# US - Technical Operations Manager

**Company**: Wayve
**Location**: Sunnyvale, California
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $175,000 to $220,000
**Category**: Operations
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

We build the embodied intelligence that moves real vehicles safely, and the ecosystem a billion machines will run on in the future.

As a Technical Operations Manager, you will serve as the key bridge between Science, Product, Engineering, and Operations, ensuring the alignment of technical programs and on-road activities.

Your responsibilities will include:

- Leading testing and demonstration programs across global operations

- Coordinating structured feedback between field operations and development teams

- Converting high-level strategies into clear action plans for on-road testing

- Collaborating with Systems and Enablement teams to leverage fleet metrics for continuous process improvement

- Fostering innovation in field testing

You will be working on:

- Technical and Operations Enablement

- Testing and Validation

- Cross-Functional Alignment

- Operational Readiness

- Continuous Improvement

- Innovation in Testing & Evaluation

- Technical Collaboration

Requirements:

- Demonstrable experience in technical program management or operations roles

- Proven track record of managing programs, demonstrations, or operations

- Deep experience with test planning, operational readiness frameworks, and structured field-to-development feedback loops

- Strong facilitation and stakeholder management skills

- Excellent written, verbal, and visual communication skills

Desirable skills:

- Experience in autonomous vehicles, advanced driver assistance systems, or field robotics operations

- Exposure to automotive testing protocols, validation frameworks, or OEM partnership programs

- Experience supporting scaling in distributed, global teams with complex technical dependencies

We offer:

- Salaries benchmarked against the market annually

- Meaningful equity

- Relocation support and visa sponsorship

- Hybrid working

- Learning and development budgets

- Comprehensive benefits

## Skills

### Required
- technical program management
- operations
- test planning
- stakeholder management
- communication

### Nice to have
- autonomous vehicles
- advanced driver assistance systems
- field robotics operations
- data analysis

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