About Us

Founded in 2017, Wayve is the leading developer of Embodied AI technology. Our advanced AI software and foundation models enable vehicles to perceive, understand, and navigate any complex environment, enhancing the usability and safety of automated driving systems.

Our vision is to create autonomy that propels the world forward. Our intelligent, mapless, and hardware-agnostic AI products are designed for automakers, accelerating the transition from assisted to automated driving.

In our fast-paced environment, big problems ignite us—we embrace uncertainty, leaning into complex challenges to unlock groundbreaking solutions. We aim high and stay humble in our pursuit of excellence, constantly learning and evolving as we pave the way for a smarter, safer future.

At Wayve, your contributions matter. We value diversity, embrace new perspectives, and foster an inclusive work environment; we back each other to deliver impact.

Make Wayve the experience that defines your career!

The Role

As a Technical Program Manager in Data Operations at Wayve, you'll be the delivery engine behind our data and annotation operations—turning a high-variance pipeline of requests into predictable, high-quality delivery. You'll own requests end-to-end—intake, definition, estimation, scheduling, execution, and QA—working across data science, ML, engineering, and our external annotation suppliers.

This is high-judgment coordination, not ticket administration: your impact is measured by how reliably data work lands, and how effectively you create clarity and unblock progress across many stakeholders. A successful TPM is a force multiplier—helping teams move faster, more effectively, and with purpose.

Key Responsibilities

• Intake & stakeholder alignment: Understand each ask, confirm it's complete, align on the goal and success criteria, and identify missing inputs before work starts.
• Estimation: Coordinate estimation with engineering and data science/ML, facilitate trade-offs, and push back on unrealistic asks.
• Scheduling & setup: Structure and sequence tickets, and coordinate external suppliers to set annotation work up for success.
• Execution, comms & issue management:
  • Keep work moving with clear status updates.
  • Engage in risk and issue tracking.
  • Remove blockers with a visible "path to green".
  • Conduct well-aligned escalations across internal teams and partners.
• Enable self-serve users: Onboard, support, and troubleshoot Wayve's internal self-serve users across the whole annotation tool chain.
• Supplier coordination: Own day-to-day coordination with external annotation suppliers—onboarding, label guides, task launch, QA, and delivery tracking.
• Continuous improvement:
  • Improve intake, ticketing, and reporting (including automation).
  • Own the judgment, negotiation, and unblocking that can't be automated.