Technical Program Manager (AI Automation Tools)

Onsite Role

Job Description -

Technical Program Manager - AHE Operations and AI Enablement
Onsite in Foster City, CA | at least 3 days in office

Client's Advanced Hardware Engineering (AHE) team is responsible for delivering the compute and controls hardware, infotainment and telematics control units, and electrical components that power client's future fleet of self-driving vehicles. We are looking for a Technical Program Manager to lead AHE Operations including Quarterly Planning, budgeting, and various other operational improvement initiatives. You will also lead the definition, development and roll out of AI automation tools that empower AHE TPMs and Engineering to significantly elevate their productivity. 

In this role, you will work cross-functionally with engineering teams and partners across hardware, firmware, software, vehicle engineering, procurement, and manufacturing. You will serve as an authentic and passionate servant leader within One client. Guided by our core principles, you will help deliver AHE systems end-to-end and enable client to meet its business objectives.

We'd love to hear from you if you enjoy solving challenging problems across diverse cross-functional teams, delivering milestones with complex dependencies, and scaling your impact by developing and adopting structured ways of working. And if you're an expert at herding cats and influencing without formal authority, this role was made for you.

In this role, you will:

• Lead AHE Operations: Lead AHE Quarterly Planning process, budgeting, and various other operational improvement initiatives. These initiatives may include, for example, developing systematic approaches to our JIRA planning and issue management frameworks. Assist in TPM processes and continuous improvement frameworks that increase engineering velocity and system reliability.

• Lead AHE AI tools and scaling: Lead the definition, development and roll out of AI automation tools that empower AHE TPMs and Engineering to significantly elevate their productivity via agentic integration across JIRA, Confluence, Slack, Google Suite, and other IT tools.

• Drive Issue Resolution: Own AHE's JIRA hygiene and issue-resolution targets, supporting the team in resolving critical issues and cross-team requests within agreed timelines.

• Configuration Management: Work with cross-functional teams to streamlining the firmware configuration for all our projects across the different target configurations phases. 

• Collaborate: Actively invite diverse perspectives, ensuring all voices are heard and valued in decision-making to strengthen outcomes as One Team.

• Communicate Status: Develop and maintain standard reports and one-pagers to communicate program status, risks, issues, and achievements concisely and effectively to key stakeholders and Client leadership.

Qualifications:

• BS/MS degree in computer science, engineering or equivalent job experience

• At least 6 years of experience in Technical Program Management. Strong track record of leading and delivering complex cross-functional programs across hardware and/or software.

• Processes and operations: Hands-on familiarity with end-to-end product development processes with proficiency in tools required to manage complex programs (i.e. Gantt charts, risk tracking and reporting, Smartsheet, JIRA, etc.).

• AI: Proven understanding of Large Language Models (LLMs), prompt engineering, and AI tools such as Claude and Gemini. Proficiency in agentic coding workflows using Cursor, Claude Code, Visual Studio Code, Windsurf or other Integrated Development Environments. 

• An ability to keep the big picture in focus and to provide clear, well-structured, and concise communications tailored to each appropriate audience. Excellent written, presentation, and verbal communication skills are a must.

Bonus Qualifications:

• AI: Proven experience with building AI-based solutions in the SMB/Enterprise spaces to automate workflows across JIRA, Confluence, Google Suite, Slack, and other productivity tools.

• Operations: Previous product development Operations Program Management experience spanning areas such as budgeting, organization-wide planning cycles, risk management, reporting (JIRA, dashboards), and process development .