Affan Khan

Technical Program Manager @ Tesla

About

Hey there, I'm a Technical Program Manager with 3+ years of experience leading AI-focused programs and managing software delivery for 6M+ Tesla vehicles worldwide. I work cross-functionally across AI, product, and engineering teams to drive clarity and execution. I’m equally comfortable diving into the code to build tools that automate workflows and unlock major efficiency improvements!

Country

United States

City

San Francisco Bay Area

Industry

Computer Software

Skill

Continuous Integration (CI), Jenkins, Automation, Software Product Management, Project Management, Python (Programming Language), Flutter, C++, iOS Development, Android Development, Swift (Programming Language), Java

Experience

Technical Program Manager

Tesla

2025-7 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos

Palo Alto, California, United States

Technical Program Manager - Vehicle Software

Tesla

2023-5 - 2024-12 · 1 yr 8 mos

Palo Alto, California, United States

- Managed and shipped 20+ vehicle software releases to a customer base of over 6 million customers worldwide - Lead development, testing, and integration efforts to bring the latest Full Self Driving capabilities to our legacy MCU1 vehicles - Defined and implemented an org-wide rollout review process to integrate constant customer feedback review into release lifecycle to ensure highest quality software possible - Led the ideation, development, and implementation of new features for internal tools, enhancing productivity across the vehicle software organization by streamlining processes and improving user experience. - Engineered a Python-based dashboard to track delays in release sign-offs and identify responsible teams to enable leadership to address bottlenecks effectively

Technical Program Manager

Dayforce

2022-9 - 2022-12 · 4 mos

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

- Managed a large-scale cybersecurity compliance effort consisting of 46 technical projects to launch the Ceridian National Trust Bank - Designed an agile process to lead cross-functional teams by implementing monthly update sprints - Prepared a product roadmap, conducted user surveys, and gathered market research to gain stakeholder buy-in for a new internal tool to improve intranet user efficiency

Technical Program Manager

BlackBerry

2022-1 - 2022-4 · 4 mos

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

- Owned the BlackBerry Workspaces product and shipped 2 releases containing critical bug fixes and new features for BlackBerry's customers - Led daily scrum, sprint planning, bug triage, and all other scrum activities for teams working on BlackBerry's secured corporate applications - Designed weekly epic scrub process to ensure progress visibility and boost team velocity on outstanding tasks for CylanceOPTICS

Software Engineer

BlackBerry

2021-5 - 2021-8 · 4 mos

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

- Worked as a software engineer on the CylancePROTECT iOS application - Optimized task scheduling in Swift to ensure the highest possible app performance while lowering device resource consumption - Integrated Microsoft Teams into Jenkins and Fastlane to send app build results to teams channels, allowing engineers to take faster action on build failures and reduce build downtimes - Built a tool in Ruby to aggregate mobile app test coverage on pull requests and send them to developers via Microsoft Teams to ensure that test coverage is maximized