The board
Waymo · Product (78L)- Pay
- $159,000–$196,000/yr
- Where
- Mountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA
- Posted
- Sep 4
Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver—The World's Most Experienced Driver™—to improve access to mobility while saving thousands of lives now lost to traffic crashes. The Waymo Driver powers Waymo’s fully autonomous ride-hail service and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases. The Waymo Driver has provided over ten million rider-only trips, enabled by its experience autonomously driving over 100 million miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across 15+ U.S. states.
Waymo’s Technical Program Managers and Program Managers are accountable for Waymo’s roadmap execution by providing thoughtful cross-functional planning, clarity, and proactive risk management.
What you'd do
- Lead and launch expansion programs for new markets and new horizontal / vertical capabilities
- Drive and own plans and critical path for market launch activities
- Orchestrate deliverables, scope and timelines across internal teams including Product, Engineering, GTM, Legal, and Operations
- Establish new or improve existing workflows and processes to build a strong foundation for the org to grow and scale
- Proactively identify and reduce both short- and long-term business-critical risks and dependencies
- Keep stakeholders informed and aligned; represent programs from senior leadership to execution teams;escalate effectively when needed to remove blockers
What they want
- 5+ years of experience managing highly complex cross-functional programs
- Experience driving large programs with a holistic understanding of business-wide functions (ie. Product, Eng, Legal, External Engagement, etc) and the ability to manage deliverables between organizations
- Strong leadership skills to manage both upstream and downstream dependencies.
- Clear verbal and written communication, alongside the ability to navigate ambiguity and drive decision-making in a fast-paced environment
- Significant expertise in identifying breakdowns and scaling processes within complex, growing areas that impact the future of the organization and how the team functions.
- Expertise in external partner engagement and market expansion (e.g. scale, commercialization)
- Expertise within SW program management
- Expertise within autonomous vehicles or automotive space
- Experience scaling businesses
- Experience launching in national and international markets