# Program Manager, Eval Operations

**Company:** [Nuro](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/nuro)
**Location:** Mountain View, CA
**Role:** Technical Program Management
**Salary:** $120k – $180k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Technical Program Management, Cross-Functional Stakeholder Management, Risk Management, KPIs, Data Integrity, Software Validation, Qa, Autonomous Vehicles, Robotics, Systems Engineering
**Posted:** 2026-05-12

> Leads program management for evaluation operations in autonomous vehicle software validation, handling intake, triage, prioritization, workflows, and cross-team alignment with engineering groups to ensure safety and scalability.

## Job Description

## What you'll Own

- Running the intake, triage, prioritization, and escalation processes that give the validation organization structure and predictability
- Refining workflows so they actually hold up as validation complexity grows, not just on paper but in how the work moves day to day
- Quickly orienting within active validation cycles by absorbing the technical context, identifying blockers, and articulating clear priorities across multiple software teams to keep work moving
- Partnering with Autonomy Engineering and Systems Engineering to align on validation requirements, manage competing demands, and drive clarity when priorities conflict
- Safeguarding data integrity across validation outputs so stakeholders can trust the results and act on them with confidence
- Managing capacity across external vendors and in-house resources
- Identifying risks early, planning mitigations, and escalating cross-functionally to keep critical deliverables on track under tight timelines
- Building the metrics, reporting, and review mechanisms that give leadership visibility into progress, risks, bottlenecks, and quality trends

## About You

- **5+ years** in technical program management, engineering operations, or related roles where you've built and improved operating mechanisms for complex technical organizations
- Strong critical thinking and the ability to drop into an active validation cycle, absorb the technical context quickly, and articulate clear priorities across multiple software teams
- Cross-functional stakeholder management, especially aligning competing engineering groups
- Experience coordinating delivery across onshore and offshore teams
- Structured problem-solving and risk management instincts
- Clear written and verbal communication with both technical and executive audiences
- High agency, with a track record of building process where none exists and influencing outcomes without direct authority
- Comfort defining KPIs, interpreting data, and turning outputs into clear decisions and recommendations
- A bachelor's degree in a technical or business discipline, or equivalent practical experience

## Bonus Points

- Background in software validation, QA, or quality engineering, with a working understanding of validation methodology
- Experience in AV, robotics, or safety-critical systems

**Compensation:** Base pay range $120,270 - $180,410, plus annual performance bonus, equity, and competitive benefits.

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