Technical Program Manager - Wayve

Drive project delivery: Own the project lifecycle and improve delivery outcomes through structured execution and coordination. Boost efficiency: Identify bottlenecks, streamline workflows, and improve tooling and resource allocation to increase throughput. Enable cross-team collaboration: Improve alignment across teams through effective communication, shared goals, and faster decisions. Manage risk proactively: Anticipate issues, develop mitigation plans, and minimise impact on timelines and quality. Keep stakeholders aligned: Engage regularly with internal stakeholders, manage expectations, and deliver on commitments. Align with business goals: Ensure programs directly support Wayve's strategic priorities by making smart scope and resource decisions. Champion continuous improvement: Lead retros, encourage feedback, and implement changes to improve processes, team dynamics, and outcomes. Bias for action / program delivery: 5+ years leading complex, multi-team software or technology programs in fast-paced or early-stage environments. You get things done. Technically strong: Comfortable working with engineers and reasoning about modern software, ML, and robotics stacks, even if you don't write code. Systems thinking: You reason about how the parts of a complex system fit together, and how a change in one area ripples into others. Stays neutral and adapts under pressure: Effective in high-tension, ambiguous situations; you flex your style to keep people aligned and moving. Strong project management: Skilled at planning, prioritising, managing risk and dependencies, and adapting as things change. Clear communicator: You explain complex ideas simply, surface risk early, listen well, and keep teams aligned. Collaborative leader: You bring people together, influence without authority, and create a positive team culture. Strategic thinking & problem-solving: You keep the bigger picture in mind, stay calm under pressure, and find creative solutions. Product-minded: You focus on outcomes and the people your programs serve - prioritising by impact and defining what good looks like, not just tracking activity. Growth mindset: Open to feedback and always looking to improve. Ideally 8+ years as a Technical Program Manager. An engineering or computer science degree, or experience working as an engineer; excels in Jira (or similar). Exposure to autonomous vehicles, robotics, perception, vehicle hardware / embedded, ML, simulation / evaluation, or other safety-critical or compute-heavy domains.

Drive project delivery: Own the project lifecycle and improve delivery outcomes through structured execution and coordination. Boost efficiency: Identify bottlenecks, streamline workflows, and improve tooling and resource allocation to increase throughput. Enable cross-team collaboration: Improve alignment across teams through effective communication, shared goals, and faster decisions. Manage risk proactively: Anticipate issues, develop mitigation plans, and minimise impact on timelines and quality. Keep stakeholders aligned: Engage regularly with internal stakeholders, manage expectations, and deliver on commitments. Align with business goals: Ensure programs directly support Wayve's strategic priorities by making smart scope and resource decisions. Champion continuous improvement: Lead retros, encourage feedback, and implement changes to improve processes, team dynamics, and outcomes. We're looking for the following skills and experience.

Drive project delivery: Own the project lifecycle and improve delivery outcomes through structured execution and coordination. Boost efficiency: Identify bottlenecks, streamline workflows, and improve tooling and resource allocation to increase throughput. Enable cross-team collaboration: Improve alignment across teams through effective communication, shared goals, and faster decisions. Manage risk proactively: Anticipate issues, develop mitigation plans, and minimise impact on timelines and quality. Keep stakeholders aligned: Engage regularly with internal stakeholders, manage expectations, and deliver on commitments. Align with business goals: Ensure programs directly support Wayve's strategic priorities by making smart scope and resource decisions. Champion continuous improvement: Lead retros, encourage feedback, and implement changes to improve processes, team dynamics, and outcomes. Bias for action / program delivery: 5+ years leading complex, multi-team software or technology programs in fast-paced or early-stage environments. You get things done. Technically strong: Comfortable working with engineers and reasoning about modern software, ML, and robotics stacks, even if you don't write code. Systems thinking: You reason about how the parts of a complex system fit together, and how a change in one area ripples into others. Stays neutral and adapts under pressure: Effective in high-tension, ambiguous situations; you flex your style to keep people aligned and moving. Strong project management: Skilled at planning, prioritising, managing risk and dependencies, and adapting as things change. Clear communicator: You explain complex ideas simply, surface risk early, listen well, and keep teams aligned. Collaborative leader: You bring people together, influence without authority, and create a positive team culture. Strategic thinking & problem-solving: You keep the bigger picture in mind, stay calm under pressure, and find creative solutions. Product-minded: You focus on outcomes and the people your programs serve - prioritising by impact and defining what good looks like, not just tracking activity. Growth mindset: Open to feedback and always looking to improve. Ideally 8+ years as a Technical Program Manager. An engineering or computer science degree, or experience working as an engineer; excels in Jira (or similar). Exposure to autonomous vehicles, robotics, perception, vehicle hardware / embedded, ML, simulation / evaluation, or other safety-critical or compute-heavy domains.