Lead Technical Program Manager, Data
Core
Lead the technical programme management function for Wayve's Data organisation, ensuring data is immediately and reliably usable to power autonomous driving models.
Role type
Senior Technical Program Manager (Data)
Builds
Data platforms, ingestion pipelines, enrichment/curation systems, and dataset management infrastructure for autonomous vehicles.
Domain
Autonomous driving, AI/ML, large-scale distributed data infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Technical programme management, team coaching and scaling, data platform architecture, distributed systems (DAGs), machine learning fundamentals, stakeholder alignment, risk management, KPI-driven decision making
Preferred skills
Experience with petabyte-scale data platforms, autonomous vehicles or robotics domain knowledge, engineering background (via careerplan.io/jobs/192550ad-e0f6-42d1-a704-414671527a05-lead-technical-program-manager-data-at-wayve)
Technologies
Databricks, Flyte, Ray, Kubernetes, Azure, Docker, Python, AI agents (Cursor, Claude, Codex)
Responsibilities
Coach and develop a high-impact TPM team; align priorities with Data and Engineering leadership; manage dependencies across data, ML, and external suppliers; drive improvements in data quality, throughput, and cost; represent the Data organisation in company reviews.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities
