Senior Technical Program Manager, Autonomous

Senior Technical Program Manager, Autonomous Department: Engineering Team: Technical Program Manager Location: San Francisco, United States Type: Full-Time **About the Role** Join Uber’s Technical Program Management (TPM) team and be a leader in developing and driving impactful cross-org initiatives for the Autonomous platform organization. As a Technical Program Manager, you will work closely with product and engineering to build platforms, launch innovative features and new user experiences. In addition, you will be responsible for creating programs with Uber’s engineers to continuously improve the reliability, capability, and quality of our products. **What the Candidate Will Do:** - Work closely with engineering and product to conceptualize strategic initiatives and solutions and develop those into detailed program / project plans. - Project manage technical, complex, large scale, cross-team, cross-functional initiatives from planning to execution. - Accelerate execution velocity of programs and drive accountability by tracking progress, resolving dependencies, identifying issues, mitigating risks, and communicating status to key program stakeholders. - Understand technical implementation at the architecture level and propose technical alternatives when necessary. Develop broad domain and technical knowledge. - Engage, energize, and lead teams as an owner for high-impact initiatives. **Basic Qualifications:** - Proven experience of 5+ years as a TPM or Engineering Manager in a software, SaaS, or systems development environment with an overall experience of 8+ years. - Strong technical experience in platform development at scale. - Solid technical aptitude and an ability to understand technical designs, challenges, and risks. Engineers enjoy working closely with you. - Excellent written and verbal communication skills and exceptional emotional intelligence. - Proven strong cross-team and cross-org stakeholder management. Ability to influence, motivate, and align people across a broad variety of job functions through your relationships. - Strong organizational skills to juggle many tasks without losing sight of