Staff Technical Program Manager, OTA

The role

This person will coordinate and execute technical programs for Over the Air Updates. They will work with leadership and engineering teams to ensure technical vision and development processes are followed.

What you will do

• Work directly with the leadership team to ensure the execution of our teams technical vision
• Lead tactical development processes including grooming, pointing, and sprint planning
• Facilitate strategic development processes and decomposition into tactical exercises
• Coordinate with OTA team leads to ensure work scope and dependencies are clear
• Coordinate with counterpart TPMs external to the OTA team
• Push engineering leaders and developers to follow the development norms and processes
• Design and maintain agile processes for tracking and executing OTA projects

Required qualifications

• BS or MS in Computer Science or Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or other related technical fields with 5+ years relevant experience
• 6+ years of Technical or Engineering Program Management experience
• Experience with Atlassian-based applications, including Jira and Confluence
• Experience with the entire Software Development Lifecycle from user story creation to validation and maintenance
• Experience working with complex systems in either a technical or programs capacity
• Outstanding communication skills, both written and verbal
• Expert with agile, waterfall, or kanban development processes
• Passionate about process improvement and developing strong cross-functional relationships

Nice to have

• Experience with the APIs directly
• Experience with Software Defined Vehicles

Benefits

• competitive base salary
• annual company performance bonus program
• equity in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
• health coverage
• retirement savings
• time off
• family planning programs

About the company

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is a joint venture between two industry leaders. They address the challenges of electric vehicles through technology for software-defined vehicles.