# Senior Program Manager, Mapping Operations
**Company:** [Nuro](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/nuro)
**Location:** Mountain View, CA
**Salary:** $132K-$198K
**Experience:** 6+ years
**Skills:** Program Management, Project Management, Operations Management, Stakeholder Management, AI Tools, Workflow Automation, Process Improvement, Metrics & Reporting, Data Analysis, Cross-Functional Collaboration
**Posted:** 2026-06-23
> Lead strategic health of mapping operations end-to-end, driving workflow, quality, tooling, and AI-enabled process improvements. Requires 6+ years in program/operations management with strong stakeholder skills and AI fluency.
## Job Description
## About the Work

### Own and evolve the system
- Own the strategic health of mapping operations end to end, from intake to quality standards to what “done” means
- Identify the next operational unlock across workflow, tooling, partner coordination, policy, data, or emerging needs
- Partner with engineering and tooling teams to build scalable infrastructure for mapping operations
- Turn ambiguous problems into clear plans with milestones, owners, risks, and success criteria

### Lead across teams with clarity and trust
- Drive alignment across engineering, product, operations, tooling partners, and vendors through clear analysis and recommendations
- Hold partners accountable to commitments while preserving strong working relationships
- Represent Mapping Operations in senior leadership conversations as both a safety and business signal
- Help the team stay focused and effective as priorities shift

### Build with AI at the core
- Use AI to accelerate investigation, analysis, documentation, automation, and workflow improvement
- Identify where AI can reduce manual work, improve diagnostics, or unlock new operating models
- Partner with engineering and tooling teams to embed AI into core mapping operations systems
- Model responsible, effective AI use and help the team build confidence with it

### Set and raise the quality bar
- Evolve labeling policy frameworks, taxonomy governance, and review methods that scale
- Surface quality gaps early and build feedback loops that prevent repeat issues
- Connect field data and autonomy feedback back into labeling policy, workflow design, and quality review
- Use metrics and qualitative signals to improve quality, consistency, and throughput

### Grow the team around you
- Mentor labeling specialists, junior PMs, and cross-functional partners
- Raise the bar on diagnostic thinking, policy fluency, stakeholder communication, and operational rigor
- Model strong systems thinking, AI fluency, and cross-functional influence
- Create clarity in a fast-moving environment

## About You

### What you bring
- 6+ years in program management, project management, operations, technical operations, or a related role in a software or technology environment
- Experience working close to technical or operational systems, with a track record of designing, redesigning, or scaling how work gets done
- AI-native instincts and practical experience applying AI to operational, analytical, or automation problems
- Confidence under pressure, sound judgment in ambiguity, and the ability to help others stay focused through change
- Strong stakeholder management, including the ability to push senior partners while maintaining trust
- Executive-level communication and strong data fluency, including metrics, reporting, trend analysis, and structural decision-making

### Bonus points
- Experience in mapping, geospatial systems, autonomous vehicles, robotics, or related operational domains
- Prior people management or mentorship of junior PMs, operations specialists, or labeling teams
- Experience with offshore, distributed, or vendor teams
- Demonstrated improvements to operational quality or throughput at scale

## Compensation and Benefits
- Base pay range: $132,000 - $198,000
- Annual performance bonus
- Equity
- Competitive benefits package
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