Senior Program Manager (Eval Operations)

Join Nuro, a leading autonomous delivery service, as a Senior Program Manager in Eval Operations. In this role, you will shape the software evaluation and validation process across the company, ensuring the safety and effectiveness of our autonomous driving software. You will work closely with various engineering teams, manage complex workflows, and provide leadership with visibility into progress and risks. This position offers a competitive salary, stock options, and various benefits, including a free Caltrain pass and health insurance.

• 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.
• 5+ years in technical program management, engineering operations, or related roles where you've built and improved operating mechanisms for complex technical organizations
• A bachelor's degree in a technical or business discipline, or equivalent practical experience
• 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
• Structured problem-solving and risk management instincts
• High agency, with a track record of building process where none exists and influencing outcomes without direct authority
• Experience coordinating delivery across onshore and offshore teams
• Comfort defining KPIs, interpreting data, and turning outputs into clear decisions and recommendations
• Cross-functional stakeholder management, especially aligning competing engineering groups
• Clear written and verbal communication with both technical and executive audiences
• Background in software validation, QA, or quality engineering, with a working understanding of validation methodology
• Experience in AV, robotics, or safety-critical systems