Lead Technical Program Manager, Quality & Compliance (Automotive)

Location: London, United Kingdom; full-time role based in the London office with a hybrid working policy.

Company

hirify.global develops autonomous vehicle technology across engineering, safety, security, privacy, product, and operations.

What you will do

• Build, coach, and grow a small technical program management team.
• Lead company-wide quality, security, data privacy, and operational safety initiatives from framework design through implementation.
• Partner with engineering, product, safety, security, privacy, legal, and operations leaders to deliver outcomes and influence without authority.
• Design lightweight processes that meet quality and compliance requirements with minimal operational friction.
• Establish governance, KPIs, dashboards, audit readiness, escalations, and operational reviews.
• Manage dependencies, risks, trade-offs, external auditors, and partners while linking programs to measurable business outcomes.

Requirements

• 8+ years of hands-on experience delivering quality, compliance, or process programs as a technical program manager.
• Experience spanning standards or domains such as ASPICE, ISO, security, privacy, or safety, including people and process leadership.
• Experience building, coaching, and growing high-performing teams.
• Strong communication, influencing, systems thinking, process design, and data-informed decision-making skills.
• Ability to work effectively in ambiguous, fast-moving environments while maintaining organisational efficiency.

Nice to have

• Working knowledge of ASPICE, ISO 26262, SOTIF (ISO 21448), ISO 27001, GDPR, or other automotive, safety, security, and privacy standards.
• Experience in autonomous vehicles, robotics, or another regulated or safety-critical domain.
• An engineering or computer science degree, or professional engineering experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work combining time in offices and workshops with time working from home.
• Regular in-person collaboration supports innovation, culture, relationships, and learning.