Senior Manager, Program and Operations - Adas

NVIDIA NVIDIA · Semiconductors · Tokyo, Japan

NVIDIA is seeking a Senior Manager, Program and Operations for their ADAS team in Tokyo, Japan. This role involves leading a team focused on assisted and autonomous driving technologies, managing regional AV operations, driving development and test fleet schedules, and collaborating with cross-functional partners. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in program/product management, automotive/software development, and leadership experience.

What you'd actually do

  1. Provide direction and guidance to your team covering AV operations (roles include site leads, contractor drivers, test operators, coordinators) and run our regional operations with excellence and efficiency
  2. Run our regional AV program including Japan and South Korea and be the SPOC for all AV operations and execution regionally
  3. Drive priorities to ensure our development and test fleet achieves schedule/scope/budget targets, proactively elevate risks and obstacles
  4. Work with matrixed team of partners from hardware, software, operations, customers and other teams to identify gaps, resolve issues and provide RCCA
  5. Proactively define and provide critical metrics and initiate improvements for efficiencies and report test execution and efficiency

Skills

Required

  • BS degree or greater in an engineering or SW field (or equivalent experience)
  • 10+ overall yrs of working experience, thereof 4+ yrs in leadership roles
  • Hands on experience with automotive and/or software product development and operations, ideally in an AV domain or an equivalent field like aviation
  • Strong project/program/product management fundamentals
  • Experience in influencing decisions and leading teams within a multi-functional environment, comfortable with ambiguity
  • Excellent communication and presentation abilities

Nice to have

  • Successfully delivering products from concept through launch
  • Deep understanding of product development processes, including fundamentals of automotive electronics, sensors and software
  • On the ground experience scaling vehicle operations
  • Extensive experience with critical metrics and data analytics as well as reporting dashboards and workflow management systems (e.g. Tableau, JIRA)
  • Master’s degree in engineering or business field, or equivalent experience

What the JD emphasized

  • AV operations
  • AV program
  • development and test fleet
  • critical metrics
  • AV operations