Senior Product Program Manager, Terminals

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 Sr Product Manager, Terminals to join Aurora Services Product team. 

In this role, you will

• Shape the strategy for Aurora’s network of terminals and customer endpoints, including defining different archetypes to meet our customers’ needs and Aurora’s commercial targets, balancing costs and engineering resources required to deliver.
• Determine potential terminal partnership opportunities to support Aurora’s lane expansion roadmap and work with Aurora’s Business Development team to bring high potential partnerships to life.
• This strategy will be in direct service of Aurora’s overall business roadmap and will enable our existing and future customers to deploy our technology seamlessly into their own networks in service of Aurora’s mission to scale autonomous technology safely, quickly, and broadly.
• Bring the strategy to live by partnering deeply with key internal stakeholders in Operations, Business Development, SW Engineering, Finance, Real Estate, and external stakeholders including our customers and OEM partners.
• Track progress, resolve dependencies, evaluate risks and communicate status to upper management and product stakeholders.
• Identify key data and metrics that inform the overall performance of the terminals and endpoint products, and identify opportunities for improvement to feedback into overall product and strategy.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years in logistics and/or strategic operations.
• Direct, measurable impact through the design, development, and execution of strategy.
• Solid leadership experience with cross-functional teams in service of a large workstream.
• Aptitude as a product owner or product manager.
• Experience working with Engineers to define requirements and bring designs to life.

Desirable Qualifications 

• High level of comfort working in ambiguity. Must be able to define the unknown, create structure and manage change.
• Owned products end-to-end.
• Experience clarifying product challenges and details via written documents to get alignment with senior leadership.
• Financial or Data Modeling skills.

The base salary range for this position is $141,000-$211,000 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, experience, qualifications, relevant education or training, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future. The successful candidate will also be eligible for an annual bonus, equity compensation, and benefits.

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Working at Aurora

At Aurora, we bring together extraordinarily talented and experienced people united by the strength of our values. We operate with integrity, set outrageous goals, and build a culture where we win together — all without any jerks.

We have offices in several locations across the United States, where we encourage team and cross-functional collaboration. Aurora offers competitive medical, dental, and vision benefits, and additional healthcare support including medical transportation reimbursement, fertility, adoption, and surrogacy benefits. We empower our employees and their families with options to further their unique physical, mental, and financial well-being.

Our Learning and Development offerings include Aurora Academy, where our people learn, develop, and practice the essen