Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the 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 One, a fully autonomous ride-hailing service, and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases. The Waymo Driver has provided over one million rider-only trips, enabled by its experience autonomously driving tens of millions of miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across 13+ U.S. states.
You will:
Build strong relationships with and drive operational excellence across the vendor teams, including ensuring SLAs are met, ramping up vendor operations, facilitating business reviews, and resolving day-to-day operational issues/ escalations
Partner with teams (Engineering, Operations & Product) locally and globally to guide vertical and horizontal improvements at scale
Find and address risk from a delivery standpoint and ensure compliance with all internal procedures
Lead large projects involving tooling, process, policies and infrastructure that help scale us
Combine analysis to deliver applicable, insightful, data-driven recommendations (e.g., cost-benefit, quality- impact analysis)
Communicate project progress and team performance to program teams, executives and other sponsors
You have:
Bachelor's Degree in technical or business discipline
Overall 8+ years of work experience managing large-scale and dynamic programs/ projects
Experience working with and managing scaled vendor operations teams
Collaboration and working with globally distributed teams and multiple partners
Ability to effectively operate with high energy and flexibility in a fast-paced, constantly evolving team environment
Familiarity with data analysis
We prefer:
Experience leading contract and budget negotiations
Experience leading successful operational transformations (Lean/ Six Sigma experience)
Technical skills - able to work closely/ with technical Engineering teams
Familiarity with Dremel/ SQL scripts
travel requirements:
Ability to travel to the US
The expected base salary range for this full-time position is listed below. Actual starting pay will be based on job-related factors, including exact work location, experience, relevant training and education, and skill level. Waymo employees are also eligible to participate in Waymo’s discretionary annual bonus program, equity incentive plan, and generous Company benefits program, subject to eligibility requirements.
