Zoox
Technical Program Manager - System Behavior Analysis
$171K–$219K
Foster City, CA · Hybrid · Manager · Full-time · Posted Sep 25, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years in technical program management or engineering operations.
- Education
- Bachelor's in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Manages defect and safety-event triage, improves triage metrics and automation, and coordinates commitments and capacity across partner teams.
What you'll do
- Run triage reviews and ensure issues are classified and routed accurately.
- Track triage health metrics and provide leadership updates on risks.
- Program-manage triage tools and automation, intake, escalations, commitments, and capacity planning.
What they ask for
- Experience writing queries and building dashboards on high-volume issue or operational data, and using metrics to improve workflows.
- Experience building lightweight program tools and partnering with engineering to automate manual work.
- Ability to align teams without direct authority and communicate clearly to leadership.
- Ability to break complex or ambiguous goals into workstreams, milestones, and owners.
Nice to have
- Autonomous vehicle, robotics, or other safety-critical experience, ideally with simulation, log replay, or regression testing.
- Experience program-managing internal tools or automation through adoption; Python or SQL, Jira, and Confluence.
Pay
USD 171,000–219,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
Python, SQL, Jira, Confluence
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