Product Manager, Waymo
Planner
$192-243k
Plus discretionary annual bonus program and equity incentive plan
Office located in Mountain View, CA
Autonomous driving technology
Open for applications
Autonomous driving technology
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$192-243k
Plus discretionary annual bonus program and equity incentive plan
Office located in Mountain View, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To make it simpler and safer for people to move things and themselves around.
Role
Who you are
- A BS degree in Computer Science, engineering, similar technical field or equivalent practical experience
- 2-4 years of relevant product management experience
- The ability to gather and dissect large quantities of information, identify issues and trends and turn them into a thoughtful and compelling product vision and technical strategy/decisions
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated ability to work in cross-functional teams
- Experience setting own goals and effectively delivering to them in a very fast-changing environment as well as flourish in ambiguity
- Proven ability to dig deep into a problem by utilizing technical tools and deep technical understanding
Desirable
- A master’s degree in a technical or engineering discipline, MBA, or equivalent experience in Robotics or Machine Learning
- Prior product experience in ML or Robotics
- Prior product experience in autonomous vehicles
- Experience delivering products with new technology introduction
- Passion and motivation by making the world a better place through technology, and wanting to be part of a team that makes this happen
What the job involves
- Refine Waymo’s product vision by owning the strategy and roadmap for agent predictions and their usage in Planner
- Develop product vision for Data Flywheel in Planner and connecting them to Foundation Models and Onboard Planner models
- Develop roadmap and determine product requirements, leveraging product insight and technical know-how including Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning / Robotics as well as build consensus with peers and executives
- Be the voice of the user/product in the execution and collaborate closely with Engineering to turn breakthrough technologies into products that solve real user needs
- Align and work cross-functionally with Product Managers, Operations, System Engineering, and other Waymo teams to bring to market products that save lives and transform transportation
- Thoroughly investigate data from real-world miles collected by our fleet, define requirements and guide the team to make the right trade-offs between capability, engineering complexity and other factors
Our take
Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company that began as the Google self-driving car project in 2009. After initial development, it secured permits to deploy autonomous ride-hailing services in cities including Phoenix and San Francisco, but has recently hit a major bump in the road with safety concerns that resulted in a recall of over 400 self-driving cars.
With the autonomous driving industry already besieged by setbacks and public distrust, this development does Waymo no favours. That said, as an industry leader there remains the possibility it will see out the storm, but massive attention will need to be given to rebuilding trust with consumers if this is to be the case.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Aug 2024
$5.6bn
SERIES C
Jun 2021
$2.5bn
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $11.1bn
Company values
- Our customers are at the heart of everything we do
- Safety is our foundation
- We pioneer
- Act with thoughtful urgency
- Respect each other
- Be responsible owners
- We’re stronger together
- Optionality creates opportunities
- Always be learning
- Celebrate progress
Company HQ
Mountain View, CA
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Leadership
Dmitri Dolgov
(Co-CEO, not founder)Former CTO of the company. After a PhD at the University of Michigan, they worked as a Stanford Postdoctoral Researcher before moving to the Toyota Research Institute. They also spent 8 years at Google as a Software Engineer.
Tekedra N. Mawakana
(Co-CEO, not founder)Has worked at Waymo since 2017, as Global Head of Policy then CXO then COO before becoming Co-CEO. They are on the Board of Advisors at Operator Collective, Board of Directors at Intuit, and an Advisor for Boom Supersonic.
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