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.