ABOUT WING:

Wing offers drone delivery as a safe, fast, and sustainable solution for last mile logistics. Consumer appetites for on-demand services are increasing, but current delivery methods are inefficient, costly, and contribute to road accidents and air pollution. Wing’s fleet of highly automated delivery drones can transport small packages directly from businesses to homes on-demand, in minutes. We design, build, and operate our aircraft, and offer drone delivery services on three continents. Our technology is designed to be easy to integrate into existing delivery and logistics networks, offering a scalable drone delivery solution for a broad range of businesses. Wing is a part of Google’s parent company, Alphabet, and our mission is to create the preferred means of delivery for the planet. If you’re ready to do the greatest work of your life, come join us.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

Wing is looking for a Senior Technical Program Manager to join our Technical Program Management team. This role will be based in Palo Alto, CA. As part of Wing’s Technical Program Management function, you’ll embed yourself in the work of the engineering and operations teams to drive cross-functional delivery of strategic and high value programs spanning the entire spectrum of Wing’s on board software and hardware. The ideal candidate will be an excellent program leader with experience managing complex programs across organizational boundaries to deliver new technical capabilities, tracking progress towards organizational goals & objectives, maintaining program plans and timelines, and identifying gaps and problems and proactively mitigating and resolving them.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Manage all aspects of a given project from start to finish, organizing priorities, proactively identifying potential blockers, and brainstorming solutions to mitigate.
• Own and manage goal-setting and definition of success criteria for the Hardware Development team on a quarterly basis, continually helping to balance priorities of incoming work.
• Drive requirements discussion and design reviews that include artifact development and validation criteria.
• Regularly report on progress including risks, impacts, and mitigations to cross functional stakeholders,
• Act as an agent of change, continually helping your clients and stakeholders to find clarity and reinvent processes as business needs dictate.
• Develop and own productive internal relationships with Operations, Engineering, Legal, Marketing, Product and Regulatory stakeholders.