Senior Program Manager, Talent Operations
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Job Location:
Foster, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Zoox is looking for a highly organized Talent Operations Program Manager to join our Talent team. This person will establish design and implement TA programs and initiatives that streamline processes and technology while ensuring systems are AI-ready. This person will own structured interviewing systems end-to-end lead Talent events and own enablement initiatives and knowledge management.
In this role you will...
- Partner across TA and key stakeholders to deliver process improvement initiatives that increase consistency speed and accountability across the hiring lifecyclehelping Zoox scale teams that directly power our autonomous mobility mission.
- Support optimization of Zooxs recruiting tools and workflows improving adoption consistency and AI readiness across the team.
- Own Talent Operations knowledge management and communicationsmaintaining the single source of truth (playbooks templates process documentation) and leading change management for process and tooling updates.
- Own and scale Zooxs structured interviewing and interviewer enablement systembuilding the standards toolkits training calibration and governance that drive consistent high-quality hiring decisions.
- Partner on Talent events and conferences supporting planning logistics and post-event ROI and performance insights.
Qualifications
- Structured interviewing & interviewer enablement expertise: Proven experience designing and scaling structured interviewing programs (competencies rubrics scorecards question banks) plus building and delivering hiring manager/interviewer training calibration and/or certification programs that measurably improve interview quality and consistency.
- Program management and cross-functional execution: Demonstrated ability to scope ambiguous people programs build project plans manage stakeholders and drive adoption across TA leaders hiring managers and partners (e.g. L&D People Analytics/Science Legal/Compliance) with clear metrics and exec-ready updates.
- Knowledge management & communications ownership: Track record creating and maintaining a single source of truth (playbooks toolkits process docs templates) with governance audit cadence and change management communications that increase self-serve and reduce churn/confusion.
- Operational excellence & process improvement: Experience diagnosing workflow breakdowns across the hiring lifecycle designing scalable process improvements and implementing lightweight automations/templates that improve speed quality and compliancebacked by data and measured impact.
- Recruiter & sourcer enablement (adjacent to interview quality): Experience enabling recruiters/sourcers through training playbooks and process/tool fluencyspecifically improving intake quality scorecard usage candidate evaluation rigor and consistent execution of structured hiring practices.
Bonus Qualifications
- Demonstrated ability to drive behavior change at scale (exec comms manager enablement stakeholder mapping office hours reinforcement loops) with measurable adoption outcomes (e.g. scorecard completion training attendance reduced variance in debrief quality).
- Systems fluency (ATS/CRM analytics): Power-user capability in ATS/CRM workflows and reporting (e.g. Lever/Gem Sheets/Looker/Workday) translating process needs into system requirements and measuring adoption/quality without being a systems admin.
- Scaling in high-growth environments: Experience operating in fast-moving ambiguous orgsbuilding repeatable programs driving change management and establishing governance while keeping stakeholders aligned and accountable.
$140000 - $192000 a year
Base Salary Range
There are three major components to compensation for this position: salary Amazon Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) and Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights. A sign-on bonus may be offered as part of the compensation package. The listed range applies only to the base salary. Compensation will vary based on geographic location and level. Leveling as well as positioning within a level is determined by a range of factors including but not limited to a candidates relevant years of experience domain knowledge and interview performance. The salary range listed in this posting is representative of the range of levels Zoox is considering for this position.
Zoox also offers a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (e.g. sick leave vacation bereavement) unpaid time off Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights Amazon RSUs health insurance long-term care insurance long-term and short-term disability insurance and life insurance.
About Zoox
Zoox is developing the first ground-up fully autonomous vehicle fleet and the supporting ecosystem required to bring this technology to market. Sitting at the intersection of robotics machine learning and design Zoox aims to provide the next generation of mobility-as-a-service in urban environments. Were looking for top talent that shares our passion and wants to be part of a fast-moving and highly execution-oriented team.
Accommodations
If you need an accommodation to participate in the application or interview process please reach out to emailprotected or your assigned recruiter.
A Final Note:
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.
Required Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
- Project Management Methodology
- Project / Program Management
- Program Management
- Management Experience
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Project Management
- Microsoft Project
- Budgeting
- DoD Experience
- Leadership Experience
- Supervising Experience
- Contracts
About Company
We’re reinventing personal transportation—making the future safer, cleaner, and more enjoyable for everyone. This is on-demand autonomous ride-hailing.
