Senior/Staff Technical Program Manager - Autonomy Behaviors

The role

You will lead complex, cross-team AI and machine learning programs at Zoox, from strategy through delivery. You will turn top-down strategy into roadmaps, track risks and metrics, and report progress to senior leadership.

What you will do

• Own and drive complex AI and machine learning programs across multiple engineering teams, from strategy through delivery
• Translate ambiguous corporate strategy into structured roadmaps and resolve conflicting priorities across teams
• Define and track program-level metrics and use data to surface systemic risks
• Present program status, trade-offs, and recommendations to senior leadership
• Build and scale program management practices, tooling, and processes, and mentor other TPMs
• Work with engineering teams to develop program schedules, identify milestones, flag risks, and estimate budgets

Required qualifications

• BS or MS in computer science, engineering, a technical field, or equivalent job experience
• 10 to 12 or more years of experience in engineering program management
• Experience owning programs that span multiple organizations or director-level and above stakeholders
• Deep experience with AI/ML, autonomous vehicles, computer vision, reinforcement learning, simulation, and/or automotive or aerospace processes
• Track record of resolving high-ambiguity, cross-organizational risks and driving alignment across senior leadership
• Experience building or scaling program management processes, strategy, and tooling for a team or function
• Excellent written and verbal communication, able to move between technical depth with engineers and strategic framing with executives

Nice to have

• Experience in the AV industry or robotics
• Experience integrating AI tools or agents into program management workflows
• Experience using JIRA or similar tools

Benefits

• Paid time off, including sick leave, vacation, and bereavement
• Unpaid time off
• Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights
• Amazon RSUs
• Health insurance
• Long-term care insurance
• Long-term and short-term disability insurance
• Life insurance

Before you apply

• Leveling and pay position depend on years of experience, domain knowledge, and interview performance
• Compensation varies by geographic location and level

About the company

Zoox is developing a full-stack autonomous mobility solution for cities. The company is part of the Amazon group, as shown by the RSU benefit.