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For the latest news from Aurora, visit aurora.tech or follow us on LinkedIn.\nWhat we are looking for\nWe’re searching for a Senior Manager of Program Management for our Development Test Operations. This manager will manage a team of Program Managers, each embedded as the single point of contact with an engineering group. This role is accountable for setting a program vision, coordinating the portfolio, and setting strong governance and standards for the PM team - turning a group of individually strong PMs into a standardized, predictable program management organization. The Senior Manager must be fluent enough in engineering/development workflows to pressure-test PM decisions, unblock technical escalations, and represent the team credibly with Engineering leadership.\nIn this role you will\nOwn strategic planning and alignment for the team, including setting the vision for program management, coordinating test programs/portfolio and resourcing, and setting governance and standards\n\nManage, coach, and develop a team of Program Managers, establishing consistent operating norms to increase program quality.\n\nOwn program-level planning and quality across all engineering areas the team supports (lane and network expansion, track testing, road testing, and other development test workstreams), ensuring every initiative has clear scope, description, and need-by dates, every ticket has a clear, executable test procedure, and operations is receiving high-quality testing requests.\n\nEnsure every PM operates as the single point of contact with their engineering area, with clear communication on timelines and needs to/from Engineering and Planning; own the defined escalation path for conflicts and ensure PMs know when to use it.\n\nManage resources, budget, and track dependencies\n\nShare test program risks and mitigations with relevant stakeholders\n\nReview test execution and QA quality trends across the team, especially on blocked tickets, and drive root-cause process fixes rather than one-off firefighting, closing the feedback loop with both Engineering and Operations.\n\nDrive process improvement by moving the team onto standardized workflows, supporting metrics development, and establishing a weekly reporting cadence\n\nRequired qualifications\n7+ years of experience in Program Management, Project Management, or Technical Operations, including 5+ years directly managing a team of Program/Project Managers.\n\nDemonstrated experience building or standardizing a reporting and operating cadence across a distributed team, replacing informal coordination with repeatable process.\n\nStrong technical fluency across software and hardware development workflows, with the ability to translate engineering plans and progress into concrete, executable field test programs.\n\nProven experience managing relationships and expectations with both Engineering leadership and Planning/Portfolio stakeholders simultaneously.\n\nExperience supporting technical or development programs in a cross-functional, fast-paced environment with shifting priorities.\n\nTrack record of driving change management and process improvement across a team, not just an individual workstream.\n\nDesirable qualifications\nExperience in autonomous vehicle, automotive, robotics, logistics, or similarly complex operational environments.\n\nExposure to a broad range of test types - field/operational testing, software/feature validation, and platform bring-up or hardware readiness - and comfort moving between them.\n\nFamiliarity with the software development lifecycle and how development milestones (builds, releases, feature rollouts) map to test scheduling and readiness across varied test types.\n\nExperience building or owning dashboards/reporting tools that aggregate program status across multiple sub-teams.\n\nThe base salary range for this position in Dallas, TX is $176,000 - $213,000 per year. Aurora’s pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, the successful candidate’s starting base pay will be determined based on factors including job-related skills, experience, qualifications, relevant education or training, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future. The successful candidate will also be eligible for an annual bonus, equity compensation, and benefits.\nWorking at Aurora\nAt Aurora, we bring together extraordinarily talented and experienced people united by the strength of our values. We operate with integrity, set outrageous goals, and build a culture where we win together - all without any jerks.\nWe believe in-person work increases collaboration, empathy, and our ability to lead effectively. As a result, Aurorans are expected to work from the office at least 3 days per week, with some roles requiring more frequent in-office presence, up to 5 days per week, based on operational needs.\nOurCareers page provides insight into what it is like to work at Aurora, and you can find all the latest updates in our Newsroom.\nOur commitment to safety\nAt the core of everything we do is our commitment to safety. Building best-in-class self-driving technology will take time, and we believe that each employee at Aurora has a role in contributing to safety, every step of the way. Aurora expects commitment to our safety policies from every employee, and seeks candidates who take an active responsibility, can contribute to building an atmosphere of trust, and invest in the organization’s long-term success by prioritizing working safely, no matter what.\nOur commitment to inclusion\nAurora considers candidates without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy status, parent or caregiver status, ancestry, political affiliation, veteran and/or military status, physical or mental disability, or any other status protected by federal or state law. Aurora considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. 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