Science is the team that is advancing our end-to-end autonomous driving research. 0 and ensure the future success of Wayve by incubating and investing in new ideas that have the potential to become game-changing technological advances for the company.

As the first Research Manager in our Vancouver office, you will be responsible for managing & scaling a strong Science team in collaboration with other Wayve science teams in London and Mountain View. You will participate in our project-based operating model where your focus will be unlocking the potential of your team and its technical leaders to drive industry-leading impact. As part of your work, you will help identify the right projects to invest in, ensure the right allocation of resources to those projects, keep the team in good health, provide technical feedback to your team, share progress to build momentum, and build alignment and strong collaboration across the wider Science organisation.

We are actively hiring and aim to substantially grow our research team over the next two years and you will be at the heart of this.

Work closely with project leads to ensure team members are having strong impact and are set up for success.

Work closely with project leads and Science leadership to ensure projects are resourced in a way that balances the needs of the business with the needs of the individuals.

Offer coaching and technical mentorship to direct reports (especially project leads).

Bring technical & project management expertise and experience to help accelerate our progress and decision-making.

Challenge the status quo (both technical and organisational/process).

Contribute to the day-to-day running of the Science team’s operations and larger collaborative efforts.

1:1s across the team reporting updates or coaching through career hurdles

Ensure project leads within your team are aligning projects with company goals and priorities





Encourage bold ambition and risk-taking in projects

Sit down with researchers and engineers to review upcoming decisions and assess any dependencies or risks

Organise reading groups and other scientific learning activities

Debug teams and projects - ask the right questions, challenge assumptions, think creatively, eliminate possible factors that could be contributing to a bug, add feedback loops, and then assess feedback

Ensure strong research engineering practice across the team that balances scientific agility with strong engineering

Contribute to outreach efforts at the office, conferences, etc.

Prior experience as a manager of research teams (10-15+ people) with a clear career interest towards management

Passionate about fostering personal and professional growth in individual team members

Experience with roadmap planning, stakeholder management, requirements gathering and alignment with peers towards milestones and deliverables

Strong knowledge of Machine Learning and related areas, such as Deep Learning, Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision, etc.

Industry experience with machine learning technology development which has had real-world product impact

Experience driving a team and technical project through the full lifecycle, ideally within the language, vision or multimodal space

Passionate about bringing research concepts through to product

Research and engineering fundamentals

MS or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or similar experience

Experience managing the execution of a technical product

Good experience working in a project-based (“matrix”) operating setting

Proven track record of successfully delivering research projects and publications

Competitive compensation, learning & development, daily lunches, lots of fun socials, comprehensive private health insurance and more!

Help relocating to Vancouver, with visa sponsorship.

Flexible working hours - we trust you to do your job well, at times that suit you and your team. #

📌 Research Data Coordinator (Vancouver)
🏢 Wayve
📍 Vancouver