Wayve · 5 days ago
Product Release Manager
Location, WV
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
10+ years expWayve is the leading developer of Embodied AI technology, focusing on enhancing usability and safety in automated driving systems. The Product Release Manager will oversee the entire release process, ensuring compliance with industry standards and effective communication among stakeholders.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Autonomous VehiclesElectric VehicleMachine Learning
Responsibilities
Assume full ownership of end-to-end pre- and post-release processes
Establish and own processes for Release contents, including documentation, release notes, testing, coverage, quality measures, delivery
Manage bugs fixing process, issue resolutions and change requests and change management
Create and implement an end-to-end SW release plan and process, using JIRA work flows, for all stake holders and steps
Keep release cadence and cycles - daily, weekly and major/long - to both internal and external customers
Track and report in a routine and timely manner - progress, internal MS, JAMA based requirements traceability, Report status of release issues
Implement release dashboards with high program visibility
Ensure release compliance with SOTIF, ISO26262 and ASPICE requirements
Proactively identify and report on release program gaps in teams and processes, and work closely with SW and product teams to implement critical corrective actions
Work closely with engineering teams to implement CI/CD solutions according to customer requirements for release
Full responsibility for the release process and release cadence
Coordination of release work steps between all internal stake holders
Alignment with external stake holders, management of release process to customers. Manage change-control-board (CCB) with customers and internal stake holders
Documentation , KPIs and traceability of the release process according to Wayve policies and automotive safety and quality standards
Work with other groups to identify KPIs and develop methods for capturing them
Qualification
Required
10+ years of experience in managing release and release processes in the automotive industry, for external Tier1/Car-OEM customers with strong preference for ADAS and AV embedded SW applications
Knowledge of ASPICE, ISO-26262 and SOTIF requirements and processes
Knowledge of Embedded SW CI/CD processes in the automotive industry
JIRA process and structure development and application
JAMA based SW and product requirements management
Release automation frameworks
GiT based branching process management
Development of Metrics, KPIs, Reports and Dashboards using industry standard tools (Looker, Grafana)
Experience in automotive industry - preferably in ADAS/AV related products
Preferred
Knowledge of car-OEMs and Tier1 release and CI pipelines
Company
Wayve
Wayve develops AI software for automated driving that learns from data to navigate environments.
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$1.26BKey Investors
Innovate UKUberSoftBank
2025-07-28Grant
2024-08-29Series C
2024-05-06Series C· $1B
Leadership Team
Alex Kendall
Co-Founder & CEO
Max Warburton
Chief Financial Officer
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