Lifecycle Delivery Lead (Hybrid) – Drive Complex Programs

Wayve; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Learning budget

Health insurance

Job summary

Wayve in London is seeking a Senior Product Lifecycle Manager to connect product milestones with detailed technical plans and artefacts across Level 2 and Level 4 products. You’ll own integrated lifecycle plans, manage cross‑team dependencies and align readiness criteria with strategic priorities, using metrics and evidence to drive delivery decisions in a safety‑critical, autonomous‑vehicle setting.

Collaborate with engineering, product, safety and verification teams to ensure delivery from

Qualifications

• 5+ years leading complex, multi‑team technical or product programmes with cross‑functional delivery.
• Background in automotive or autonomous‑vehicle industry and delivery of integrated vehicle/software products.
• Ability to evaluate system architectures and challenge delivery plans constructively.

Responsibilities

• Translate product milestones into integrated schedules and delivery plans with engineering and product leads.
• Review progress, backlog health, dependencies and evidence to determine readiness to move forward.
• Identify risks and bottlenecks early; drive mitigation plans to protect delivery.
• Facilitate conversations around scope, resources and priorities to reach clear decisions.
• Adapt plans as technical understanding and priorities evolve.
• Communicate programme status and decisions clearly to technical and business stakeholders.

Skills

Technical leadership

Cross‑team coordination

Stakeholder management

Systems thinking

Risk mitigation

Delivery planning

Agile methodologies

Education

PM certification (PMP/CAPM/PRINCE2)

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Wayve in London is seeking a Senior Product Lifecycle Manager to connect product milestones with detailed technical plans and artefacts across Level 2 and Level 4 products. You’ll own integrated lifecycle plans, manage cross‑team dependencies and align readiness criteria with strategic priorities, using metrics and evidence to drive delivery decisions in a safety‑critical, autonomous‑vehicle setting.

Collaborate with engineering, product, safety and verification teams to ensure delivery from