Technical Program Manager Lead, Motive
Telematics
CA$188-217k
Fleet management platform for trucks
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Fleet management platform for trucks
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
CA$188-217k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To connect the world’s trucks.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years of experience in program management (or equivalent hybrid PM/EM/TPM leadership), with significant time leading complex, cross‑functional programs at the platform/infrastructure layer
- Strong technical depth across one or more of: embedded/edge (Linux/RTOS/Android), connectivity (cellular/MQTT/REST), OTA, and cloud/data (streaming, hot/cold storage, observability)
- Proven delivery track record for reliability/scalability programs and multi‑release roadmaps across hardware + software ecosystems
- Mastery of execution frameworks: portfolio planning, dependency/risk management, change control, phased rollouts, metrics reviews, postmortems, and corrective action loops
- Excellent stakeholder management and executive communication; makes ambiguity legible, drives crisp decisions, and creates durable alignment
- Experience operating in globally distributed teams
- The applicant must be authorized to receive and access those commodities and technologies controlled under U.S. Export Administration Regulations. It is Motive's policy to require that employees be authorized to receive access to Motive products and technology
What the job involves
- The Telematics organization powers the data backbone behind Motive’s products and is scaling to handle billions of events per day as we expand globally
- As the Lead TPM for Telematics, you will drive cross‑functional execution across on‑device software, cloud services and data pipelines, and vehicle coverage programs
- You’ll establish the operating rhythms, program frameworks, and KPIs that scale our execution across regions and product surfaces while partnering closely with Engineering, Product, Data, Security, Support, and field teams
- Own strategic, cross‑org programs end‑to‑end from problem framing and roadmap orchestration to delivery, landing, and post‑launch measurement
- Set up the operating system for execution (cadences, risk/issue management, dependency mapping, change control, and launch readiness reviews) with crisp, decision‑ready comms for executive stakeholders
- Define program KPIs and OKRs across reliability, scalability, quality, cost, and customer outcomes; build executive‑level dashboards and mechanisms for continuous improvement
- Orchestrate complex technical workstreams spanning embedded systems, Android/AOSP services, OTA, connectivity, vehicle signal mapping, data pipelines, and backend APIs
- Enable global launches by aligning cross‑regional teams, readiness plans, cutover playbooks, and incident response guardrails; proactively manage regulatory and market nuances
- Raise the bar on engineering and operational excellence through release discipline, staged rollouts/rollback criteria, non‑functional requirements, and “shift‑left” validation
- Scale the TPM function by mentoring TPMs/EMs/PMs on program practices, increasing throughput, and codifying best practices for repeatable delivery
Our take
Trucking is a huge but fragmented industry that was largely ignored by Silicon Valley until companies such as Motive (formerly KeepTruckin) came along. The integrated fleet management platform acts as air traffic control for trucks, bringing drivers online and into the 21st century.
The company offers both hardware and software solutions to freight companies, allowing them to manage their fleet and keep their drivers safe. One of these solutions is an AI-powered dashcam that detects unsafe driving behavior in real time and instantly alerts the driver.
The platform, which is used by over 120,000 companies, from small businesses to Fortune 500 enterprises, received $150 million in VC in 2025, which is being used to accelerate its investment in AI and grow its enterprise capabilities.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-13% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Jul 2025
$150m
LATE VC
May 2022
$150m
SERIES F
Total funding: $717.3m
Company HQ
Yerba Buena, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Obaid Khan
(Co-Founder & Board Member)Studied Political Science and Government at University of California before founding KeepTruckin in 2013.
Shoaib Makani
(Co-Founder & CEO)Studied Government & Economics at LSE. Analytics Intern at Yahoo. Worked for a year at Google as APMM. Went on to work in Business Development at AdMob.
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