Technical Program Manager, Commercialization

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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 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 a Director of Technical Program Management.

You will:

• Lead critical cross-functional Fleet Management programs across Product, Ops, Design, and Engineering, establishing or improving workflows and processes where needed
• Prioritize, manage, and drive issues, risks and dependencies; resolve misalignments with overall scope and schedule
• Keep stakeholders across Waymo informed and aligned; represent programs to senior leadership and partner with them to remove blockers
• Prioritize projects across the portfolio, ensuring scope, time, budget is defined and aligned

You have:

• 5+ years of experience as a Technical Program Manager
• Track record of managing complex programs where precision and attention to detail are critical to success
• Experience driving large cross-functional technical programs within Operations or Fleet Management
• Strong leadership skills, and clear verbal and written communication, alongside the ability to navigate ambiguity and drive decision-making
• Expertise in scaling processes within complex, growing areas

We prefer:

• Experience with software program management
• Expertise within the autonomous vehicle or automotive industries
• Expertise with Operations/Supply Chain software development programs

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

$196,000—$248,000 USD