Wayve
Technical Program Manager, Product Planning
Sunnyvale · Senior · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$172k-$229kDetected 56 days ago
Machine LearningData ScienceData VisualizationAgentic AIProduct ManagementProduct StrategyProject ManagementJiraConfluenceStakeholder ManagementBusiness DevelopmentSupply ChainLogisticsLeadershipCommunication
About the role
- This role demands exceptional skill in executive communication, cultivating and maintaining strategic relationships with leadership across all orgs, and adeptly navigating intricate organizational dynamics.
- Conduct in-depth studies and analyses to understand the implications of proposed product changes across all business functions (e.g., engineering, data science, operations, finance, supply chain).
- Executive Communication & Stakeholder Management: This role requires extensive experience in executive communication, nurturing strong relationships with company leadership, and adeptly navigating complex organizational dynamics.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate cross-functionally with business development, product management, finance, engineering, and operations teams to establish and maintain a single source of truth for all product plans, roadmaps, data and assumptions.
- Own the risk register for the company and proactively build risk mitigation plans.
- Focus on short-to-mid-term tactical plans, manage the full product lifecycle, and coordinate aspects like financials, logistics, inventory levels, and pricing.
- The Product Planning role is a pivotal, cross-functional position that manages what to build, for whom, and how to deliver value, effectively bridging the gap between product strategy, direction and execution.
- Directional Planning & Initiatives: Develop, manage, and execute key portfolio projects, initiatives, and business opportunities.
- Operational Management: Focus on short-to-mid-term tactical plans, manage the full product lifecycle, and coordinate aspects like financials, logistics, inventory levels, and pricing.
- Develop, manage, and execute key portfolio projects, initiatives, and business opportunities.
Requirements
- This role requires extensive experience in executive communication, nurturing strong relationships with company leadership, and adeptly navigating complex organizational dynamics.
- High level of comfort with ambiguity, Ability to step outside their comfort zone and wear a multitude of hats as they help throughout the organization.
- You have shown agency by leading software projects in fast-paced or early-stage environments with over 5 to 8 yrs of experience.
- Proven ability to use data and metrics to back up assumptions and recommendations.
- Ideal if experience is in AV or AI/ML or Automotive domains.
- Proficiency in productivity, BI tools such as:
- Bold Generalist - High level of comfort with ambiguity, Ability to step outside their comfort zone and wear a multitude of hats as they help throughout the organization.
- Technical fluency and strong analytical, quantitative skills - Proven ability to use data and metrics to back up assumptions and recommendations.
Compensation
- The reasonably estimated salary for this role ranges from $171,600 to $229,300, plus a competitive equity package.
Benefits
- Help define the value proposition for portfolio projects, maintain detailed product roadmaps, and set milestones based on long-term vision.
- The reasonably estimated salary for this role ranges from $171,600 to $229,300, plus a competitive equity package.
Company info
- Founded in 2017, Wayve is the leading developer of Embodied AI technology. Our advanced AI software and foundation models enable vehicles to perceive, understand, and navigate any complex environment, enhancing the usability and safety of automated driving systems.
- Our vision is to create autonomy that propels the world forward. Our intelligent, mapless, and hardware-agnostic AI products are designed for automakers, accelerating the transition from assisted to automated driving.
- In our fast-paced environment big problems ignite us-we embrace uncertainty, leaning into complex challenges to unlock groundbreaking solutions. We aim high and stay humble in our pursuit of excellence, constantly learning and evolving as we pave the way for a smarter, safer future.
- At Wayve, your contributions matter. We value diversity, embrace new perspectives, and foster an inclusive work environment
- We value diversity, embrace new perspectives, and foster an inclusive work environment; we back each other to deliver impact.
- Make Wayve the experience that defines your career!
- The planner focuses on setting the structure of the roadmaps to meet company growth and profit goals, rather than owning feature requirements in any single area.
- Founded in 2017, Wayve is the leading developer of Embodied AI technology.
- Our advanced AI software and foundation models enable vehicles to perceive, understand, and navigate any complex environment, enhancing the usability and safety of automated driving systems.
- Our vision is to create autonomy that propels the world forward.
- Our intelligent, mapless, and hardware-agnostic AI products are designed for automakers, accelerating the transition from assisted to automated driving.
- In our fast-paced environment big problems ignite us-we embrace uncertainty, leaning into complex challenges to unlock groundbreaking solutions.
Visa & Work Authorization
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