# Senior Program Manager – Release Management at Cyngn

- Company: Cyngn
- What the company does: About Cyngn, Inc. Based in Mountain View, CA, Cyngn is a publicly-traded autonomous technology company. We deploy self-driving industrial vehicles - specifically autonomous tuggers - to factories, warehouses, and other facilities throughout North America. Backed by a16z.
- Company website: https://www.cyngn.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Mountain View, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $155K to $175K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-06-22
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://ats.rippling.com/cyngn/jobs/d67ab864-f1b1-431c-8b35-073b0fe9809c
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/cyngn-senior-program-manager-release-management/

## About the role

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## What they're looking for

- Own the release management lifecycle from planning through deployment, including release readiness criteria, go/no-go decisions, and post-release retrospectives
- Define and maintain release schedules that account for hardware/software dependencies, customer commitments, and regulatory requirements
- Serve as the central coordination point for all release-related activities across engineering, QA, product, and field operations
- Drive program-level planning, tracking, and risk management across multiple concurrent initiatives
- Develop and maintain release governance processes, including branching strategies, freeze windows, and rollback procedures in collaboration with engineering leads
- Identify systemic risks and blockers across programs and drive resolution with appropriate urgency and escalation

Tags: Engineering Svcs - Prog Mgmt