Senior Program Manager, Trucking

Job overview

The Senior Program Manager role is onsite in San Francisco, CA. Compensation is $140,000–$180,000 per year, with additional equity incentive awards and an annual performance bonus. Waabi develops Physical AI technology for autonomous trucks and robotaxis; this role supports its Commercial Product team as it scales driverless trucking deployments. The program manager owns the integrated commercialization roadmap and operating cadence, aligning customer commitments, truck supply, autonomy readiness, site activation, and operational launch work. The role surfaces dependencies and risks early, coordinates cross-functional milestones, and gives leadership a reliable view of launch progress.

What you'll do

• Own the integrated trucking commercialization roadmap and weekly operating cadence
• connect customer commitments, OEM truck supply, autonomy and ODD readiness, lane and site activation, Mission Control, operations readiness, and account launches to dates and dependencies
• surface critical-path changes, risks, and decisions
• lead cross-functional company milestones
• run weekly Truck Program meetings
• establish repeatable frameworks and decision loops
• produce executive-ready updates and program artifacts.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior program manager

trucking

autonomous transportation

commercialization roadmap

program leadership

cross-functional execution

truck supply

launch readiness

san francisco ca

waabi

$140k–$180k

equity awards

annual performance bonus

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Equity awards
• annual performance bonus
• medical, dental, and vision coverage for full-time employees
• unlimited vacation
• flexible hours and work-from-home support
• office drinks, snacks, and catered meals
• team-building activities and social events.

Why this role

Requires 7+ years of program or product leadership in a complex technical and operational environment and experience integrating teams across hardware, software, safety, and operations. Physical-product commercialization and autonomous trucking experience are preferred or nice to have, respectively.

About the employer

Waabi is hiring for this role. Industry: Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology). Sector: 54.