Maintenance and Damage Leader, Autonomous Vehicles

Here at Avis Budget Group, you’ll be joining a team of 25,000 driven people performing with purpose. Together, we’re moving the future of transportation forward through innovative, customer-focused solutions.

Our culture is performance-driven — we encourage and support each other to be at our best through leadership, training, tools, and rewards.

We’re proud to make a positive difference in the lives of our colleagues, customers, and the communities where we operate.

Leveraging its core strengths in large scale fleet management, Avis Budget Group has entered into a strategic partnership with the leader in self-driving technology, to launch and scale a fully autonomous ride-hailing service in Dallas.  This new strategic partnership reflects the Company’s ambition to grow beyond travel and actively shape the future of mobility.  Sound your speed? Come join our family. 

As the Maintenance and Damage Leader, Autonomous Vehicles, you will lead a team responsible for the overall performance of the Fleet Maintenance function, including vehicle maintenance, repair, and in-fleeting/de-fleeting of autonomous ride-hail vehicles. Your work will focus on maximizing fleet utilization and profitability while ensuring ride-hail customers in the Dallas market have access to clean, well-maintained autonomous vehicles when needed.

What You’ll Do:

• Own the P&L for the fleet maintenance function for the Market
• Develop, implement and communicate standard operating plans to maximize fleet uptime to business and company guidelines, directing and controlling the maintenance, repair and/or reconditioning of autonomous ride-hail vehicles, which may include activities relating to in-fleeting/de-fleeting of autonomous vehicles into the fleet, to meet regulatory, safety and performance standards
• Manage performance of team members/employees against business plan by setting, communicating, monitoring and updating goals as needed for key performance indicators on a regular and consistent basis for maintenance and repair, including, but not limited to, fleet uptime, technician productivity, response time, out of service time, and vendor cycle time
• Forecast, budget and manage key financial drivers including, but not limited to, S&W per day, warranty recovery and cost per repair.
• Perform detailed quantitative and qualitative data analysis to generate strategic and tactical decisions to implement continuous process improvements to maximize fleet and reduce off-grid time
• Responsible for the coordination of automotive damage appraisals/repairs and all activities related to repairs, inspections, and maintenance including documentation and the ordering of parts, tools, and supplies
• Partner with the respective Depot Operations Leader and Managers, and/or the partner’s  product, engineering, IT, and other departments to prioritize the workload to accomplish the needs of the business
• Partner with ABG supply chain, IT, facilities, procurement and other departments to leverage scale and expertise
• Initiate, oversee, manage and maintain vendor relationships and workload assignment, ensuring established service levels and standards are met and that all vendor management policies and procedures are followed

• Manage all areas of the employee lifecycle including hiring, onboarding, training, recognition, motivation, development and performance management to enable a high-performance culture 
• Manage all facets of employee relations, including, but not limited to, implementing HR policies and practices in a consistent and fair manner, in accordance with Company policies and partnering with Human Resources Business Partners where appropriate
• Provide a safe work environment by ensuring all safety policies and practices are followed and maintained, partnering with Safety where appropriate

What We’re Looking For:

• High School diploma required; 2-4 year college degree preferred (or equivalent in education, training or experience)
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in related field (supply chain operations, logistics, fleet management, rental car, ride hail, mobility services or related service industries) of progressive operations and logistics management, including managing a team of people 
• Demonstrated exceptional teamwork and collaboration skills with a successful track record working in highly matrixed environments
• Excellent organization and prioritization skills, self-starter, able to work in a fast-paced environment with minimal supervision
• Strong financial acumen and forecasting skills
• Solid understanding of electric vehicles (EVs) and electric safety awareness
• Familiarity with depot operations, vehicle readiness, and parts management
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