VP, Autonomous Vehicle & Robotics Operations — Remote‑Flex

TaskUs; San Antonio (TX); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-flex

Travel 25-35%

Job summary

TaskUs in the United States is seeking a Senior Director / Vice President to lead Autonomous Vehicle & Robotics Operations. You will own end‑to‑end delivery—from perception data labeling to remote assistance, teleoperation, fleet support, and incident response—for leading AV and robotics customers.

You will set the operating model, build the leadership bench, and be accountable for client outcomes, safety, quality, and P&L.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of operations leadership, 15+ years for VP, with 5+ years in autonomous vehicles, robotics, mobility, or safety‑critical operations.
• Direct experience running remote assistance, teleoperation, fleet operations, or AV/robotics data operations at scale.
• Proven record of scaling operations from pilot to commercial deployment with improvements in safety, quality, cost, and throughput.
• P&L ownership of a business of $50M+ with pricing, workforce planning, and unit economics.
• Experience leading large, distributed workforces (500+) across sites and geographies, including 24/7 shift operations.
• Working knowledge of safety frameworks, incident response, and regulatory environments for autonomous systems.
• Executive presence with technical customers; ability to engage with engineering, safety, and product leaders.
• Data‑driven leadership with experience in metrics, SLAs, and continuous improvement (Lean/Six Sigma a plus).

Responsibilities

• Own delivery and P&L; lead multi-site AV and robotics programs with revenue growth, gross margin, utilization, and client satisfaction.
• Design scalable, 24/7 workflows for remote assistance, teleoperation, fleet support, data collection, annotation, simulation and scenario review.
• Establish safety‑case aligned processes, incident management, root‑cause analysis, and audit readiness (ISO 26262, SOTIF/ISO 21448, UL 4600, ISO 3691‑4).
• Partner with customers; act as executive sponsor for strategic AV/robotics accounts; run QBRs and shape roadmaps.
• Recruit, train, and certify remote operators, fleet technicians, annotators, QA leads, and program managers; define career paths.
• Lead through technology and AI; embed automation and ML‑assisted labeling; collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Security.
• Expand the business; develop new offerings, pricing models, and go‑to‑market plans.
• Manage risk and compliance; ensure data security and regulatory compliance; maintain business continuity and surge capacity.
• Lead the organization; manage a global team of directors, program leaders, and site leads.

Skills

Operations leadership

Autonomous vehicles

Robotics

P&L ownership

Global teams

Safety frameworks

Executive presence

Data-driven leadership

Leadership development

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA or advanced technical degree

Job description

TaskUs in the United States is seeking a Senior Director / Vice President to lead Autonomous Vehicle & Robotics Operations. You will own end‑to‑end delivery—from perception data labeling to remote assistance, teleoperation, fleet support, and incident response—for leading AV and robotics customers.

You will set the operating model, build the leadership bench, and be accountable for client outcomes, safety, quality, and P&L.