Autonomous Vehicle Readiness Program Manager

Lyft; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 108,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Mental health benefits

401(k) plan with company match

Parental leave

Commuter benefits

Lyft credits

Hybrid in-office schedule

Job summary

Lyft is seeking an AV Program Manager to drive the cross-functional operating plan for Flexdrive, preparing autonomous vehicle fleets for scale domestically and abroad. You will manage timelines, RAID logs, and dependencies while coordinating with Operations, Strategy, Infrastructure, Finance, Legal, Analytics, and People.

You will help sequence hiring, training, and certification before vehicle arrivals and report progress to leadership, with a hybrid in-office schedule in San Francisco.

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in program management, business operations, or related cross-functional roles.
• Excellent written and verbal communication for updates to cross-functional stakeholders.
• Strong organizational skills with tracking timelines, risks, and dependencies.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity in fast-moving, evolving environments.
• Strong relationship-building skills to coordinate working groups and resolve conflicts.

Responsibilities

• Program Planning & Execution: maintain plan and oversee multi-workstream deliverables.
• Maintain program timeline and dependencies across workstreams: Planning, Infrastructure, Analytics, People, Fleet Ops, Treasury, Finance, Legal.
• Maintain RAID log and surface blockers with escalation context.
• Support leadership syncs and monthly deep-dives: prep, presentation, follow-through.
• Translate partner decisions into operational requirements and update readiness roadmap.
• Cross-Functional Coordination: align infrastructure timelines with hiring and capital deployment.
• Act as central hub across teams; escalate issues with context and drive resolution.
• Coordinate with People and Operations on hiring, training, and certification before vehicle arrivals.
• Work with FP&A and Treasury to track capital spend and flag variances.
• Stakeholder Communication & Reporting: deliver clear status reports to leadership and stakeholders.
• Maintain market readiness scorecards and program documentation (logs, notes, trackers).
• Process Support & Operational Excellence: design PM operating model for AV readiness.
• Identify process improvements and build repeatable playbooks for market readiness.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional coordination

Communication

Ambiguity handling

Stakeholder management

Analytical mindset

Job description

Lyft is seeking an AV Program Manager to drive the cross-functional operating plan for Flexdrive, preparing autonomous vehicle fleets for scale domestically and abroad. You will manage timelines, RAID logs, and dependencies while coordinating with Operations, Strategy, Infrastructure, Finance, Legal, Analytics, and People.

You will help sequence hiring, training, and certification before vehicle arrivals and report progress to leadership, with a hybrid in-office schedule in San Francisco.