Director of Fleet Ops Execution

The role 

We're hiring a Director of Fleet Operations Execution to lead the global delivery of on-road testing across all programs and geographies. This role sits at the centre of our operations—responsible for translating technical testing requirements into real-world delivery, managing regional test teams, and partnering closely with Engineering and Product to ensure our autonomous and assisted driving systems are exercised, validated, and ready to scale. You’ll lead execution with pace and rigour while shaping how advanced technology is tested in the real world.

Key responsibilities

• Own end-to-end execution of real-world testing across UK, US, DE, and JP — across internal R&D and OEM programs
  
  
• Manage regional Heads of Fleet Ops and the Demonstrations Manager, aligning priorities and maintaining test readiness
  
  
• Partner with Product, Engineering, and Program teams to operationalise feature and milestone testing, including test routes, schedules, and configs
  
  
• Define and lead global test planning cycles, execution cadences, and milestone delivery processes
  
  
• Drive consistent, high-quality test execution across regions, sites, and programs
  
  
• Coordinate across technical domains to align test needs with system maturity (e.g. releases, hardware readiness, validation goals)
  
  
• Surface risks, blockers, and delivery gaps early, and lead structured reviews and escalations to course-correct
  
  
• Champion consistent operating practices and strong interfaces between Fleet Ops and technical teams

About you 

In order to set you up for success as a Director of Fleet Ops Execution at Wayve, we’re looking for the following skills and experience:

Essential

• Proven experience leading large-scale, multi-site technical operations or testing delivery
  
  
• Strong cross-functional program leadership skills — particularly in high-velocity or R&D settings
  
  
• Comfortable working closely with Engineering, Product, and Test/Validation teams to deliver programs on the road
  
  
• Excellent command of operational planning, milestone tracking, and structured execution
  
  
• Confident in interpreting technical requirements (e.g. software maturity, test conditions, platform constraints) and turning them into executable delivery plans
  
  
• Experience managing and scaling distributed teams, ideally across regions or time zones

Desirable

• Experience in autonomous systems, robotics, automotive engineering, or aerospace
  
  
• Understanding of test coordination, release readiness, and hardware/software integration challenges
  
  
• Familiarity with Jira or similar tools used for milestone tracking and test validation
  
  
• Comfortable leading field execution in the presence of complex system behaviours and experimental features

We understand that everyone has a unique set of skills and experiences and that not everyone will meet all of the requirements listed above. If you’re passionate about self-driving cars and think you have what it takes to make a positive impact on the world, we encourage you to apply.

This is a full-time role based in our Sunnyvale offices.  At Wayve we want the best of all worlds so we operate a hybrid working policy that combines time together in our offices and workshops to fuel innovation, culture, relationships and learning, and time spent working from home.   We operate core working hours so you can determine the schedule that works best for you and your team.  

DISCLAIMER: We will not ask about marriage or pregnancy, care responsibilities or disabilities in any of our job adverts or interviews. However, we do look to capture information about care responsibilities, and disabilities among other diversity information as part of an optional DEI Monitoring form to help us identify areas of improvement in our hiring process and ensure that the process is inclusive and non-discriminatory.