--- title: 'Technical Program Manager III, Automotive at Mapbox' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/technical-program-manager-iii-automotive-mapbox-mapbox-08dv9qg0a205' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-11-05' --- # Technical Program Manager III, Automotive at Mapbox - **Company:** [Mapbox](https://feeny.ai/companies/mapbox) - **Location:** Mapbox, Germany - **Employment:** full-time - **Posted:** 2026-10-19 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-05 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/mapbox/749a0171-e6ab-48c2-a5c8-6b3d92dc6611/application **Skills:** Enterprise software implementation, Cloud architectures, API/SDK integrations, Automotive industry knowledge, Automotive SPICE > Lead complex, high-visibility post-sales programs for large automotive customers, ensuring successful launches and ongoing satisfaction. Act as the primary interface between customers and internal teams, driving operational rigor, accountability, and high-quality delivery in a dynamic environment. ## Job description Mapbox is the leading real-time location platform for a new generation of location-aware businesses. Mapbox is the only platform that equips organizations with the full set of tools to power the navigation of people, packages, and vehicles everywhere. More than 4 million registered developers have chosen Mapbox because of the platform’s flexibility, security and privacy compliance. Organizations use Mapbox applications, data, SDKs and APIs to create customized and immersive experiences that delight their customers. ## What We Do At Mapbox, Technical Program Managers (TPMs) ensure successful, on-time launches for Mapbox's key customers by turning complex needs into realized value. TPMs independently develop and execute strategies to maximize customer satisfaction, while minimizing thrash in changes to priorities and roadmap. They provide high-judgement updates to Mapbox leaders–keeping them informed on progress while handling the day-to-day operations independently. ## What You'll Do Mapbox is seeking a Technical Program Manager III (TPM) to lead complex, high-visibility post-sales programs for our large automotive customers. This is a high-impact role in a dynamic environment where you will work both independently and collaboratively alongside a high-performing team of TPMs to deliver successful customer launches. You will drive operational rigor within your programs, acting as a key driver of accountability and consistent, high-quality delivery across cross-functional teams within Mapbox. In this role you will: - Lead the end-to-end delivery of complex automotive customer launches and programs, serving as the main point of contact for program health, timelines, and execution - Be the primary interface between our key automotive customers and our internal teams, advocating for mutual success by championing the needs of our customers with internal teams (including leadership, product management, engineering, sales, technical support), and representing Mapbox to our customers - Define success for our customer programs, including how we measure it, and how we get there. - Align with Product and Engineering to translate and prioritize customer feedback into actionable insights and roadmap clarity. - Set and uphold a high quality bar, working with technical support, product and engineering teams to ensure effective prioritization and resolution of quality issues, and to synthesize and address overarching quality concerns. - Lead senior-level discussions - both internally and externally - around delivery timelines, trade-offs, scope, and business impact. - Provide calm and decisive program leadership during high-pressure situations with customers. - Provide clear & concise reporting to program key stakeholders and track and manage and report on program risks, working with customers and internal teams to mitigate and/or and escalate for resolution. - Lead or contribute to internal initiatives to improve internal processes across the TPM and Mapbox organizations. - Develop a deep knowledge of Mapbox products and services in order to steer technical discussions and build trust with our customers What We Believe are Important Traits for This Role - 8+ years of experience leading enterprise software implementations in a highly regulated post-sales or professional services environment. - Demonstrated success in the automotive industry managing scope, SOW execution, change management, and high-impact customer escalations. - Proven ownership of complex, multi-stakeholder enterprise deployments from kickoff through production launch. - Travel: Ability to travel to visit customers regularly up to 20%, with occasional spikes during key customer launch milestones. - Delivery-Oriented Leader: You are accountable for outcomes and not just coordination. You build structure in ambiguity and create operational discipline that enables predictable success. - Customer-Centric Operator: You proactively represent the customer internally and ensure their business objectives drive implementation priorities. - Effective Communicator: You engage effectively across audiences from developers to senior executives with clarity, confidence, and precision. - Technically Fluent: You understand cloud architectures, API/SDK integrations, and enterprise technical ecosystems deeply enough to anticipate risk and guide execution credibly. - Cross-Functional Influencer: You navigate matrixed organizations effectively aligning Sales, Product, Engineering, Support, Solutions Architecture, and Executive Leadership to deliver customer outcomes. - Knowledge of Automotive SPICE is desirable Core Working Hours - Employment Type: Full-time - Weekly Hours: Full-time - Standby / On-Call: As needed with ability to travel to visit customers regularly up to 30%, with occasional spikes during key customer launch milestones. - Location/Hybrid Policy: Remote ## What We Value In addition to [our core values](https://www.mapbox.com/about/values/), which are not unique to this position and are necessary for Mapbox leaders: - We value high-performing creative individuals who dig into problems and opportunities. - We believe in individuals being their whole selves at work. We commit to this through supportive health care, parental leave, flexibility for the things that come up in life, and innovating on how we think about supporting our people. - We emphasize an environment of teaching and learning to equip employees with the tools needed to be successful in their function and the company. - We strongly believe in the value of growing a diverse team and encourage people of all backgrounds, genders, ethnicities, abilities, and sexual orientations to apply. ## How we support you - Hybrid/Remote Options: Enjoy flexibility to work comfortably from home or periodically from an office where applicable. - Country-Specific Care & Coverage: Private health, dental, and income protection plans tailored to elevate your regional statutory benefits. - Family-First Support: Family care, maternity and paternity leave policies to support your growing family. - Lifestyle Spending Account: Contributions to support your health, wellness, and personal growth - Balance & Brainpower: Mental health support for you and your dependents. - Rest & Recharge: Paid time away, company holidays, and generous absence policies. - Time Off to Give Back: Dedicated paid volunteering time in addition to your standard PTO. By applying for this position, you acknowledge that you have received the [Mapbox Non-US Privacy Notice](https://www.mapbox.com/legal/applicant-privacy-notice/) for applicants, which is linked here.  Completing this application requires you to provide personal data, such as your name and contact information, which is mandatory for Mapbox to process your application. We are committed to a fair and equitable hiring process. We do not discriminate against any protected class. #LI-Remote ## About Mapbox ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Mapbox is a global location platform that provides maps, navigation, search, and real-time location data services to power experiences for developers, enterprises, and consumers. - **Entity Type**: Private (Growth Stage) - **Headquarters**: Washington, DC, USA (with offices in San Francisco, Helsinki, and Minsk) - **Founded**: 2010 - **Founders**: Eric Gundersen, Mikel Maron, Alex Barth, Will White, Tom MacWright ## Core Business - Primary industry: Location Technology / Geospatial Data / Developer Infrastructure - Target customers: B2B and B2D (Developer-first) — serving logistics, delivery, automotive, retail, travel, manufacturing, and enterprise software companies - Mission or purpose: To power navigation for people, packages, and vehicles everywhere. They equip innovators to keep up with a changing world through real-time data and map rendering technologies. ## Products & Services - **Mapbox Maps**: A customizable, high-performance mapping platform offering a suite of APIs and SDKs for web and mobile applications, including vector tiles, static maps, and map design tools. - **Mapbox Navigation**: Turn-by-turn navigation services for car, truck, and last-mile delivery, optimized for real-time traffic and routing. - **Mapbox Search**: Geocoding and place search APIs that provide location intelligence and address autocomplete. - **Mapbox Data**: A rich set of datasets including traffic data, points of interest (POI), and real-time location insights for analytics and planning. - **Mapbox Unity SDK**: Tools for building immersive location-based experiences in games, AR/VR, and simulation. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (private company); Mapbox raised over $350M in equity funding. In 2020, its valuation was reported as approximately $1B. - **Key Metric**: Total Funding — Over $370M raised from investors - **Notable Investors/Partners**: SoftBank Vision Fund, Foundry Group, DFJ Growth, True Ventures, Glynn Capital, Atomico, and others. Strategic partners include the United Nations, World Bank, USAID, and Doctors Without Borders. - **Growth Signals**: Headquartered in DC with offices in SF, Helsinki, and Minsk; serves millions of developers and enterprise customers globally; expanding into automotive, logistics, and IoT verticals. In October 2024, they launched new real-time data products for fleet management. ## Competitive Advantages - **Developer-First Platform**: Serves a massive global developer community with a strong open-source ethos and extensive APIs/SDKs. - **Customizability and Performance**: Unmatched ability for developers to style maps and control rendering, with low-latency vector tiles. - **Real-Time Data Ecosystem**: Proprietary traffic, navigation, and location data that continuously updates, creating a data moat. - **Strong Industry Partnerships**: Works with the UN, World Bank, and global enterprises, demonstrating trust and reliability beyond typical commercial use. ## Strategic Focus - **Automotive & Logistics Growth**: Deepening integrations with automotive OEMs and delivery/logistics companies for real-time navigation and fleet management. - **Real-Time Intelligence**: Expanding data products for real-time location analytics, traffic, and supply chain visibility. - **Developer Ecosystem Expansion**: Investing in SDKs, Unity integrations, and developer tools to maintain community leadership. - **Global Reach**: Scaling enterprise sales across non-US markets, especially Europe and Asia. ## Why Work Here - **Remote-First Culture**: Mapbox embraces work flexibility; most roles are remote-friendly, and employees are free to work from home, offices, or even a national park with good WiFi. - **Comprehensive Benefits**: Offers competitive compensation, equity, generous PTO, company-wide breaks, retirement programs, and comprehensive healthcare/mental health support. - **Family Support**: Paid maternity, paternity, adoption, and family care leave. - **Social Impact**: Over 30 hours of paid volunteer time annually and a donation-matching benefit. The team works on projects with NGOs and social impact organizations. - **Engineering-Driven**: A builder culture with a focus on innovation, data-driven decision-making, and cross-functional collaboration. - **Diverse and Inclusive**: Committed to DEI, with employee resource groups and policies promoting equity and inclusion. - **Open Positions**: As of mid-2025, there were 77 open roles across multiple locations, including remote and hybrid options in the US, Helsinki, and Minsk. ## Sources 1. [mapbox.com/company](https://www.mapbox.com/company) 2. [mapbox.com/careers](https://www.mapbox.com/careers) 3. [jobs.ashbyhq.com/mapbox](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/mapbox) 4. [mapbox.com/company/culture](https://www.mapbox.com/company/culture) 5. 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