Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company developing the Waymo Driver and autonomous mobility services. The Tooling and Integrations Program Manager and Team Lead will lead strategic technical programs across engineering and operations, improve integrations, tooling, and access management through standardization and automation, and mentor a team of Technical Specialists and Program Managers.
Responsibilities
- Drive outcomes for large strategic technical programs in Product/Tech Integrations & Tooling Domains that span multiple organizations. Set up short/long term goals and priorities and drive delivery on projects and OKRs
- Drive excellence and transformative improvements in integrations, tooling health and access management processes and solutions through simplification, standardization, and automation. Build internal tools and dashboards to monitor programs health and efficiency
- Manage cross-project technical and operational dependencies and organizational launch review processes for major product, pipeline, and policy updates
- Drive technical decision-making by interpreting data and trade-offs to provide solutions that balance long-term vision with operational needs
- Act as the principal "go-to" authority and key link between engineering development and operational integration, proactively identifying solutions for complex operational challenges and risks
- Mentor a high-performing team of Technical Specialists and Program Managers, fostering a culture of "quality-first" in a high-velocity environment
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in technical, or business discipline, or equivalent practical experience
- 10+ years of experience and proven ability to manage complex technical programs / tech-enabled operations, and work across cross-functional partners to drive outcomes
- 5+ years of people management experience
- Ability to translate operational constraints into technical requirements, quickly master new tools and technologies, and implement new concepts to resolve technical and operational roadblocks
- Proficiency in SQL and dashboarding (e.g., PLX/Looker), with the ability to navigate complex database schemas to inform decisions and drive automated reporting
- Ability to thrive in a high ambiguity, dynamic environment
- Experience working with fast-paced emerging technologies
- Experience in AV / AI / Data Operations is a plus
- Strong consulting and analytical skills; with ability to look at complex problems from multiple angles, be a thought leader and a systems thinker
- Experience establishing standardized governance, processes, and tools for PMO / Center of Excellence (CoE)
- Increased competency in supporting all phases of the machine learning development lifecycle
- Experience with Lean / Six Sigma process improvement methodologies
- Experience working in a multi-geography environment and leading distributed teams
Benefits
- Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
- Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
- Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
- Sick Time: 40 hours/year (statutory, where applicable); 5 days/event (discretionary)
- Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
- Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
- Holidays: 13 paid days per year
- Waymo employees are also eligible to participate in Waymo’s discretionary annual bonus program, subject to eligibility requirements.
- Waymo employees are also eligible to participate in Waymo’s equity incentive plan, subject to eligibility requirements.
- Waymo employees are also eligible to participate in Waymo’s generous Company benefits program, subject to eligibility requirements.
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