priorities into executable delivery plans.
Lead cross-functional release readiness reviews, integration testing coordination, and customer rollout sequencing.
If you like to build, tinker, and create with a team of trusted and passionate colleagues, then Cyngn is the place for you.
We build today and deploy tomorrow.

6+ years of experience in program or project management within a technical environment, with direct ownership of release management processes.
Deep experience with Jira administration, including workflow configuration, reporting, and cross-project coordination.
Strong command of Agile methodologies and SDLC practices, including experience adapting them to hardware-coupled development cycles.
Track record of bringing order to complex, fast-moving programs without slowing teams down.
Proven ability to manage complex, multi-team programs involving both software and hardware components.
Excellent communication and facilitation skills
able to drive alignment across engineering, product, and executive stakeholders.
Benefits & Perks

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, or a related discipline
advanced degree a plus.
Experience with autonomous systems, robotics, or other safety-critical industries strongly preferred.

This means our employees not only work in close-knit teams with mentorship from company leaders-they also get access to the liquidity of our publicly-traded equity.

To build this emergent technology, we are looking for innovative, motivated, and experienced leaders to join us and move this field forward.
We are small and big.

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