# Senior / Staff Technical Program Manager, Fleet Optimization at Zoox

- Company: Zoox (zoox.com)
- Location: Foster City, CA
- Places: Foster City, United States
- Posted: 2026-07-13
- Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/zoox/916715e4-4cab-47bc-acdd-9ecbc31f25b8
- Page: https://ye.saranatour.dev/jobs/senior-staff-technical-program-manager-fleet-optimization-zoox-kn75j14s8qaxnv1r13bwy6ssth8hcdg7

## The posting

Senior / Staff Technical Program Manager, Fleet Optimization
Zoox · Foster City, CA

Zoox's Fleet Operations Program Management team delivers cross-functional programs critical to the growth, expansion, and efficient operation of our commercial autonomous vehicle service. We partner closely with Fleet Operations and cross-functional stakeholders to verify, validate, and launch new software on our fleet — while continuously maturing our operational processes to deliver a premium customer experience.

We're looking for an experienced, forward-thinking Senior / Staff Program Manager to help define and execute strategies that scale our Verification & Validation (V&V) operations. Our testing fleet — hundreds of vehicles across multiple cities and private tracks — is growing rapidly in size and geographic reach. This is a highly cross-functional role operating at the intersection of operations, autonomy, engineering, and product — requiring someone who can navigate technical complexity while driving alignment and execution across a broad set of stakeholders.

**Expected Travel:** 10–15%

### In this role, you will:

### Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations Research, Operations Management, or a STEM field
- 10+ years of program management experience, with a strong preference for backgrounds that blend technical depth with operational execution
- Demonstrated ability to lead large-scale, highly cross-functional programs with significant organizational impact
- Comfortable operating in ambiguity — able to structure undefined problems, build frameworks from scratch, and drive toward clarity
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills across engineering, product, and operations audiences
- Deeply data-driven — not just tracking metrics but validating them, questioning outputs that don't add up, and pushing back when the data tells the wrong story
- Proficient with modern AI tools and workflows (e.g., Gemini, Claude, MCP APIs, cloud-based coding environments) and actively applies them to drive operational efficiency and better decision-making

### Bonus Qualifications

- Experience in autonomous vehicles, aerospace, ride-hail, robotics, or fleet management
- Background in systems engineering, software development, or technical operations
- MBA or Master's degree in a STEM field
- PMP, PgMP, or equivalent certification
- Experience with vehicle testing, validation, or disengagement analysis