Program Manager, Waymo
Regulatory Reporting
$190-234k
Autonomous driving technology
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Autonomous driving technology
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$190-234k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To make it simpler and safer for people to move things and themselves around.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor's degree in technical, legal or business discipline
- 10+ years of experience managing complex, tech-enabled operations and experience working across cross-functional partners (Legal, Product, Engineering, Data Science, Systems Engineering) to drive outcomes
- 5+ years of people management experience
- Experience in Regulatory Compliance, Vehicle Qualification, or similar domains, and ability to assess and operationalize legal reporting requirements
- Proven ability to manage complex technical operations programs, including structuring project plans, identifying dependencies, and driving execution
- Ability to thrive in a high ambiguity, dynamic environment
Desirable
- Experience working with offshore teams / multiple local operations hubs
- Experience within A / V space
- Increased competency in supporting all phases of the machine learning development lifecycle, from data preparation and training to validation, deployment, and continuous monitoring
- Experience with Lean / Six Sigma process improvement methodologies
What the job involves
- Drive outcomes for large and complex technical operations programs that span multiple organizations. Develop and drive execution on strategic roadmaps, own forecasting and resource planning
- Partner with the Regulatory Compliance team to operationalize reporting requirements and be responsible for standing up new workflows and scaling existing workflows to support US and International expansions
- Define program / workflow KPIs and SLAs. Drive high-quality outcomes through deployments with a global vendor workforce
- Drive workflow transformation efforts to meet evolving business needs. Partner with Engineering to design, test, and deploy cutting-edge Machine Learning (ML) and Generative AI (Gen-AI) models and tools to drive step-change improvements in issue discovery & detection, triage efficiency, and quality assurance
- Communicate overall program status, risks and current priorities to executive stakeholders. Drive strategic decisions making across functions
- Mentor a high-performing team of Technical Specialists, fostering a culture of "quality-first" in a high-velocity environment
Our take
Waymo, Alphabet's self-driving car company, is changing the way people get around. Its robotaxis, which don't need a human driver, are already operating in cities like Phoenix, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Austin. Soon, Waymo will expand to Detroit, Las Vegas, and San Diego, showing just how autonomous cars are moving from experiments to real-world transportation.
The company has already completed over 10M fully driverless rides and driven more than 100M miles. Its cars use advanced sensors and AI to navigate streets safely, while partnerships with Uber and DoorDash show that Waymo's technology works for both passengers and deliveries. And it's feeling ambitious too, hoping to offer one million trips per week by the end of 2026.
Even with competitors like Tesla and Zoox, Waymo is leading the autonomous ride-hailing market. Its cars have fewer crashes and keep passengers safer than traditional vehicles. With international plans for London and Japan, Waymo isn't just growing in the US; it's setting its sights on shaping the future of transportation worldwide.
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Insights
-1% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Feb 2026
$16bn
LATE VC
Aug 2024
$5.6bn
SERIES C
Total funding: $27.1bn
Company benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents
- Employee assistance programs focused on mental health
- Personalized workplace adjustments for diverse needs and abilities, including physical, mental, and neurodivergent considerations
- Access to mental health apps
- Onsite wellness centers
- Second medical opinion for you and your loved ones
- Medical advocacy program for transgender employees
- Counseling services
- Support programs including menopause benefit
- Competitive compensation
- Regular bonus and equity performance grant opportunities
- Generous 401(k) and regional retirement plans
- Annual cross-company compensation review and pay equity analysis
- 1-on-1 financial coaching
- Fertility and growing family assistance
- Parental leave and baby bonding leave
- Caregiver leave
- Elder care and support
- Backup childcare
- Survivor income benefit
- Paid time off, including vacation, bereavement, sick leave, parental leave, disability, and holidays
- Jury duty leave
- Military leave
- Hybrid work model with remote work opportunities also available
- Educational reimbursement
- Peer learning and coaching platform
- Donation matching programs
- Employee resource groups
- Volunteer hours
- Internal community groups and local culture clubs
- Inspiring spaces to work, recharge, and collaborate with fellow Waymonauts
- On-site meals and snacks
- Fitness centers, massage programs, and ergonomic support
- On-demand fitness, wellbeing, and cooking classes
- Commuter benefits
Company HQ
Mountain View, CA
Leadership
Dmitri Dolgov
(Co-CEO)Dmitri joined Waymo in 2016 as CTO, becoming Co-CEO in 2021. Prior to this, he spent nearly 8 years at Google as a Distinguished Software Engineer and 2 years at Toyota Research Institute as a Senior Research Scientist.
Tekedra N. Mawakana
(Co-CEO)Tekedra joined Waymo in 2017 as the Global Head of Policy, holding various roles before becoming Co-CEO in 2021. Previously, she was the VP of Global Government Relations and Public Policy at eBay and VP and Deputy General Counsel of GLobal Public Policy at Yahoo.
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