Lead Data TPM: Platform, Pipelines & Impact

Wayve; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Wayve is seeking a Lead Technical Program Manager, Data in London to build and lead the TPM function for the Data org - the data platform, ingestion, standardisation pipelines, and the enrichment, curation, and labelling that fuel the AI Driver. The data corpus is also critical for teams working on simulation and validation.

You’ll be the delivery partner to engineering leadership for data teams and drive the department wide objective to “make valuable data immediately and reliably usable”.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in data: Deep, hands-on experience delivering data programs as a technical program manager - data platform, pipelines, enrichment / curation, labelling - including people and process leadership.
• You build, coach, and grow high-performing teams, and raise the bar on the craft.
• Credible with engineers on data platforms, pipelines, and large-scale data infrastructure, including distributed data platforms at Petabyte scale.
• Experience with data ingestion from raw data to processing through different stages and pipelines; understands DAGs and their challenges.
• Solid understanding of Machine Learning, GPUs and training/inference of large models.
• Proficient with Databricks, Flyte, Ray, Kubernetes, Azure, Docker, Python.
• Proficient with AI Agents to accelerate execution: Cursor, Claude, Codex.
• Stays neutral and adapts under pressure; systems thinking; product-minded; strong cross-functional leadership.
• Strategic & business impact; clear, data-driven communicator; growth mindset.

Responsibilities

• Lead the function: Build, coach, and grow a small TPM team; hire to fill gaps and raise the bar.
• Own data delivery: Partner with Data leadership on planning, prioritisation, and execution across the data roadmap.
• Trusted partner for Engineering: Lead with engineering leaders to land big outcomes and hold leaders to account.
• Drive flagship programs directly: Data platform, data pipelines, enrichment & curation, labelling / annotation, and dataset management.
• Establish scalable practices: Planning cadences, governance, KPIs and dashboards, escalations and reviews.
• Align cross-functionally: Work with data, ML, engineering, and external data/annotation suppliers; manage dependencies and risk.
• Connect to outcomes and represent the data org: Tie delivery to data quality, throughput, cost, and time-to-insight.

Skills

Data program management

People leadership

Distributed data platforms

Machine Learning basics

Cross-functional leadership

Systems thinking

Product-minded

Data quality focus

Clear communication

Education

Engineering degree or CS degree

Tools

Databricks

Flyte

Ray

Kubernetes

Azure

Docker

Python

Job description

Wayve is seeking a Lead Technical Program Manager, Data in London to build and lead the TPM function for the Data org - the data platform, ingestion, standardisation pipelines, and the enrichment, curation, and labelling that fuel the AI Driver. The data corpus is also critical for teams working on simulation and validation.

You’ll be the delivery partner to engineering leadership for data teams and drive the department wide objective to “make valuable data immediately and reliably usable”.