Senior Manager/Director, Cartography

In this role, you will: • Lead and grow multiple cartography teams, including managers, senior cartographers, and contractor/vendor mapping teams. • Own HD map creation and annotation for new ODDs, driving throughput, quality, and cost to meet launch timelines. • Own map maintenance and change detection processes to keep maps fresh as road networks, construction, and infrastructure change. • Define and enforce map QA and validation standards, quality gates, and map release processes in partnership with Safety and Autonomy. • Set a unified, prioritized roadmap balancing new-city expansion, map freshness, and quality improvements. • Manage vendor relationships, including onboarding, training, capacity planning, SLAs, and quality audits. • Partner with Mapping Software and ML teams to define tooling and automation requirements that improve cartographer productivity. • Establish metrics and reporting on map quality, coverage, throughput, and turnaround time, and present progress to senior leadership. Qualifications • 8+ years of experience in cartography, GIS, HD mapping, or a related geospatial field, including 3+ years managing managers and/or multiple teams. • Deep understanding of HD map content (lane geometry, topology, traffic controls, semantics) and annotation workflows. • Experience running large-scale map production, maintenance, and QA programs. • Proven experience managing distributed teams, including contractors or external vendors. • Track record of defining process, quality metrics, and operational rigor at scale. • Strong cross-functional leadership and communication skills, including presenting to senior stakeholders. Bonus Qualifications • HD mapping experience in autonomous vehicles or robotics. • Hands-on experience with GIS/geospatial tooling (e.g., QGIS, ArcGIS) and map formats. • Experience with ML-assisted map generation, automated change detection, or annotation automation. • Background working in a safety-critical environment.