Project Manager, Software Operations
Mountain View, CA$99k - $149.3k + equity + bonusfull-timePosted 5mo ago
About the role
Role focused on finding hidden issues in in-house software operations workflows, building evidence-based recommendations, and driving implementation to improve quality and reliability of Nuro's autonomy software operations, with direct collaboration to leadership and offshore QC alignment.
Responsibilities
- - Spend real time in the workflow to form your own read on where it breaks and test theories against real cases before proposing fixes
- - Build a working theory of root causes and translate findings into concrete, evidence-backed recommendations
- - Defend recommendations and update them rapidly when feedback indicates necessary changes
- - Report findings and recommendations to the Head of Software Operations on a regular cadence
- - Translate findings into executable procedures, rubrics, and taxonomy reflecting actual work processes, with traceable changes and usable documentation
- - Ensure offshore vendor alignment by translating standards into actionable instructions for the offshore QC team, running calibration sessions, and maintaining proactive vendor relationships
Qualifications
- - 4+ years in a role measured by judgment and outcomes (e.g., project management, operations, process design, or QA in software/tech)
- - Track record of identifying unsassigned problems, building a case for fix, and driving implementation
- - Ability to form independent hypotheses with incomplete information and stress-test quickly
- - Experience making evidence-based change requests and managing pushback
- - Sharp pattern recognition and ability to convert observations into clear, specific recommendations
- - Strong written communication with unambiguous procedures/rubrics
- - Comfortable with tools like Notion, Confluence, Airtable, Jira, or similar
Skills
Required:Judgment-based problem solvingCommunication (written)Independent hypothesis formation
Nice to have:Vendor alignment
Benefits
- - Competitive benefits package
Last updated Aug 19, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
About Nuro
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