Director, Technical Program Management — Driver

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Founded in 2017, Wayve is the leading developer of Embodied AI technology. Our advanced AI software and foundation models enable vehicles to perceive, understand, and navigate any complex environment, enhancing the usability and safety of automated driving systems.

Our vision is to create autonomy that propels the world forward. Our intelligent, mapless, and hardware-agnostic AI products are designed for automakers, accelerating the transition from assisted to automated driving. In our fast-paced environment big problems ignite us—we embrace uncertainty, leaning into complex challenges to unlock groundbreaking solutions. We aim high and stay humble in our pursuit of excellence, constantly learning and evolving as we pave the way for a smarter, safer future.

At Wayve, your contributions matter. We value diversity, embrace new perspectives, and foster an inclusive work environment; we back each other to deliver impact.

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As Director of Technical Program Management for Driver Out at Wayve, you'll own the multi-year program that takes Wayve's autonomy technology and ope rationalises it - from our first eyes-off, driver-out demonstration through to a productised, scaled service on public roads. Driver Out is the underlying technology program behind Wayve's robotaxi ambitions: where the robotaxi pilots prove the product in different markets, you own the safety, systems, and delivery foundations that make driver-out real.

You’ll lead an org-wide effort spanning driving-model performance and safety, behaviour validation, the safety case, system architecture, functional safety and V&V, vehicle hardware and software, remote assistance, and operations - turning a complex web of “must be true” conditions into a sequenced, credible plan. You’ll partner with engineering, science, safety, product, and operations leaders (and external partners such as OEMs and Uber), and build and lead the TPM team beneath the program.

Your impact is measured in how safely and predictably Wayve moves from driver-in to driver-out. A successful leader here is a force multiplier - creating clarity across a huge, ambiguous, safety-critical program.

• Own the Driver Out program end-to-end: Define and drive the multi-year plan and milestones - from the first driver-out demonstration to public-road product integration and minimal scaling - from concept to operation.
• Lead the program org: Build, coach, and grow the TPM team across the program; set the operating model and hold workstream leads to account.
• Drive the critical path: Turn a complex set of “must be true” conditions into a sequenced plan; own dependencies, risk, and trade-offs across every workstream.
• Own the safety-critical spine: Bring the safety case, behaviour validation, functional safety (ISO 26262), SOTIF (ISO 21448), cybersecurity, and the Safety Management System together into a credible, signed-off argument for driver-out.
• Partner across the company and externally: Align engineering, science, safety, product, and operations - and external partners (OEMs, Uber) - on scope, sequencing, and readiness.
• Establish scalable practices: Governance, milestone and launch-readiness reviews, KPIs and dashboards, escalations, and risk-budget management.
• Represent Driver Out at the top: Report progress, risk, and readiness to the executive team, and steer the biggest calls.

In order to set you up for success as Director of Technical Program Management for Driver Out at Wayve, we're looking for the following skills and experience.

Essential

• 10+ years delivering complex programs, incl. director-level leadership: You've owned large, multi-year, cross-org technical programs end-to-end and…