Senior Program Manager (autonomous vehicles)

Academic Preference & Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Business Administration, Logistics, Transportation, and or related field preferred
• Must possess a valid Class A or B driver’s license in the State of Texas, to include a Passenger endorsement, and have at least three (3) years of recent professional commercial driving experience

Key responsibilities:

• Manages global response and recovery operations in dynamic transit environments
• Directly overseeing managers and employees that are customer facing and charged with mitigating high visibility situations while exercising extreme safety
• Provides strategic planning and direction to the operations
• Manages and maintains client contract compliance
• Fosters an environment where employee suggestions are vetted and implemented whenever possible and in line with the company’s direction
• Provides general guidance to department managers
• Partners with corporate support teams to ensure optimal delivery of services to the assigned sector
• Manages and maintains client contract compliance
• Assists with Developing and managing the operational budget
• Investigates, implements, and administers hiring decisions including terminations, promotions, and new hires

Necessary Skills:

• 10 or more years of relevant management and leadership experience required
• Strong background in transportation and/or logistics is highly preferred
• Expertise in fleet management and complex scheduling for operations and maintenance can be added advantage
• Working knowledge of basic federal and state employment laws and also of laws, ordinances and regulations pertaining to motor vehicle operations
• Ability to maintain positive relationships with clients, employees, and support departments
• Remain flexible and agile for changing business needs and/or projects
• Experience managing a P/L, including forecasting & budgeting
• Working knowledge and proficiency with Microsoft Office and/or GSuite programs and the ability to manage and manipulate data in spreadsheets.
• Strong written and oral communication skills; excellent presentation skills; ability to influence people at all levels of the organization
• Experience in rapid response and recovery operations with numerous vehicle types is desired or equivalent experience
• Ability to launch operations in ambiguous environments with minimal information