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 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 you will report to the Strategic PMO at Waymo.

You will:

Lead and launch strategic complex programs to evolve resilience to service disruption at scale
Drive the creation of structures that orchestrate effective response to critical events ensuring tight coordination and streamlined collaboration across Safety, Security, Ops, et al
Drive and own cross-functional activities to create new, or materially improve existing workflows detection, diagnosis, resolution, etc.
Proactively identify and reduce business-critical risks and dependencies, removing blockers as needed, and drive business continuity and resilience
Drive change and adoption of new frameworks and cultural shifts, ensuring clear roles and responsibilities across functions, sustainable accountability across owners, and continuous process improvement

You have:

7+ years of experience managing highly complex cross-functional programs
Experience building Safety programs with a holistic understanding of event lifecycle
Strong leadership skills, and clear verbal and written communication, alongside the ability to navigate ambiguity and drive decision-making
Significant expertise in scaling processes within complex, growing areas

We prefer:

Experience in high Safety-sensitive industries
Experience with Business Continuity, Trust and Safety, Disaster Preparedness, or related
Expertise within autonomous or ride-hailing space
Expertise within formal program management
Experience with road safety, design, or transportation planning

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.

Salary Range

$190,000—$241,000 USD

Senior Program Manager, Safety and Resilience

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