The role As Product Manager, AI Driver, based in our Sunnyvale office, you will independently own a critical work package within Wayve's AI Driver product and lead a cross-functional team to deliver it end-to-end. You'll set the technical direction, drive priorities across engineering, AI research and program management. You will rally the team around clear, ambitious goals. This is a high-ownership, high-impact role for someone who pairs deep AI technical depth with the soft skills to listen, motivate and align brilliant teams toward shared outcomes.
Key responsibilities:
- Independently own a substantial work package end-to-end. Define the problem, set the strategy, sequence the work, and lead the team to ship outcomes that move the AI Driver product forward.
- Lead a cross-functional team of engineers, researchers and PMs without formal authority. Give them clarity, remove blockers, and motivate them through hard, ambiguous problems.
- Engage deeply with technical detail across AI / ML, autonomy and embodied AI. Debate trade-offs credibly with senior researchers and engineers, and bring structured thinking to complex technical decisions.
- Translate R&D progress and customer needs into a clear product roadmap, sequencing capabilities to maximise impact and de-risk delivery.
- Communicate crisply across audiences, from deep technical reviews with engineers, to executive updates with leadership, to customer-facing conversations.
- Listen actively to engineers, partners and customers, and turn what you hear into better decisions and stronger team alignment.
- Set, track and report on clear KPIs and milestones, and establish the operating rhythm the team needs to deliver.
About you In order to set you up for success as a Product Manager at Wayve, we're looking for the following skills and experience.
Essential
- Demonstrated ability to independently own a substantial work package and lead a cross-functional team to deliver it. You take outcomes personally and don't wait to be unblocked.
- Strong technical depth, ideally in AI / ML, autonomy, robotics or another deep-tech domain, with the credibility to engage senior engineers and researchers as a peer.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. A careful listener, a clear writer, and someone who can motivate and energise a team through ambiguity.
- Proven track record in product management, technical program management or a similar role on complex, cutting-edge technical products.
- High autonomy, strong judgment and a bias for action. Comfortable making decisions with imperfect information and adjusting as you learn.
Desirable
- Domain experience in autonomous driving, ADAS, automotive or other safety-critical product areas. Useful but not required. We will help the right person ramp up on the domain.
- Hands-on background in AI / ML, for example research, applied ML, or shipping ML-powered products.
- Background working across global teams (US ↔ UK / EU) in a startup or scale-up environment.
This role is a full-time role based in Sunnyvale, CA (hybrid) and the reasonably estimated salary for this role ranges from $204,100 to $256,700, plus a competitive equity package. Actual compensation is based on the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience. At Wayve we want the best of all worlds so we operate a hybrid working policy that combines time together in our offices and workshops to fuel innovation, culture, relationships and learning, and time spent working from home
