Role at a glance
- Job function
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Software Engineering & IT Technical Program Management
- Salary
- Not Disclosed
- Location
- Mountain View, California, United States San Francisco, California, United States
- Work arrangement
- Hybrid
- Employment
- Full-time
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience managing highly complex cross-functional programs
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Role Summary
This hybrid program management role coordinates AV Expansion testing and validation across domestic and international markets. It supports market readiness and deployment by aligning cross-functional plans, fleet configurations, program processes, and stakeholder updates.
What You'll Do
- Drive program execution, communication, and cross-functional coordination for AV Expansion testing and validation across domestic and...
- Coordinate fleet setup and driving configurations across markets, tracking phases and milestones leading up to launches and deployments.
- Align market-entry roadmaps with Product, Engineering, Operations, Mapping, and other teams based on testing feasibility and readiness.
- Establish and manage process and tooling improvements for medium- and small-scale validation programs.
- Lead weekly reporting, program reviews, updates, and guidance to align stakeholders.
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Required: 5+ years managing highly complex cross-functional programs; experience as a Technical Program Manager driving complex, large-scale execution across technical and operational domains; experience aligning Engineering, Engineering TPMs, Product Management, Operations, and Mapping teams and exercising judgment around competing priorities; strong experience in data/configuration management, operational forecasting, or fleet/resource allocation; ability to establish processes, write operational playbooks, and identify and mitigate risks early.
Required
- 5+ years of experience managing highly complex cross-functional programs
- Experience as a Technical Program Manager driving complex, large-scale execution across technical and operational domains
- Experience aligning Engineering, Engineering TPMs, Product Management, Operations, and Mapping teams; judgment around competing priorities
- Strong experience in data/configuration management, operational forecasting, or fleet/resource allocation
- Ability to establish process structure, write operational playbooks, and identify and mitigate risks early
Preferred
- Experience with autonomous vehicle systems, software release testing, or consumer hardware
- Skilled at launching and expanding products to new markets
- Familiarity with complex global operational logistics
- Background in influencing software/tooling roadmap
Original job description
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Original job description
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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. In the face of complex technical and operational challenges with no established playbooks to follow, we act with thoughtful urgency, driving conversations, discussions, and outcomes. Our team partners closely with every function of Waymo to structure, own and drive work towards real-world deployments of the Waymo Driver across platforms and geographies.
This role follows a hybrid work schedule and reports to the Program Manager Lead, Commercialization and Expansion.
You will:
- Drive program execution, communication, and cross-functional coordination for AV Expansion testing and validation across domestic & international markets
- Centrally orchestrate fleet setup and driving configurations across markets. Organize tracking across various phases and milestones leading up to major launches and deployments
- Align market entry roadmaps in partnership with key teams (e.g. Product, Engineering, Operations, and Mapping) based on testing feasibility and readiness
- Establish and own processes and tooling improvements for medium- and small-scale validation programs
- Lead weekly reporting, program reviews, updates, and guidance to ensure alignment across critical stakeholders critical cross-functional stakeholders
You have:
- 5+ years of experience managing highly complex cross-functional programs
- Experience as a Technical Program Manager driving complex, large-scale execution across technical and operational domains
- Proven track record of managing cross-functional alignment across Engineering, Eng TPgMs, Product Managing, Operations, and Mapping teams and ability to leverage intuitional judgment around competing priorities
- Strong experience in data/configuration management, operational forecasting, or fleet/resources allocation
- Demonstrated ability to establish process structure, write operational playbooks, and identify/mitigate silent risks early
We prefer:
- Experience with autonomous vehicle systems, software release testing, consumer hardware
- Skilled at launching and expanding products to new markets
- Familiarity complex global operational logistics
- Background in influencing software/tooling roadmap
The expected base salary range for this full-time position across US locations 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. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the role location or, if the role can be performed remote, the specific salary range for your preferred location, during the hiring process.
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.
About the company
Waymo
Large Enterprise
Waymo is a leading autonomous driving technology company, originally a part of Google's parent company Alphabet Inc. Established in 2009, Waymo focuses on developing self-driving cars and innovative transportation solutions designed to enhance mobility and safety on the roads. By employing advanced artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms, the company aims to revolutionize personal and shared transportation, making it more accessible and efficient. Waymo's efforts contribute significantly to the future of autonomous vehicles and the ongoing shift towards smart transportation systems.