# Senior Program Manager – Release Management

**Company**: Cyngn
**Location**: Mountain View
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $140,000-175,000 per year
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

We are seeking a Senior Program Manager to own the end-to-end release management process for our autonomous vehicle software and hardware systems and to drive cross-functional program execution at scale.

This role is ideal for someone with 6+ years of experience in program or technical project management who can operate independently, influence without authority, and build the processes and infrastructure needed to reliably ship complex, safety-critical systems.

The ideal candidate combines deep release management expertise with a strategic perspective to align engineering, product, and customer-facing teams around shared delivery goals.

## Responsibilities

- Own the release management lifecycle from planning through deployment, including release readiness criteria, go/no-go decisions, and post-release retrospectives.

- Define and maintain release schedules that account for hardware/software dependencies, customer commitments, and regulatory requirements.

- Serve as the central coordination point for all release-related activities across engineering, QA, product, and field operations.

- Drive program-level planning, tracking, and risk management across multiple concurrent initiatives.

- Develop and maintain release governance processes, including branching strategies, freeze windows, and rollback procedures in collaboration with engineering leads.

- Identify systemic risks and blockers across programs and drive resolution with appropriate urgency and escalation.

- Build and report on program and release KPIs, surfacing insights that inform leadership decisions on scope, schedule, and resource trade-offs.

- Partner with product and engineering leadership to translate roadmap priorities into executable delivery plans.

- Lead cross-functional release readiness reviews, integration testing coordination, and customer rollout sequencing.

## Qualifications

- 6+ years of experience in program or project management within a technical environment, with direct ownership of release management processes.

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, or a related discipline; advanced degree a plus.

- Proven ability to manage complex, multi-team programs involving both software and hardware components.

- Deep experience with Jira administration, including workflow configuration, reporting, and cross-project coordination.

- Strong command of Agile methodologies and SDLC practices, including experience adapting them to hardware-coupled development cycles.

- Excellent communication and facilitation skills; able to drive alignment across engineering, product, and executive stakeholders.

- Experience with autonomous systems, robotics, or other safety-critical industries strongly preferred.

- Track record of bringing order to complex, fast-moving programs without slowing teams down.

## Benefits & Perks

- Health benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, HSA and FSA (Health & Dependent Daycare), Employee Assistance Program, 1:1 Health Concierge)

- Life, Short-term and long-term disability insurance (Cyngn funds 100% of premiums)

- Company 401(k)

- Commuter Benefits

- Flexible vacation policy

- Remote or hybrid work opportunities

- Sabbatical leave opportunity after 5 years with the company

- Paid Parental Leave

- Daily lunches for in-office employees and fully-stocked kitchen with snacks and beverages

- Monthly meal and tech allowances for remote employees

## Skills

### Required
- Release management
- Program management
- Technical project management
- Jira administration
- Agile methodologies
- SDLC practices
- Autonomous systems
- Robotics

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