Technical Program Manager

About Wayve

Founded in 2017, Wayve is the leading developer of Embodied AI technology. Their 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.

The Role

As a Technical Program Manager at Wayve, you will lead complex, cross-functional programs across the engineering organization, spanning AI, software, robotics, infrastructure, evaluation, validation, data, and product. You will turn ambiguity into clear plans and ensure predictable multi-team delivery in a fast-moving environment.

Key Responsibilities

• 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.
• Enable cross-team collaboration: Improve alignment across teams through effective communication and shared goals.
• Manage risk proactively: Anticipate issues, develop mitigation plans, and minimise impact.
• 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.
• Champion continuous improvement: Lead retros, encourage feedback, and implement changes to improve processes.

About You (Essential Skills)

• Bias for action / program delivery: 5+ years leading complex, multi-team software or technology programs in fast-paced environments.
• Technically strong: Comfortable working with engineers and reasoning about modern software, ML, and robotics stacks.
• Systems thinking: Ability to reason about how parts of a complex system fit together.
• Stays neutral and adapts under pressure: Effective in high-tension, ambiguous situations.
• Strong project management: Skilled at planning, prioritising, managing risk and dependencies.
• Clear communicator: Explains complex ideas simply, surfaces risk early, listens well.
• Collaborative leader: Brings people together, influences without authority, creates a positive team culture.
• Strategic thinking & problem-solving: Keeps the bigger picture in mind, finds creative solutions.
• Product-minded: Focuses on outcomes and impact.
• Growth mindset: Open to feedback and always looking to improve.

Desirable Skills

• Ideally 8+ years as a Technical Program Manager.
• An engineering or computer science degree, or experience working as an engineer.
• Exposure to autonomous vehicles, robotics, ML, simulation / evaluation, or other safety-critical or compute-heavy domains.