Senior Manager, Driverless Operating Model
Waabi is a Physical AI company developing autonomous-driving technology for commercial trucking and robotaxis.
About Waabi
Founded in 2021 by Raquel Urtasun, Waabi builds a Physical AI platform combining a verifiable end-to-end AI model with neural simulation. Its Waabi Driver and Waabi World technologies support autonomous trucking and robotaxi development.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will own the commercial operating model for driverless trucking, with a focus on the Driver-as-a-Service model. You will define the end-to-end Life of a Load workflows, set commercial requirements and roadmap for Mission Control, define off-nominal response, roadside service and recovery, shape the customer service experience, and turn early deployment solutions into repeatable, scalable capabilities.
Requirements
- 8+ years in commercial product management, business operations, commercialization or related roles with technology-enabled physical-world businesses
- Experience designing, launching or scaling complex operational services
- Strong commercial judgment and practical problem-solving
- Ability to drive solutions on ambiguous cross-functional problems
- Ability to influence across Product, Engineering, Operations and commercial teams without direct authority
- Excellent written and verbal communication
Responsibilities
- Define the end-to-end Life of a Load operating model
- Define commercial requirements and roadmap for Mission Control
- Define off-nominal operations response, escalation models and protocols
- Define roadside services, towing, recovery and first-responder coordination
- Define customer service experience and service commitments with Account Management
- Turn early deployment solutions into repeatable, scalable capabilities
Benefits
- Equity awards
- Annual performance bonus
- Medical, dental and vision coverage (full-time employees)
- Unlimited vacation
- Flexible hours and work from home support
- Daily drinks, snacks and catered meals when in office
- Team building activities and social events