Senior Technical Program Manager, Oxa

• Engineering degree (BS/MS) in software, robotics, or similar technical field
• Previous practical experience in the role offered, or as a Technical Lead, Senior Software Engineer, or other related roles
• Outstanding communication: Able to disseminate results widely and effectively to internal and external customers
• A servant leader mentality, helping the teams to grow and deliver
• Program management experience: roadmap delivery, progress reporting, and active risk management (balancing of time, cost, scope, and quality). Capable of using industry-standard software tools for program management and collaboration (e.g. Jira, Confluence, Miro, G Suite)
• A technical mindset, having demonstrated understanding of complex technical systems (e.g. robotics software or similar) and understanding of the software development life cycle
• Able to work across teams to identify and manage dependencies
• Data-driven, with experience in collecting relevant metrics, including flow metrics and forecasting, and producing analysis to identify trends. Understanding of technical development metrics such as DORA
• Experience of facilitating and supporting Agile principles and practices (Scrum, Kanban, hybrids, etc.), and promoting a collaborative development style

Desirable

• As our Technical Program Manager you will join our growing Planning and Controls effort, where we design, implement, test, and deploy the software that defines the behaviour and motion of Oxa’s Autonomous Vehicles (AVs), and makes them drive
• We are looking for a Technical Program Manager that will augment our teams and help with the “nuts and bolts” of executing large and complex software development projects that contribute to a human-like, predictable, and safe AV driving experience
• Specifically, this role will support our teams by helping them to identify and define valuable delivery outcomes, and to plan, organise and prioritise their work to achieve these outcomes
• You will work closely with our tech leads to facilitate and support roadmap creation, execution, adaptation and tracking
• Contribute to technology roadmap definition, alignment/coherence, and execution
• Prepare, schedule, coordinate, and monitor the engineering tasks associated with roadmap delivery, progress reporting, and actively managing execution risks
• Manage cross-functional dependencies for development, deployment, and continuous improvement of AV driving capabilities
• Work alongside technical leadership to enable program management and help tech leads improve tactical execution practices. Support and facilitate use of Jira to plan and track our work
• Establish and run engineering rituals for the broader group and attend team rituals to be the first touch point for updates and identify areas to focus on
• Help manage external dependencies and facilitate collaborations across the organization
• Quantify engineering productivity and identify improvements for the engineering experience and efficiency over time
• Interact regularly with team members to interpret their needs, understand their results, and bring these to other teams to unblock or improve engineering productivity
• Promote and champion activities of our teams to the rest of the organisation