Senior Robotaxi & AI Deployment Lead

Waabi; Toronto; On-site; CAD 334,000 - 384,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation and equity

Health and Wellness benefits

Job summary

Waabi, a leader in Physical AI, seeks a Program Management Leader to own the robotaxi integration roadmap across engineering, operations, and external partners in Toronto. You will drive go-to-market strategy, situational planning, and KPI tracking to ensure safe, scalable rider experiences.

You will coordinate with Autonomy, Safety, and Commercial teams to translate strategy into executable roadmaps, establish robust program tracking, and report progress to executives.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in technical program management leading cross-functional programs.
• Direct experience in autonomous vehicles or safety-critical environments.
• Ability to build program structure: dependencies, risk, milestones, reporting.
• Strong technical fluency across hardware, software, autonomy/ML domains.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; executive-style updates.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the integrated robotaxi program plan across autonomy, hardware, safety, and operations.
• Own program-level risk management with data-backed options and clear ownerships.
• Drive launch and market-readiness planning for new markets and service areas.
• Partner with Autonomy, Safety, Commercial, and Operations to translate strategy into roadmaps.
• Build executive reporting on program status, risk, and path-to-green.
• Define and track KPIs for driverless readiness (ODD coverage, disengagements, system readiness).
• Establish scalable processes and tooling for robotaxi program tracking.
• Represent the robotaxi program in cross-company planning and align with trucking roadmap.

Skills

Technical program management

Cross-functional leadership

Autonomous vehicle domain knowledge

Jira/Asana experience

Executive reporting

Technical fluency (hardware/software)

Education

BS or MS in Engineering/CS

Tools

Jira

Asana

Job description

Waabi, a leader in Physical AI, seeks a Program Management Leader to own the robotaxi integration roadmap across engineering, operations, and external partners in Toronto. You will drive go-to-market strategy, situational planning, and KPI tracking to ensure safe, scalable rider experiences.

You will coordinate with Autonomy, Safety, and Commercial teams to translate strategy into executable roadmaps, establish robust program tracking, and report progress to executives.