Staff Technical Product Operations Manager, Aurora
$181-262k
Plus annual bonus and equity compensation
3+ days a week in office (Mountain View, CA)
Self-driving technology company
Open for applications
Self-driving technology company
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$181-262k
Plus annual bonus and equity compensation
3+ days a week in office (Mountain View, CA)
1001+ employees
Company mission
To deliver the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years of related work experience, particularly in Product Management, Product Operations, or Technical Program Management
- Strong product intuition, you understand roadmaps, tradeoffs, and technical constraints
- Familiarity with QA workflows, vendor management, and distributed operations
- Proven experience in creating and driving efficient process improvements that can scale
- Data fluency and experience with visualization tools using SQL and Python, turning data into actionable business insights
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, fluent in communicating nuanced, and often technical concepts across a variety of cross-functional stakeholders
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, ability to influence without authority
- Embraces challenges and thrives in a fast-paced environment, ability to work through ambiguity
Desirable
- Experience with HD maps, geospatial systems, robotics, autonomy, and simulation environments
- Experience supporting Machine Learning or data labeling pipelines
- Experience using jira to build structures and frameworks to manage deliverables
What the job involves
- Aurora hires talented people with diverse backgrounds who are ready to help build a transportation ecosystem that will make our roads safer, get crucial goods where they need to go, and make mobility more efficient and accessible for all
- We’re looking for a Staff Technical Product Operations Manager to be a force multiplier in realizing the full potential of Aurora’s Mapping operations and technology for self-driving
- As a Staff Technical Product Operations Manager, you’ll bring a blend of strategic, operational, and product experience to drive alignment across our organization, optimize operational processes, and accelerate product development velocity. You’ll partner with Engineering, Mapping Ops, Systems Safety, and Product Program Management to translate business objectives into concrete, tactical plans for the teams
- In this high-impact role, you’ll bring strong product management instinct and pair them with operational rigor to design systems that allow our Mapping organization to scale
- You’ll help build and improve the operating system behind how our Mapping products and processes scale – from HD map expansion, updates, change detection, validation, and release readiness
- Drive operational alignment, product readiness, and continuous improvement across Mapping systems and tools
- Translate operational inefficiencies into product and tooling requirements, partner with engineering and analytics teams to drive automation and triage efficiency
- Lead and execute strategic initiatives to scale operations including KPI frameworks, process optimizations, and standardization
- Influence senior stakeholders by turning operational insights into clear, data-driven narratives that inform product and business decisions
- Partner with Engineering to develop product roadmaps and sprint-level objectives to ensure operational readiness to test and productionize new software developments
- Develop detailed projects plans and experiments with clear objective, structure, and analytical rigor
- Demonstrate excellent communication skills to share progress updates and business reports tailored for wide variety of audience
Our take
In spite of emerging from stealth mode in 2018, Aurora is making strong waves in the flurry of startups racing to develop fully autonomous vehicles. Aurora’s hardware and software developments have historically focused on self-driving trucks, which it expects to launch commercially in 2024.
It recently named Ossa Fisher as its new President, who will focus on scaling operations ahead of this commercial launch. Passenger cars and associated services are expected to roll out following this launch. However, the self-driving industry is riddled with unmet deadlines, cash shortfalls, and tough technological challenges.
To remain competitive with deep-pocket industry giants like Tesla and Google’s Waymo, the company continues to land substantial backing from the likes of Sequoia Capital, accelerating its post-IPO growth. The pedigree of its founders may well continue to win over investor confidence. It boasts leading prior positions in the self-driving divisions of Tesla, Uber, and Google.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
8% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Dec 2020
$400m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Feb 2019
$600m
SERIES B
Total funding: $1.1bn
Company benefits
- Choice of regional HMO options, PPO options, and high deductible plans, with the option to contribute to a health savings account (HSA). If you choose a high deductible health plan, Aurora will make employer contributions to your HSA
- Comprehensive dental coverage and access to a nationwide provider network
- Coverage for vision exams, glasses, contacts, discounts for LASIK, and other vision services through a nationwide provider network
- In-office lunches, snacks, and drinks available
- GymPass offers on-demand virtual classes (fitness, yoga, strength, and more), well-being coaching, and budget management. Discount on nationwide gym memberships
- Headspace offers access to guided sessions that focus on everything from stress to relationships, anxiety, and sleep
- SoFi. Refinance your home, student and personal loans
- Fetch offers discounts on pet insurance
- PerkSpot offers discounts on vacations, car rentals, and entertainment
- Access support services to help with your family planning journey including fertility care, adoption, and surrogacy. Reimbursement of $20,000 lifetime benefit
- Save for your future with Aurora’s 401(k) Plan. Pre-tax and Roth contribution options are available
- 24/7 access to online resources and unlimited phone consultations for stress, grief counseling, depression, and relationship conflicts (personal and professional), and limited in-person sessions
- Set aside pre-tax money to pay for qualified transit and commuter benefits
- Cigna travel accident insurance provided for business travel
- LinkedIn Learning is an e-learning resource to support professional development. Aurora Academy is an internal learning and development program designed to up-level our team by teaching skills that are essential to Aurora’s mission
- Modern Health is a mental wellness benefit that includes 14 sessions with a certified coach and 12 sessions with a therapist, if needed. Unlimited access to live provider- lead community circles, digital mediation, and more
- Flexible/reasonable vacation for salaried employees; accrual of 20 vacation days per year for non-exempt employees, 11 paid company holidays per year, and reasonable sick time to stay home, rest, and get better
- Network of employee-led groups that represent Aurorans, organized by cultural identity or collaborative purpose
- Aurora provides all new parents and caregivers 18 weeks of coordinated pay and time off for the birth or placement of a child. Up to 4 weeks of paid medical leave for your own personal illness or injury, or to care for a sick family member
- Set aside pre-tax money to pay for healthcare and dependent daycare expenses using FSA plans
- Company-paid premiums for life insurance (2x salary up to $500,000). Voluntary life & AD&D coverage for you and your dependents is available. Short-term disability benefits are 60% weekly benefit up to a max of $2,500 after a short waiting period. Long-term disability benefits are 60% of monthly salary to $10,000 after a waiting period. Option to enroll in voluntary life/AD&D insurance
- 24/7 access to Unum’s worldwide emergency travel assistance services for personal travel
Company HQ
Strip District, Pittsburgh, PA
Leadership
Chris Urmson
(Co-Founder & CEO)They have a PhD in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon, and worked as a robotics research scientist at SAIC. They were CTO of Self-Driving Cars at Google.
Drew Bagnell
(Chief Scientist)They hold a Robotics PhD from Carnegie Mellon, where they are also an Associate Professor. They were Autonomy Architect and Perception Lead at Uber Advanced Technology Center. Held the position of CTO at Aurora for over 3 years.
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