Senior Manager, Driverless Operating Model

present of AI; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

present of AI in San Francisco is seeking a Senior Manager, Driverless Operating Model to design and run the operating framework for driverless commercial services, including deployment, monitoring and day-to-day running.

You will collaborate across engineering, product and commercial teams to translate AI capabilities into reliable service rules, escalation paths and safety-conscious processes as the fleet scales.

Qualifications

• Experience running operations for a complex service
• Familiarity with data-driven process design
• Cross-functional collaboration across engineering, product and commercial teams
• Safety-critical service management

Responsibilities

• Design and run the operating model for driverless commercial services (deployment, monitoring and day-to-day maintenance).
• Coordinate across engineering, product and commercial teams to implement scalable operating rules.
• Shape human processes for escalation, exceptions handling and safety as the technology scales.

Job description

Senior Manager, Driverless Operating Model

This role builds and runs the operating model for driverless commercial services, covering how trucks and robotaxis are deployed, monitored and kept running day to day. A strong candidate brings experience running operations for a complex service, comfort with data and process design, and the ability to work across engineering, product and commercial teams.

How it fits the AI era

The work sits where AI meets real world operations, so the role is about turning autonomous driving capability into a reliable service. AI handles much of the driving and simulation, while judgment on exceptions, escalation paths and operating rules stays with people. The manager shapes those human processes as the technology scales.

How it builds AI experience

The role offers hands on exposure to how a Physical AI company moves from simulation to commercial driverless service. Building relevant experience means learning how autonomous fleets are monitored and how simulation results inform operating decisions. Familiarity with safety critical operations and data driven process design helps.

Worth showing

• Driverless operations experience
• Process and operating model design
• Cross team coordination
• Safety critical service management

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About Waabi

A Toronto company training self-driving trucks and robotaxis mostly inside its own AI-generated simulator, rather than by racking up millions of real road miles.