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Senior Program Manager, People Experience

Zoox · Foster City, CA · Hybrid

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About Zoox

Zoox is a purpose-built autonomous vehicle designed for riders, not drivers. Learn more about the Zoox robotaxi and the future of ride-hailing. Backed by Lux.

About the role

Interviewing & Enablement Support: Provide light-touch support for interview standardization (playbooks, calibration) and Talent enablement initiatives (onboarding curriculum, SOPs) as needed. Talent Tooling & Vendor Management: Own relationships with core Talent tooling vendors (Lever, Gem, LinkedIn, ModernLoop, and others), partnering on tool roadmap decisions and budget/contract planning. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • 8+ years of relevant program management experience, with a focus on Talent Acquisition operations, recruiting program management, or workforce/hiring capacity planning
  • Proven experience designing and delivering scalable operational programs in a fast-paced environment
  • Strong functional expertise in recruiting/TA systems and tooling (e.g., Lever, Gem, LinkedIn Recruiter, or equivalent)
  • Analytical and problem-solving skills, with demonstrated experience building data-driven planning models
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a proven track record of influencing senior leaders and stakeholders
  • Experience partnering with Legal, Compliance, or similar functions on sensitive, high-visibility initiatives
More about this role

Zoox is seeking an experienced Senior Program Manager to join our People Experience (PEx) team, serving as PEx PMO's strategic partner to our Talent Acquisition organization. This role owns the planning, reporting, and vendor infrastructure that lets Talent hire efficiently and confidently at scale — from hiring capacity models to executive reporting to our large-scale industry conference presence. We're looking for someone with strong program management skills and real Talent Acquisition operations experience who can build the systems Talent leadership relies on to make good decisions. As PEx's needs evolve, this person will also be expected to take on new projects and departments beyond Talent.

  • Program & Project Leadership: Lead Talent Operations initiatives end-to-end — including the Referral Rewards Program, requisition administration, process improvement efforts, and tooling rollouts.
  • Strategic Translation & Execution: Own enterprise Hiring Goals capacity planning methodology, translating business growth targets into concrete hiring plans in partnership with Talent leadership and HRIS.
  • Event & Conference Operations: Own end-to-end planning and execution for large-scale...

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