Senior Program Manager, Test Execution (Weekends)

Required

• 5+ years of experience in Program Management, Project Management, Product Operations, Technical Operations, or a related role.
• Demonstrated ability to operate independently and make sound first-tier decisions without real-time access to the full weekday team or leadership.
• Working knowledge across multiple engineering/test workstreams, with the ability to quickly get oriented on unfamiliar issues.
• Ability to develop a functional understanding of hardware/software stacks, including how sensors, calibration, and software versions interact to impact vehicle behavior.
• Strong organizational and written/verbal communication skills, with comfort producing clear status reports and escalating to leadership when needed.
• Safety focused, with the ability to operate effectively in environments where safety is a core requirement.
• Required to work a Thursday–Monday schedule, including weekend on-site presence.
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, evolving environment with shifting priorities and incomplete information.
• Comfortable making resourceful, hands-on calls under incomplete information — improvising a workaround, reallocating an available asset, or adjusting a test sequence in the moment rather than escalating by default.
• Desirable Qualifications
• Experience covering or backstopping multiple PM workstreams simultaneously, or prior experience in a "floating" or on-call operational role.
• Proven experience managing relationships and expectations with senior leadership, escalating appropriately without over- or under-escalating.