Manager, Technical Product Operations, Maps

We’re Cruise, the self-driving ride-hailing service.

We are building the world’s most advanced self-driving vehicles to safely connect people to the places, things, and experiences they care about. We believe self-driving vehicles  will help save lives, reshape cities, give back time in transit, and restore freedom of movement for many.

At Cruise, our engineers have opportunities to grow and develop while learning from leaders at the cutting-edge of their fields. With a culture of internal mobility, there's opportunity to thrive in a variety of disciplines. This is a place for dreamers and doers to succeed.

If you are looking to solve one of today’s most complex engineering challenges, see the results of your work in hundreds of self-driving cars, and make a positive impact in the world starting in our cities, join us. 

About Technical Product Operations:

Technical Product Operations applies human intelligence to some of the toughest problems at Cruise. We work closely with cross-functional teams across Engineering, Product Management, and Business to create and iterate on products that move our business forward. We have a large, globally distributed workforce and are integral to Cruise’s technology development.

About the role:

Within Product Operations, the Maps team creates ultra-precise, high-definition maps to guide our cars as they navigate the world. We are looking for a manager for the team that determines what to map and how the map is used by our fleet of autonomous vehicles. This team is responsible for both product development and driving onshore and offshore operations. This role is ideal for a strategic, analytical thinker experienced leading diverse teams in a complex and technical domain.

Day-to-day responsibilities Include:

• Strategize on short and long-term organizational and team goals, including demand planning and resource needs.
• Manage a team of direct reports, lead performance management, and develop additional roles as needed.
• Work closely with Operations, Product, and Engineering to design and implement and effective workflows, operational execution and supportive tooling. 
• Anticipate issues and drive resolution across teams to overcome barriers or blockers.
• Drive standardization in forecasting, KPIs, tracking, and reporting across a broad range of programs with complex inter-team dependencies.
• Communicate proactively and precisely across different groups within engineering, product operations, and leadership about progress against deadlines, emerging issues, and proposed changes. 
• Create concise, impactful overviews that help stakeholder teams understand our work and how we can support them

You should apply for this role if you have the following qualifications:

• 8+ years of work experience, including in consulting, finance, or business operations
• 3+ years of people management experience and ability to hire and develop talent
• Experience developing sophisticated, innovative strategies for navigating a complex and nascent industry
• Proficiency in influencing without authority and building consensus across diverse stakeholders for new ideas

Why Cruise?

• Our benefits are here to support the whole you:
  • Competitive salary and benefits 
  • 401(k) Cruise matching program 
  • Medical / dental / vision, AD+D and Life
  • Flexible vacation and company paid holidays
  • Healthy meals and snacks provided
  • Paid parental leave & family expansion stipend
  • Monthly wellness stipend
  • Commuter benefits
• We’re Integrated
  • Through our partnerships with General Motors and Honda, we are the only self-driving company with fully integrated manufacturing at scale.
• We’re Funded
  • GM, Honda, SoftBank, and T. Rowe Price have invested billions in Cruise. Their backing for our technology demonstrates their confidence in our progress, team, and vision and makes us one of the leading autonomous vehicle organizations in the industry. Our deep resources greatly accelerate our operating speed.
• We’re Independent
  • We have our own governance, board of directors, equity, and investors. Our independence allows us to not just work on the bleeding-edge of technology, but also define it.
• We're Vested
  • You won’t just own your work here, you’ll have the potential to own equity in Cruise, too. We are competing in a market that is projected to grow exponentially, which gives our company valuation room to grow. 

Cruise LLC is an equal opportunity employer.  All applicants for employment will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, genetics or any other legally protected basis.   Below, you have the opportunity to share your preferred gender pronouns, gender, ethnicity, and veteran status with Cruise to help us identify areas of improvement in our hiring and recruitment processes. Completion of these questions is entirely voluntary.  Any information you choose to provide will be kept confidential, and will not impact the hiring decision in any way.

We also consider for employment qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with applicable laws.  And, if you believe that you will need any type of accommodation, please let us know.

Note to Recruitment Agencies: Cruise does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Furthermore, Cruise does not pay placement fees for candidates submitted by any agency other than its approved partners.