Technical Program Manager, OEM Programs

Who We Are

Aurora (Nasdaq: AUR) is delivering the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly to make transportation safer, increasingly accessible, and more reliable and efficient than ever before. The Aurora Driver is a self-driving system designed to operate multiple vehicle types, from freight-hauling semi-trucks to ride-hailing passenger vehicles, and underpins Aurora Horizon and Aurora Connect, its driver-as-a-service products for trucking and ride-hailing. Aurora is working with industry leaders across the transportation ecosystem, including Toyota, FedEx, Volvo Trucks, PACCAR, Uber, Uber Freight, U.S. Xpress, Werner, Covenant, Schneider, and Ryder. For Aurora’s latest news, visit aurora.tech and @aurora_inno on Twitter.

Aurora hires talented people with diverse backgrounds who are ready to help build a transportation ecosystem that will make our roads safer, get crucial goods where they need to go, and make mobility more efficient and accessible for all. We’re searching for a Technical Program Manager to join Aurora’s Vehicle Programs team. This candidate will manage cross-functional programs to integrate the new generations of the Aurora Driver with a number of vehicle platforms at various stages of maturity. In doing so, the candidate will be responsible for setting milestones with a high level of cross-department dependencies, tracking progress and maintaining accountability against those milestones, and identifying and mitigating risks from early requirements definition phases to integrated vehicle deployment.

The candidate will report to the Director of Vehicle Programs and will work closely with Product, Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering and Operations teams within Aurora.

In this role, you will

• Manage and be accountable for complex manufacturing and supply projects, spanning functional teams and cross-functional initiatives, including hardware and software engineering, legal, safety and security, business and commercial development, finance, supply chain and operations 
• Create cohesive work plans to track and drive program launch deliverables, both internal and external to Aurora, to ensure timely completion, resolve dependencies, evaluate risks and effectively communicate status to upper management project stakeholders. Work across Aurora, OEMs, Contract Manufacturers and Tier 1s to ensure alignment and program execution. 
• Solicit, aggregate and track fulfillment of requirements associated with introducing Aurora hardware and software to OEM manufacturing facilities, including requirements for with quality, logistics and packaging, end of line test and diagnostics, design for manufacturability, and reliability 
• Define, communicate, and track key performance indicators for OEM manufacturing and supply programs at various stages of maturity across multiple functions and departments
• Identify, catalog, and report on risks to OEM manufacturing and supply programs across multiple teams. Manage burndown of these risks through the program lifecycle.
• Proactively remove obstacles to drive momentum and progress, identify gaps in communication or schedule, provide support to teams balancing competing priorities and drive results
• Run programmatic meetings with appropriate level of detail for the respective audience - from working level to executive level. Proactively schedule meetings or discussions with cross-functional partners to address roadblocks. Ensure meetings are action-oriented, and result in clear notes covering outcomes/decisions, and next steps have identified DRIs and due dates
• Build and maintain relationships with Aurora’s partners, understand their needs and drive alignment with Aurora’s product vision
• Coordinate and drive workshops with partners; build agenda, track progress and be responsible for outstanding items and next steps

Required Qualifications

• Based near an Aurora office, preferably Mountain View, San Francisco, or Pittsburgh.
• Ability to travel.
• Experience in program management of product development and delivery. Strong preference for experience with projects involving APQP and PPAP
• Ability to break complex projects down to manageable milestones and deliver them in a successful and timely manner
• Strong ability to communicate (verbal and written) succinctly and effectively to various global audiences at all levels, from line engineers to partners to C-level executives 
• Master collaborator -- unflappable with impeccable attention to detail and organizatio