What are the responsibilities and job description for the Program Manager position at Torc Robotics?
At Torc, we have always believed that autonomous vehicle technology will transform how we travel, move freight, and do business.
A leader in autonomous driving since 2007, Torc has spent over a decade commercializing our solutions with experienced partners. Now a part of the Daimler family, we are focused solely on developing software for automated trucks to transform how the world moves freight.
Join us and catapult your career with the company that helped pioneer autonomous technology, and the first AV software company with the vision to partner directly with a truck manufacturer. You’ll work with an experienced team of people who are committed to creating safer roads and saving lives, and your contributions will have an unequivocal impact on the future of trucking and autonomous technology.
What you’ll do:
Responsible for providing program management and task coordination between assigned departments, projects, and stakeholders across Torc. Ability to understand and articulate requirements and priorities, create dashboards or metrics, map and track dependencies, identify and drive process improvements, field questions, alleviate blockers, and manage risks and mitigations to drive program efficiency.
- Help articulate/translate requirements and facilitate prioritization discussions to help departments and stakeholders meet the highest priority business needs.
- Drive the creation of dashboards or metrics for communicating status and issues across the organization.
- Identify, determine, and lead discussions when issues need to be analyzed or triaged. Support planning with potential customers or partners to facilitate program management and develop contingency plans for pain points.
- Develop, create reports and presentations, agendas, and communicate plans and strategies to facilitate conversations and make effective utilization of meeting times and events.
- Independent preparation and post-processing of meetings and workshops including organization, moderation and documentation as well as follow-up and archiving
What you’ll need to Succeed:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management, Organizational Development, Engineering, or other related field of study.
- 4 years of progressive professional experience in project management and team building.
- Strong computer (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Power BI) and analytical skills. Demonstrated knowledge of Agile or other project management system.
- Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills to build trust and strong working relationships, effectively create and proofread documents and reports, and communicate to a diverse workforce.
- Strong time management and organizational skills to plan, develop, coordinate resources, prioritize effectively, and maintain competing demands simultaneously with frequent interruptions and in a fast-paced environment.
- Open to travel
Bonus Points!
- Strong appreciation for analytics, critical thinking and data-driven decision making.
- Ability to anticipate and identify problems and use sound judgment and fact-based analysis to develop effective and efficient recommendations.
- Critical/logical thinking to identify problems and provide solutions to ensure efficiency, safety, and quality.
Perks of Being a Torc’r
Torc cares about our team members and we strive to provide benefits and resources to support their health, work/life balance, and their future. Additionally, we are always open to suggestions to accommodate individual employee needs. Torc offers:
- Full coverage of monthly medical premiums for full-time employees
- Medical/dental/vision/ AD D and Life Insurance
- 401K plan with employer matching
- Annual learning and development stipend
- Leadership development training
- Collaborative, energetic, and team-focused work environment
- Flexibility in schedule and generous paid vacation
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