Senior Project Manager, Cruise
People Technology
$113.7-167.2k
Self-driving vehicles
Job no longer available
Self-driving vehicles
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$113.7-167.2k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a better world by deploying driverless cars at scale.
Role
Who you are
- 8 years of experience as an IT Project Manager, preferably with a focus on HR projects and global implementations
- Expertise in the Workday platform and familiarity with HR systems and processes preferred
- Experience in supporting implementing HCM & Payroll solutions
- Strong understanding of program management methodologies and project management overall
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills including ability to deliver program status, roadmaps, business outcomes & impacts, and metrics
- Strong interpersonal skills to prioritize multiple, high-reaching priorities simultaneously
- Exceptional analytical skills with track record of using objective data and metrics to back up assumptions, recommendations, and decisions
- PMP certification or equivalent project management credentials preferred
What the job involves
- As a PM, look for ways to standardize, ensure execution is efficient and consistent, and set accountability by supervising progress, resolving dependencies, identifying issues, evaluating risks, and presenting status to upper management and project stakeholders
- Partner with the People Technology teammates to define the implementation strategy and engineering requirements
- Lead and manage HR IT projects, focusing on implementations on the Workday platform
- Drive project success by overseeing the entire project lifecycle, from planning and execution to delivery and post-implementation support
- Manage project timelines, budgets, and resources effectively to meet project milestones and deliverables
- Track engineering progress, resolve dependencies, evaluate risks and communicate status and issues to upper management and project stakeholders
- Proactively remove obstacles to drive momentum and progress
- Develop an end-to-end rollout plan for new products, enhancements, and projects
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment with project goals and objectives
- Communicate project status, risks, and issues to stakeholders, ensuring transparency and alignment with business objectives
- Develop standards for the IT project management office including templates, timelines, and self service material to help accelerate project management
Our take
The taxi industry has seen dramatic changes through mobile vehicle-hailing apps such as Uber, but these services focus simply on ease-of-access to regular taxi services. The automotive industry has seen a vast range of innovations in recent years such as electric cars and self-driving capability, features that are currently not found in existing services.
Cruise brings self-driving autonomy and electric cars together into a taxi-hailing mobile application. In addition to these innovations, the service focuses on efficiency through ride-sharing as opposed to each ride providing a single trip. Whilst other taxi-hailing services will inevitably turn to electric self-driving vehicles, Cruise shows potential to stand out through its AI-fuelled focus on carpooling and fleet efficiency.
Cruise, which has been acquired by General Motors, has received an inordinate amount of funding, including from Honda and Microsoft, with Softbank investing over $2B to scale its technology. A sum of this came after Cruise launched a limited driverless robotaxi service to the public in San Francisco. However, the company is now facing lawsuits from the city to limit its operations there after a series of accidents involving Cruise's vehicles.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 10 rounds)
Jun 2024
$850m
LATE VC
Feb 2022
$1.3bn
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $9.1bn
Company benefits
- Medical / dental / vision, AD+D and life insurance
- Subsidized mental health benefits
- One Medical membership
- Flexible Spending Account
- Monthly wellness stipend
- 401(k) match
- Paid time off: vacation, sick, public health emergency, jury duty, bereavement and company holidays
- Paid parental, family care and medical leave
- Family care benefits: fertility benefits, Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (subsidized by Cruise)
- Non-remote employees: Pre-tax Commuter Benefit Plan, healthy meals and snacks
- CruiseFlex - a working policy for US-Based Cruisers that lets you and your manager find what working style is best for you, whether it’s primarily in-person, primarily at home or a combination of home and in-office time
Company values
- Stay safe
- Stay focused
- Own it
- Seek truth
- Work together
- Be humble
- Be a customer
Company HQ
China Basin, San Francisco, CA
Articles
Leadership
Craig Glidden
(CEO (Not Founder))Is also currently the Executive Vice President of General Motors in its Legal wing.
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