Operations Manager

About the role

The Operations Manager will lead the operational delivery of internal Remote Operations and Feature Testing activities. This role involves translating testing priorities into tactical plans, coordinating resources across locations, and managing a team to ensure safe and efficient testing outputs. You will serve as a key escalation point for operational risks and drive process improvements to support the scaling of testing operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead the operational delivery of internal Remote Operations and Feature Testing activities
• Translate testing priorities and business requirements into clear tactical plans
• Plan and coordinate testing activities across different locations and countries
• Balance staffing, vehicle availability, shift coverage and testing requirements
• Monitor and ensure testing activities are delivered safely, efficiently, and in line with agreed KPIs and standards
• Serve as the escalation point for safety concerns, operational risks and serious incidents
• Communicate and implement new processes, SOPs, and operational changes
• Use data, operational feedback and team input to improve planning, resource utilisation, and delivery

Required skills

• Operational management
• People leadership
• Resource planning
• Shift planning
• Performance management
• Operational KPIs
• Fleet Operations

Nice to have

• ADAS
• Autonomous vehicle testing
• Automotive development
• Remote operations
• Fleetio
• Jira
• Slack
• German language

Qualifications

• Experience in operational management, ideally in automotive testing, fleet operations, logistics or technology operations
• Strong people leadership experience with direct management of operational teams

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Enhanced maternity leave
• Enhanced paternity leave
• Retirement or pension
• Access to therapists
• Wellbeing partnerships
• Learning and development budget

About the Company

Wayve is building the leading AI platform for autonomous driving, pioneering an end-to-end AI approach that enables vehicles to learn directly from real-world experience. The company aims to make autonomy universal by developing a generalisable driving intelligence that can power any vehicle, anywhere.