Cruise

Senior Information Technology Project Manager

San Francisco, CA
USD 95k - 139k
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Description

We're Cruise, a self-driving service designed for the cities we love.

We’re building the world’s most advanced self-driving vehicles to safely connect people to the places, things, and experiences they care about. We believe self-driving vehicles will help save lives, reshape cities, give back time in transit, and restore freedom of movement for many.

In our cars, you’re free to be yourself. It’s the same here at Cruise. We’re creating a culture that values the experiences and contributions of all of the unique individuals who collectively make up Cruise, so that every employee can do their best work. 

Cruise is committed to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment, both in our workplace and in our products. If you are looking to play a part in making a positive impact in the world by advancing the revolutionary work of self-driving cars, come join us. Even if you might not meet every requirement, we strongly encourage you to apply. You might just be the right candidate for us.

The Information Technology (IT) team is a diverse team supporting a variety of strategy and technology for Cruise. As a Senior Project Manager II (PM) supporting the Information Technology (IT) team, you will partner with multiple leaders within IT to structure and drive a wide range of cross-team technical initiatives, ensuring they are completed on time, within budget and to scope.

 

As a PM, you’ll look for ways to standardize, ensure execution is efficient and consistent, and set accountability by supervising progress, resolving dependencies, identifying issues, evaluating risks, and presenting status to upper management and project stakeholders.

What you will be doing:

  • Partner with IT leadership and subject matter experts to gather requirements and incorporate that into an overall plan and implementation approach

  • Manage IT projects and initiatives

  • Drive project success by overseeing the entire project lifecycle, from planning and execution to delivery and post-implementation support.

  • Manage project timelines, budgets, and resources effectively to meet project milestones and deliverables.

  • Track and report engineering progress, resolve dependencies, evaluate risks and communicate status and issues to upper management and project stakeholders.

  • Proactively remove obstacles to drive momentum and progress.

  • Develop an end-to-end rollout plan for new products, enhancements, and projects.

  • Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment with project goals and objectives.

  • Communicate project status, risks, and issues to stakeholders, ensuring transparency and alignment with business objectives.

  • Help develop standards for the IT project management office including templates, timelines, and self service material to help accelerate project management

What you must have:

  • 4 years of experience as an IT Project Manager

  • Strong understanding of program management methodologies and project management overall.

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills including ability to deliver program status, roadmaps, business outcomes & impacts, and metrics

  • Strong interpersonal skills to prioritize multiple, high-reaching priorities simultaneously

  • Exceptional analytical skills with track record of using objective data and metrics to back up assumptions, recommendations, and decisions

  • PMP certification or equivalent project management credentials preferred.

 

The salary range for this position is $95,000 - $139,700. Compensation will vary depending on location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. You may also be offered a bonus, long-term incentives, and benefits. These ranges are subject to change.

Why Cruise?

Our benefits are here to support the whole you:

  • Competitive salary and benefits 
  • Medical / dental / vision, Life and AD&D
  • Subsidized mental health benefits
  • Paid time off and holidays
  • Paid parental, medical, family care, and military leave of absence
  • 401(k) Cruise matching program 
  • Fertility benefits
  • Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
  • Flexible Spending Account & Health Saving Account
  • Perks Wallet program for benefits/perks
  • Pre-tax Commuter benefit plan for local employees
  • CruiseFlex, our location-flexible work policy. (Learn more about CruiseFlex).

We’re Integrated

  • Through our partnerships with General Motors and Honda, we are the only self-driving company with fully integrated manufacturing at scale.

We’re Funded

  • GM, Honda, Microsoft, T. Rowe Price, and Walmart have invested billions in Cruise. Their backing for our technology demonstrates their confidence in our progress, team, and vision and makes us one of the leading autonomous vehicle organizations in the industry. Our deep resources greatly accelerate our operating speed.

Cruise LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We strive to create a supportive and inclusive workplace where contributions are valued and celebrated, and our employees thrive by being themselves and are inspired to do the best work of their lives. We seek applicants of all backgrounds and identities, across race, color, caste, ethnicity, national origin or ancestry, age, citizenship, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or parental status, or disability. Applicants will not be discriminated against based on these or other protected categories or social identities. Cruise will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, in accordance with applicable laws.

Cruise is committed to the full inclusion of all applicants. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process please let our recruiting team know or email HR@getcruise.com.

We proactively work to design hiring processes that promote equity and inclusion while mitigating bias. To help us track the effectiveness and inclusivity of our recruiting efforts, please consider answering the following demographic questions. Answering these questions is entirely voluntary. Your answers to these questions will not be shared with the hiring decision makers and will not impact the hiring decision in any way. Instead, Cruise will use this information not only to comply with any government reporting obligations but also to track our progress toward meeting our diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging objectives.

Candidates applying for roles that operate and remotely operate the AV: Licensed to drive a motor vehicle in the U.S. for the three years immediately preceding your application, currently holding an active in-state regular driver’s license or equivalent, and no more than one point on driving record. A successful completion of a background check, drug screen and DMV Motor Vehicle Record check is also required.

Note to Recruitment Agencies: Cruise does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Furthermore, Cruise does not pay placement fees for candidates submitted by any agency other than its approved partners. 

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