Staff Technical Program Manager - Security

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 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 Senior Technical Program Manager - Security Governance

In this role, you will

• Establish Programs and Processes
• Work closely with Aurora’s Software Engineering, Hardware Engineering, Service Delivery and Safety departments to identify various security governance initiatives.
• Design, build and establish security governance programs and processes.
• Build technical program support interface between Security and the rest of the company.
• Drive Execution and Risks Resolution
• Drive company wide planning, roadmapping, resourcing of product security governance/compliance initiatives.
• Interface with engineering managers and engineers to estimate work efforts, define milestones and manage resources. 
• 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. 
• Manage Stakeholders and Communications
• Establish communication interfaces to keep various levels of stakeholders informed.
• Publish regular reports on programs KPIs and risks
• Engage the right stakeholders as needed to enable timely strategic decision making.

 Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in the capacity of a Technical Program Manager or Engineering Manager in domains of Security, Compliance, Systems, Software, Hardware.
• Experience with planning and driving organization wide multi-year engineering initiatives.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills 
• Ability to influence and motivate people across a broad variety of job functions through your relationships.
• Ability to influence without authority and lead by example.
• Strong organizational skills to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously, without losing sight of highest priority items.
• Experience and ability to roll out large org/company wide initiatives and changes.
• Strong technical, analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to use data and metrics to back up assumptions, recommendations and drive decisions.
• Willingness and ability to dive into problems and document, drive alignment, drive plans and assist with execution.
• Ability to understand complex concepts and make reasoned decisions objectively.
• A demonstrated track record of driving positive changes to product development..
• BS in Computer Science or a technical field or equivalent experience

Desirable Qualifications 

• A combination of CISM, CISSP, GIAC, Prosci, SAFe, CSM or PMP certifications.
• Experience with ISO 21434 and NHTSA Cybersecurity framework.
• Experience with driving security governance or security compliance efforts in an organization.
• Experience in driving key product development initiatives in the automotive or hardware domain.
• Excellent emotional intelligence. 
• Experience with creating communication plans for various levels of stakeholders.
• Foundational knowledge in various domains within Information and Cyber Security, specifically in the automotive space

The base salary range for this position is $216k-$345K per year. Aurora’s pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, the successful candidate’s starting base pay will be determined based on factors including job-related skills, e