Materials Program Manager, Wayve

• Experience bringing newly developed products to scale through partner relationships
• Experienced project / programme manager with the ability to influence across multiple teams
• Ability to do cost accounting for products and negotiate improvements with scale
• Ability to drive decision making across a broad group of internal and external stakeholders
• Experience in collaborative development between internal teams and external partners and suppliers
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to represent a broad range of tradeoffs and decisions to both working level teams and leadership
• Comfortable working in an Agile program environment with aggressive milestones

Desirable

• We’re looking for a strong Material program manager to work in our supply chain team
• We are looking for someone who is passionate about working with engineers to bring early stage product development to scale and building outour supply chain to meet business needs
• This role will need to build relationships with a number of suppliers and partners across a broad set of industries to negotiate favorable pricing and availability
• It will also work with engineering to help guide the design for manufacturing at scale and help set up production lines and quality controls that enable that scale
• Work with Engineering, Operations, and Product teams across the company to craft and embed good engineering practises that work for Wayve, coaching teams where needed
• We are building something different and this means we need to adapt and find ways of working to suit
• Manage dependencies and report blockers to ensure smooth delivery across multi-disciplinary teams
• Working with engineering, help setup and manage suppliers. Own tracking of progress and coordination between parties and handoffs of tasks
• Own the technical supply chain projects which enable our autonomous vehicle
• Inform the budget management for the program, liaising with the engineers and supply chain team lead on how scope and timeline affect strategic decisions
• Manage the CTB ("clear to build") process with suppliers, contract manufacturer, workshop team, and internal stakeholders, ensuring that we have efficient process and clear visibility on our procurement strategy