Project Manager for the Delivery Robots Development Team of Autonomous Transportation

Yandex offers a new perspective on delivering orders from stores and restaurants: we want orders to be delivered not only by people but also by delivery robots. Our product is simultaneously interesting and complex, it is the result of collaboration between several different teams: we design the hardware ourselves, write smart software for it, learn to manage the entire fleet of delivery robots in a coordinated manner, build operational processes, and make the service convenient for partners.

What tasks await you

Support the processes for opening new locations We plan to significantly expand our geographical presence. Launching robot delivery in a new location is a large, complex project; it is important to align business requirements for the location with infrastructure constraints, and then ensure the new location passes all standard preparation stages. We want the work of opening new locations to become a highly efficient pipeline.

Monitor the unit economics convergence at individual locations Operations at locations can be roughly divided into two stages: the launch and debugging stage and the operational metrics stabilization stage. It is important to track the pace at which locations reach the operational efficiency stage and, if possible, minimize the run-in period as much as possible.

Oversee the execution of non-standard demos and conferences Delivery robots participate in various events: for example, we are asked to organize water delivery at an industry conference or demonstrate how a robot crosses a pedestrian crossing with a traffic light at a special testing ground. We handle typical scenarios with the operations team, but for events requiring complex organization or software modifications in the logic, the involvement of a project manager from the product and development team is required.

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We expect you

• Know how to oversee projects with many participants, establish transparent communication about project progress, and prepare reports for clients
• Can decompose tasks
• Understand different backlog prioritization frameworks and know in which situations they are suitable; can combine them to build a system for end-to-end prioritization of product tasks
• Can set the pace for feature development in a project involving multiple teams
• Know how to work with cross-functional teams, formulate goals so that teams from neighboring departments work cohesively
• Work fluently with data and build basic analytics independently