Customer Program Manager

Overview

As Customer Program Manager in Germany, you will steer cross-functional programs from early development to production with OEMs, translating customer needs into actionable plans. You’ll shape and maintain a PM framework, manage risks, and ensure alignment between customers and Wayve’s internal roadmap. You will work closely with Product, R&D, and other teams to deliver impactful AI-driven autonomy solutions in real-world contexts. This is a hands-on, high-visibility role with significant ownership and direct customer impact.

Pay / Benefits

• annual salary benchmarking
• meaningful equity
• relocation support and visa sponsorship
• hybrid working and core hours
• learning and development budgets
• comprehensive benefits including health, dental, and wellbeing support

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional teams to deliver complex customer programs on time
• Establish and maintain project management processes including planning, risk and change management
• Engage with customers to capture technical requirements and translate them into actionable tasks
• Collaborate with Product, R&D and other units to map customer needs to internal milestones
• Provide external and internal program reporting
• Coordinate with internal development teams to align requirements with delivery timelines
• Offer first-level customer support and issue resolution

Key requirements

• Extensive program management experience in complex automotive software development
• Proficiency with program management tools (e.g., Jira)
• Robust technical knowledge of the automotive industry and software development
• Proactive problem-solving mindset
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams
• Willingness to travel as needed
• Desirable: knowledge of AI advancements (Generative AI, AV 2.0, LLMs)
• Desirable: hands-on software development experience (Python, C++, Rust)
• Desirable: Master’s degree in Engineering or Computer Science

• excellent communication
• interpersonal skills
• proactive problem-solving
• Jira
• automotive software development
• core software languages (Python, C++, Rust)

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