Who We Are

Aurora (Nasdaq: AUR) is delivering the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly. Founded in 2017 by experts in the self-driving industry, Aurora is revolutionizing transportation – making it safer, increasingly accessible, and more reliable and efficient than ever before. Its flagship product, the Aurora Driver, is a platform that brings together software, hardware, and data services, to autonomously operate passenger vehicles, light commercial vehicles, and heavy-duty trucks. Aurora is partnered with industry leaders across the transportation ecosystem including Toyota, Volvo, PACCAR, Uber, Uber Freight, FedEx, and U.S. Xpress. Aurora tests its vehicles in the Bay Area, Pittsburgh, and Texas and has offices in those areas as well as in Bozeman, MT; Seattle, WA; Louisville, CO; and Detroit, MI. To learn more, visit www.aurora.tech.

Aurora Overview
Bringing self-driving vehicles to our roads is the most transformative opportunity of our generation. Aurora is taking a fresh start with the development of self-driving technology, combining excellence in AI, rigorous engineering, and a team with decades of experience building robots that work.

Led by a team of seasoned experts, our mission is to deliver the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly. We are designing the software and hardware to power the transportation of our future that will make our roads safer, give more people access to mobility, and reduce congestion and pollution in cities - improving the quality of life for all. The challenge in what we are endeavoring to achieve is transcendent; we are developing perhaps the world's most complex computing system and asking it to perform the task of transporting and keeping safe our most precious asset: human life.

Aurora hires people who are excited to build the future of transportation.

Role

This role sits within the Security Strategy and Programs team. Aurora’s Security Strategy and Programs team’s mission is to develop security strategy and drive security initiatives across all of Aurora. We are searching for a seasoned security professional with expertise in driving company wide technical programs to join us on this mission.

 

This role specifically is responsible for driving enterprise IT infrastructure security initiatives and programs. This role will function as the bridge between Security, IT Engineering, IT Operations, Developer Operations, Aurora Trucking Operations (Service Delivery) teams to drive adoption and implementation of security controls as needed for different product release milestones.

 

This role moves effortlessly from high level strategy into tangible action plan adjusted for different stakeholders so that they can execute towards a complex and cross-functional goal. This role will bring in the right set of people as needed to bring specificity and clarity for timely execution of large scale cross-team initiatives. The role will thrive in a dynamic work environment, and is able to prioritize multiple parallel efforts. The role will proactively make efforts to break through communication barriers and develop strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels of the organization.

 

Job level is negotiable based on experience. Flexible work locations are available (MTV, SFO, PIT, SEA) for US-based employees (Full remote is not available for this role).

 

In This Role You Will

• Establish Security Initiatives and Programs
• Function as internal product manager for enterprise security capabilities. 
• Identify security gaps, design security controls and develop security programs for Aurora’s enterprise IT infrastructure and operations.
• Partner closely with Aurora’s IT Engineering, IT Operations, Developer Operations, Aurora Trucking Operations, Communications, Legal and Supply Chain teams to develop execution plans for security initiatives.
• Build a security support interface between Security and the rest of the company.
• Drive Security Program Execution and Risks Resolution
• Drive company wide planning, roadmapping, resourcing of enterprise security and compliance initiatives.
• Interface with engineering managers and engineers to estimate work efforts, define milestones and manage resources. 
• Track progress, roadblocks and potential risks of enterprise security initiatives and programs.
• Proactively ask questions to drive clarity in execution dependencies and priorities to push the team to be highly effective. 
• Identify procedural, operational, and communication gaps, manage issue escalations and provide support to teams balancing competing priorities.
• Proactively remove obstacles to drive momentum and progress. 
• Willingness