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We are looking for a Staff Technical Program Manager to lead highly technical, executive-level cross-functional programs within Cruise for our driverless vehicles! In this role, you will partner with engineering teams critical to Cruise’s mission. The ideal candidate is someone that can align multiple groups and teams towards unified goals and drive progress towards meeting our company objectives. You will lead intra and intr-department cross-functional dependencies and relationships. This is a highly cross-functional role where you will be working with partners from across AD Tech including Directors and VPs.
Partner with leaders across Product Management, Program Management, and Engineering functions to document and supervise program requirements, and turn these into engineering work plans with clear cross-team dependencies
Drive the formulation and review of department roadmaps and objectives on a quarterly and ongoing cadence
Work with Engineering leaders to ensure teams address a balanced assignment of critical initiatives and proactive engineering excellence investments and ensure teams don't become overburdened
Ensure smooth execution of cross dependent programs and continuously improve execution over time
Ensure consistent delivery of critical projects that meet the companies objectives, identifying and removing organizational barriers to execution
Promote quality communication across departments to effectively complete and report progress, risks, and wins to an executive audience.
Lead and improve planning and execution processes at the intersection of multiple departments
Responsible for instrumenting monitoring to measure group efficiency and effectiveness
Establish confidence from partner teams to continuously minimize distractions or conflicts and push groups to increase their output
Be the point of contact for high visibility multi-functional workstreams by owning communication of team, initiative, and objective statuses to all partners, including senior management and executives
Build systems to coordinate the proactive identification, tracking, and resolution of risks across multiple engineering organizations.
Define and maintain a work breakdown structure and balance agile project management methodologies with overarching company program schedules
Coordinate with product and engineering management to measure progress towards our goals to ensure schedules are met and wins are celebrated
Use technical judgment in working with large, cross engineering teams to track dependencies and risks effectively
Ability to apply technical software or hardware development knowledge to collaborate closely with engineers and/or scientists to transform prototypes into shippable features
Serve as an embodiment of Cruise behaviors: Stay Safe, Own It, Stay Focused, Seek Truth, Work Together, Be Humble
Support the growth of the team, act as a mentor, and support onboarding processes and career development
Bachelors, Masters, or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or similar technical field
7+ years of technical industry experience, including as a TPM or equivalent technical leader
Proficient with Agile methodologies and JIRA based program management tools and standard methodologies
Experience improving and delivering reliable software through continuous integration, automated testing and code reviews
Track record of driving execution across large engineering organizations and driving teams towards the next level of difficulty
Experience leading sophisticated fast-paced critical initiatives spanning multiple teams and organizations, often with conflicting priorities and schedules
Experience building consensus across different functions and groups
Self-motivation and passion to lead end to end programs, encourage standard methodologies, and discover ways to constantly improve
Cruise LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We strive to create a supportive and inclusive workplace where contributions are valued and celebrated, and our employees thrive by being themselves and are inspired to do the best work of their lives.
We seek applicants of all backgrounds and identities, across race, color, ethnicity, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or parental status, or disability. Applicants will not be discriminated against based on these or other protected categories or social identities. Cruise will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, in accordance with applicable laws.
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Vaccine Mandate.
At Cruise, we’re tasked with leading in the communities we serve — and doing our part to help keep our communities and our teams safe. Our #StaySafe culture transcends and informs all we do, and because of this, as of October 31, 2021 Cruise will be mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for all US-based Cruisers who need or want to access any of our US Cruise facilities and engage in any business travel — including attending any in-person Company-sponsored event.
If you are unable to get a vaccine due to a medical condition, disability, or a strongly-held religious belief, Cruise will consider requests for an accommodation.
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