Senior Project Manager, Engineering

<p><strong>Senior Project Manager, Engineering</strong></p> <p><strong>About Carvana</strong></p> <p>At Carvana, we’re changing the way people buy and sell cars. With an ambitious vision and a fundamentally different approach designed to be fun, fast, and fair, Carvana became the fastest-growing automotive retailer in history. We expanded nationally, went public on the New York Stock Exchange, sold our 1 millionth car, and reached the Fortune 500, all in just eight years. </p> <p>Today, with 4 million retail customers and counting, Carvana is both the fastest-growing and the most profitable public automotive retailer, and we’re just getting started. We continue to raise the bar for our customers as we tackle the enormous opportunity still ahead in the largest consumer vertical. </p> <p>Working here means being part of a team that embraces change, celebrates creative problem solving, and always strives to be better. At Carvana, you’ll have the opportunity to take on meaningful challenges, learn quickly, and help shape the future of automotive retail. If you’re driven to grow and make an impact as part of a collaborative team, you’ll fit right in. Learn more about what it’s like to work here from the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93pa9NmlrYcfeature=youtu.be">people that already do</a>. </p> <p><strong>About the team and position </strong></p> <p>We are looking for a Senior Project Manager who operates as a strategic advisor rather than a traditional task-tracker. In this highly impactful role, you will drive the execution of complex technical initiatives across our technology organization.</p> <p>You will act as the engine-optimizer for cross-functional teams, going beyond standard Agile facilitation to shape project strategy and build organizational capacity. As we lean further into the future of work, you will be expected to pioneer the use of AI workflows and develop agents to automate tactical execution to drive operational efficiencies.</p> <p><strong>This is a fully on-site position, Monday through Friday, at our corporate HQ in Tempe, Arizona.</strong></p> <p><strong>What you’ll be doing </strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>Strategic Advising Business Alignment: </strong>Move beyond tracking work to moving metrics. Define project strategies, evaluate opportunity costs, and directly align cross-functional goals with broader business business strategy.</li> <li><strong>AI-Accelerated Execution: </strong>Automate the mechanics of project management. Build, implement, and iterate on custom AI-agent workflows to streamline repetitive tasks, analyze technical domains, and pressure-test strategies.</li> <li><strong>Solution Architecture Framing: </strong>Identify systemic problems within your domain and write strategic briefs to secure stakeholder alignment on recommended solutions.</li> <li><strong>Advanced Telemetry Root Cause Analysis:</strong> Treat data with intense scrutiny. Dive deep into operational telemetry to move beyond simply reporting metrics; identify "smoking gun" correlations, validate root causes, and propose data-backed systemic fixes.</li> <li><strong>The Architecture of Influence:</strong> Facilitate rigorous reviews, pre-wire stakeholders to align skeptics, and seamlessly communicate at different "altitudes" (from executive leadership to engineering squads).</li> <li><strong>Mentorship Capacity Building:</strong> Act as a force multiplier. Contribute to our shared organizational knowledge base and provide informal mentorship to mid-level and associate Project Managers to elevate the entire department's execution capabilities.</li> </ul> <p><strong>What you should have/know</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>Experience:</strong> A minimum of 5+ years of proven experience managing complex projects and leading cross-functional project teams using Agile methodologies.</li> <li><strong>Strategic Analytical Thinking: </strong>A first-principles thinker who can independently compile comprehensive project plans, an ... (truncated, view full listing at source)