Senior Manager, Mapping Operations

Aurora (Nasdaq: AUR) is delivering the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly. Founded in 2017 by experts in the self-driving industry, Aurora is revolutionizing transportation - making it safer, increasingly accessible, and more reliable and efficient than ever before. Its flagship product, the Aurora Driver, is a platform that brings together software, hardware, and data services, to autonomously operate passenger vehicles, light commercial vehicles, and heavy-duty trucks. Aurora is partnered with industry leaders across the transportation ecosystem including Toyota, Volvo, PACCAR, Uber, Uber Freight, FedEx, and U.S. Xpress. Aurora tests its vehicles in the Bay Area, Pittsburgh, and Texas and has offices in those areas as well as in Bozeman, MT; Seattle, WA; Louisville, CO; and Detroit, MI. To learn more, visit www.aurora.tech.

Aurora hires talented people with diverse backgrounds who are ready to help build a transportation ecosystem that will make our roads safer, get crucial goods where they need to go, and make mobility more efficient and accessible for all. We're searching for a Senior Manager of Mapping Operations.

In this role, you will

• Lead and manage a team of Mapping Operations specialists and support personnel working on building Aurora's high definition maps (the Aurora Atlas).
• Partner closely and work effectively across multiple functions within Aurora to deliver high quality maps and support Aurora's on-road operations and product development.
• Develop processes to uplevel the productivity of the operations team and quality of deliverables as well as drive operational excellence across the team.
• Partner with engineering teams and leaders in developing the tools and processes used by the Operations team.
• Execute on Aurora's plan to scale mapping operations; define and evolve the team and processes as Aurora scales its mapping operations.

Required Qualifications

• BA/BS or equivalent work experience
• 10+ years of experience in a leadership capacity, preferably managing operations teams
• Proven track record of growing, motivating and managing high performing teams
• Excellent people management, interpersonal and communication skills
• Experience in software operations (mapping, labeling, devops)
• Experience in collaboration with engineering teams
• Critical thinking and problem solving skills

Desirable Qualifications (this section is optional)

• Experience in Mapping / GIS
• Experience in Autonomous Driving, primarily operations in Autonomous Driving
• Experience implementing quality management / quality improvement processes
• General understanding of software development process
• Experience in offshoring production workflows and managing hybrid (in-house and external) production teams and workflows
• Project management experience