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Strategy & Planning Lead, Fleet Operations

Wayve · Sunnyvale, California USA

Roboticsremotelead$171k–$229k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Build planning models linking workforce, vehicle capacity and cost to testing needs.
  • Lead deep dives into spend anomalies and resourcing constraints to drive actions.
  • Develop operational strategies to scale autonomous fleet across global regions.

What they offer

  • Salaries benchmarked against the market annually
  • Meaningful equity, sharing in ownership and long-term success
  • Relocation support and visa sponsorship where applicable
  • Hybrid working with core hours and hands-on workshop and lab time
  • Learning and development budgets with support for training and conferences
  • Comprehensive benefits including health insurance, dental, enhanced parental leave, pension, wellbeing support and team socials

Ideal candidate

Analytical strategist with 5+ years in consulting, banking or operations who loves turning ambiguous data into clear plans. High-ownership storyteller who thrives in unstructured environments and cares about scaling autonomy.

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of experience in investment banking, consulting, business intelligence, strategy, entrepreneurship, or other relevant fields
  • Excel at analysis and quantitative reasoning, handling large datasets, model-building and data-driven insights
  • Strong commercial judgment, connecting operational decisions with business outcomes
  • Proven program management skills structuring work, managing dependencies and driving cross-functional delivery
  • Exceptional presentation and storytelling abilities building concise decks for leadership
  • High ownership, attention to detail, and effective stakeholder management
visa sponsorship
Visa sponsorship and relocation support available where applicable

Lab profile

About Wayve

London-based AI lab building embodied driving intelligence for autonomous vehicles.

What they build

  • Wayve Driver embodied AI driving software
  • GAIA generative world models for driving
  • LINGO language-grounded driving AI

Known for

  • End-to-end embodied AI for driving
  • Camera-first, mapless autonomy approach
  • Large-scale real-world learning and simulation

Key facts

  • Founded in 2017
  • Headquartered in London, UK
  • Backed by SoftBank Group, NVIDIA and Microsoft
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