Senior Technical Program Manager, Cruise
$132.6-195k
+ Bonus
Self-driving vehicles
Job no longer available
Self-driving vehicles
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$132.6-195k
+ Bonus
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a better world by deploying driverless cars at scale.
Role
Who you are
- BS, MS, or PhD in Engineering or other relevant technical field
- 5+ years experience in project or program management with technical industry experience as an engineer or other technical role, and experience managing the complexities of physical operations
- Demonstrated success in leading cross-functional teams
- Ability to bring clarity and organization to complex undertakings
- Strong technical and non-technical communication skills, including a willingness to speak up when there is a timeline, scope, resource, or safety risk
- Prioritization to keep teams focused on the most impactful work in the short term while not losing sight of the big picture and long-term goals
- Ability to understand complex, open-ended problems, and adapt and operate under ambiguity
Desirable
- Experience in the autonomous vehicle industry
- Bringing a company’s product to market at a large scale
- A go-to-market or operations program management role
- Work experience at both start-up and established companies
- Working on a ridehail or delivery program
What the job involves
- The Operations Technical Program Management team leads cross-functional programs to safely develop AV technology into scaled and sustainable businesses
- Build program plans and execute them across 10+ functions and external partners to implement and scale Cruise’s commercial products
- Serve as an interface between operations and technical teams to highlight scope, timing, and resourcing risks, and discuss tradeoffs and priorities
- Capture and track inter-team dependencies and handoffs
- Bring next-level organization to the way we make decisions, execute programs, and evaluate progress
- Hold leadership team and cross-functional peers accountable to deliver on commitments
- Communicate progress, opportunities, and risks to key partners and sponsors, including executive leadership
Our take
The taxi industry has seen dramatic changes through mobile vehicle-hailing apps such as Uber, but these services focus simply on ease-of-access to regular taxi services. The automotive industry has seen a vast range of innovations in recent years such as electric cars and self-driving capability, features that are currently not found in existing services.
Cruise brings self-driving autonomy and electric cars together into a taxi-hailing mobile application. In addition to these innovations, the service focuses on efficiency through ride-sharing as opposed to each ride providing a single trip. Whilst other taxi-hailing services will inevitably turn to electric self-driving vehicles, Cruise shows potential to stand out through its AI-fuelled focus on carpooling and fleet efficiency.
Cruise, which has been acquired by General Motors, has received an inordinate amount of funding, including from Honda and Microsoft, with Softbank investing over $2B to scale its technology. A sum of this came after Cruise launched a limited driverless robotaxi service to the public in San Francisco. However, the company is now facing lawsuits from the city to limit its operations there after a series of accidents involving Cruise's vehicles.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
29% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 11 rounds)
Jun 2024
$850m
LATE VC
Feb 2022
$1.3bn
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $9.1bn
Company benefits
- Medical / dental / vision, AD+D and life insurance
- Subsidized mental health benefits
- One Medical membership
- Flexible Spending Account
- Monthly wellness stipend
- 401(k) match
- Paid time off: vacation, sick, public health emergency, jury duty, bereavement and company holidays
- Paid parental, family care and medical leave
- Family care benefits: fertility benefits, Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (subsidized by Cruise)
- Non-remote employees: Pre-tax Commuter Benefit Plan, healthy meals and snacks
- CruiseFlex - a working policy for US-Based Cruisers that lets you and your manager find what working style is best for you, whether it’s primarily in-person, primarily at home or a combination of home and in-office time
Company HQ
China Basin, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Craig Glidden
(CEO (Not Founder))Is also currently the Executive Vice President of General Motors in its Legal wing.
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