Director, Technical Product Management

Torc Robotics is a leader in autonomous driving technology, focused on developing software for automated trucks. They are seeking a Director of Technical Product Management to lead and grow their TPM organization, driving product and engineering alignment while ensuring successful delivery of their autonomous commercial vehicle product.

Responsibilities:

• Refines technical program management and engineering processes for the delivery of an industry leading autonomous commercial vehicle product
• Drives TPM team’s progress towards completion of required milestones, communicating regularly to all levels within the team, engineering department, and overall organization
• Sees the bigger picture and works through organizational silos to create alignment and partnerships between leaders
• Responsible for learning and understanding the technical domain of their team and stakeholders
• Enforces engineering and program management best practices for the team, improving quality, efficiency, and accuracy of the team’s work
• Collaborates with other leaders and teams to meet program goals, support team performance, and achieve strategic objectives
• Supports TPM management in maintaining and reporting group budgets, initiatives, and procedures
• Participates in team, department, and company events, meetings, and activities
• Responsible for employee engagement, relationship development, and performance feedback to understand career goals and competencies to create and implement career development and coaching plans for the team
• Responsible for identifying organizational hiring needs and working with their managers to have the roles efficiently approved, posted, hired, and onboarded
• Responsible ongoing compensation analysis in close collaboration with peer managers and People Operations to retain existing talent
• Responsible for employee corrective actions and conflict resolution to ensure a healthy work environment
• Models compliance to all company regulations and procedures and ensures team complies in kind

Requirements:

• 5+ years of Technical Product Management leadership and experience managing other people leaders
• Knowledge and experience in the automotive, ADAS, or autonomous vehicle industry
• Experience directing or managing a functional area that impacts the entire organization
• Experience developing business plans and operational priorities to meet goals and objectives of the organization
• Ability to be a strategic partner to the organization to identify and plan how to meet future needs of the organization
• Experience within the L4 Autonomous Trucking or Vehicle Industry