Technical Program Manager Lead, Telematics

Who we are:

Motive empowers the people who run physical operations with tools to make their work safer, more productive, and more profitable. For the first time ever, safety, operations and finance teams can manage their drivers, vehicles, equipment, and fleet related spend in a single system. Combined with industry leading AI, the Motive platform gives you complete visibility and control, and significantly reduces manual workloads by automating and simplifying tasks.

Motive serves nearly 100,000 customers – from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses – across a wide range of industries, including transportation and logistics, construction, energy, field service, manufacturing, agriculture, food and beverage, retail, and the public sector.

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About the Role:

The Telematics organization powers the data backbone behind Motive's products and is scaling to handle billions of events per day as we expand globally. As the Lead TPM for Telematics, you will drive cross‑functional execution across on‑device software, cloud services and data pipelines, and vehicle coverage programs. You'll establish the operating rhythms, program frameworks, and KPIs that scale our execution across regions and product surfaces while partnering closely with Engineering, Product, Data, Security, Support, and field teams.

What You'll Do:

• Own strategic, cross‑org programs end‑to‑end from problem framing and roadmap orchestration to delivery, landing, and post‑launch measurement.
• Set up the operating system for execution (cadences, risk/issue management, dependency mapping, change control, and launch readiness reviews) with crisp, decision‑ready comms for executive stakeholders.
• Define program KPIs and OKRs across reliability, scalability, quality, cost, and customer outcomes; build executive‑level dashboards and mechanisms for continuous improvement.
• Orchestrate complex technical workstreams spanning embedded systems, Android/AOSP services, OTA, connectivity, vehicle signal mapping, data pipelines, and backend APIs.
• Enable global launches by aligning cross‑regional teams, readiness plans, cutover playbooks, and incident response guardrails; proactively manage regulatory and market nuances.
• Raise the bar on engineering and operational excellence through release discipline, staged rollouts/rollback criteria, non‑functional requirements, and "shift‑left" validation.
• Scale the TPM function by mentoring TPMs/EMs/PMs on program practices, increasing throughput, and codifying best practices for repeatable delivery.

What We're Looking For:

• 8+ years of experience in program management (or equivalent hybrid PM/EM/TPM leadership), with significant time leading complex, cross‑functional programs at the platform/infrastructure layer.
• Strong technical depth across one or more of: embedded/edge (Linux/RTOS/Android), connectivity (cellular/MQTT/REST), OTA, and cloud/data (streaming, hot/cold storage, observability).
• Proven delivery track record for reliability/scalability programs and multi‑release roadmaps across hardware + software ecosystems.
• Mastery of execution frameworks: portfolio planning, dependency/risk management, change control, phased rollouts, metrics reviews, postmortems, and corrective action loops.
• Excellent stakeholder management and executive communication; makes ambiguity legible, drives crisp decisions, and creates durable alignment.
• Experience operating in globally distributed teams.

Pay Transparency

Your compensation may be based on several factors, including education, work experience, and certifications. For certain roles, total compensation may include restricted stock units. Motive offers benefits including health, pharmacy, optical and dental care benefits, paid time off, sick time off, short term and long term disability coverage, life insurance as well as 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Learn more about our benefits by visiting Motive Perks & Benefits.

The compensation range for this position will depend on where you reside. For this role, the compensation range is:

Canada

$188,000 - $217,000 USD

Creating a diverse and inclusive workplace is one of Motive's core values. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives.

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