Senior Strategic Program Manager
7 days ago
Aurora's mission is to deliver the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly.
The Aurora Driver will create a new era in mobility and logistics, one that will bring a safer, more efficient, and more accessible future to everyone.
At Aurora, you will tackle massively complex problems alongside other passionate, intelligent individuals, growing as an expert while expanding your knowledge. For the latest news from Aurora, visit aurora.tech or follow us on LinkedIn.
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 looking for a Senior Strategic Program Manager to join Aurora's Strategy team. This person will play a major role in driving the scaling of Aurora's business and freight network. By actively supporting Aurora's growth from a few lanes and customers today to broad scale across the United States, you'll operate on both strategic as well as program leadership level.
In this role, you will
- Set strategy and drive program management of go-to-market systems and processes to enable Aurora to scale rapidly.
- Lead Ecosystem Development: Define and build our enroute product support strategy by partnering deeply with Operations, Engineering, Finance, Real Estate, and Corporate Development.
- Launch and Manage Pilot Programs: Lead a cross-functional team to define, scope, and execute initial commercial pilot programs. You will be responsible for setting objectives, tracking progress, and delivering results that pave the way for broader commercial launch.
- Drive Partner Enablement and Scale: Collaborate directly with Aurora's partners to design and implement site infrastructure and operational frameworks. Lead workshops and engagements to ensure partners can successfully support and manage Aurora Driver-powered trucks.
- Align Commercial and Technical Roadmaps: Work closely with Engineering teams to translate commercial needs and operational learnings into detailed progression roadmaps, ensuring our technology development is tightly aligned with our market expansion.
- 5+ years in logistics, self-driving tech and/or other strategic and/or product operations role.
- Direct, measurable impact through the design, development, and execution of strategy.
- Experience in leading cross-functional teams in service of a large workstream.
- Aptitude as a product owner or product manager.
- Being comfortable with technical depth and engineering requirements
- High level of comfort working in ambiguity. Must be able to define the unknown, create structure and manage change.
- Owned products end-to-end, from ideation to launch
- Experience clarifying product challenges and details via written documents to get alignment with senior leadership.
- Financial or Data Modeling skills.
The base salary wage range for this position is $150K-240K 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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