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Senior Manager, Software Product & Release Operations

Aurora · San Francisco, CA · Remote

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About Aurora

Step inside the world of self-driving freight, powered by the Aurora Driver. Delivering the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly. Backed by Greylock, Index and Lightspeed.

About the role

Own Enterprise-Wide Customer and Operations Release Strategy: Own and evolve the overarching operations release strategy across software, autonomous systems, and fleet operations, ensuring our release and rollout framework scale s seamlessly with business and fleet growth. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • 7+ years of experience in program/product operations, technical program management, or release management, ideally in a software-driven environment with adjacent hardware dependencies (automotive, robotics, or similar)
  • Demonstrated experience owning a software release cycle end-to-end, including build readiness, rollout, and defect management
  • Proven track record of building or improving feature and bug tracking systems and processes at scale
  • Strong cross-functional stakeholder management — this role sits between Engineering and Operations and needs credibility with both
  • Comfort operating in a fast-scaling, R&D-to-commercial transition environment — someone who builds repeatable process without over-engineering it around a moving technical target
  • Strong analytical and communication skills, able to translate technical release data into clear, actionable recommendations for both technical and executive audiences
More about this role

Aurora’s mission is to deliver the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly.

The Aurora Driver will create a new era in mobility and logistics, one that will bring a safer, more efficient, and more accessible future to everyone.

At Aurora, you will tackle massively complex problems alongside other passionate, intelligent individuals, growing as an expert while expanding your knowledge. For the latest news from Aurora, visit aurora.tech or follow us on LinkedIn .

Aurora's Product Operations team is at the fore-front of technology, providing partnership to product, operations & engineering and ensuring commercial operations capabilities are delivered on time, safely and efficiently. Within Product Operations, our Software Product & Release Operations function owns the release cadence and readiness of everything Aurora ships in software — closing the gap between engineering roadmaps and operational readiness, not just reporting on it.

We're searching for an innovative, solutions-oriented leader to own the software release cycle end-to-end, from build readiness through rollout, as Aurora ramps production toward 20 AVs deployed per week following our first AAET...

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