Manager, Technical Program Management - System Safety for Cross Functional Initiatives

Zoox is on an ambitious journey to develop a full-stack autonomous mobility solution for cities and to safely deploy a purpose-built robotaxi. Our System Design and Mission Assurance (SDMA) team plays a foundational role in this mission by constructing the safety case for each critical milestone. We are seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to lead highly cross-functional initiatives that substantiate the safety case for Zoox’s autonomous software, vehicle platform, and operations.

Your work will span both real-world and virtual environments, ensuring that the autonomy stack, robot platform, and the operations meet rigorous performance, reliability, and safety requirements. This role operates horizontally across Autonomy Software, Robot Platform, and operations, aligning validation efforts, resolving cross-domain dependencies, and ensuring cohesive execution across the system.

You will be part of an organization with strong leadership and a transparent, respectful culture that empowers you to deliver at your highest potential. In this role, you will: Develop, drive, and own the end-to-end strategy for cross-functional Verification and Validation (V&V) programs from planning through execution and closure. Lead cross-functional coordination to define comprehensive simulation-based and structured test plans.

Align validation pipelines and synchronize program execution across technical program managers and engineering leads. Manage risk assessments, track critical issues, drive cross-team resolutions, and escalate challenges where necessary. Define and track resource requirements, identify critical paths, and maintain visibility into key program milestones.