Job Description
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 Operations exists to deliver the Waymo Driver to the world. We are a global team building and scaling the world's first and leading autonomous fleet and operations platform. From component sourcing to end customer management, we enable and create value for Waymo through scaled and orchestrated deployment of the Waymo Driver. At Waymo, we are dedicated to building a culture that promotes collaboration and celebration. We value our team members' unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences and support and encourage all team members to share their ideas to help Waymo better serve the communities in which we operate.
In this remote role, you will report to an Operations Planning Manager
You will:
Own the commercial plans for the markets within your region, acting as the definitive voice and strategic driver for your territory within broader planning processes. You will partner closely with regional leadership and product teams to drive cross-functional strategy, acting with indirect ownership of the markets themselves.
Drive comprehensive planning cycles with key stakeholders, understanding every working nuance of your markets to optimize operations across all intersecting areas of planning, product, and execution.
Build and manage highly intricate models to accurately forecast, answer complex "what-if" scenarios, and extract deep operational insights that can only be gleaned through advanced planning processes.
Uplevel core planning software and methodologies, applying expertise in Anaplan and intricate spreadsheet-driven models to ensure accurate forecasting and seamless alignment with corporate financial strategy.
Lead business optimization initiatives, utilizing your strategic regional knowledge to translate chaotic hyperlocal friction—such as macroeconomic volatility, ridehailing marketplace dynamics, and infrastructure constraints—into structured business processes and decisions that ensure commercial success.
Distill complex operational narratives from regional happenings to elevate business review meetings, conducting continuous "performance bridging" to trace key metrics to their systemic root causes, and then feed those bridges and insights back into their commercial plans
You have:
Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Finance, Business Analytics, Mathematics, or a related quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience.
5+ years of relevant professional experience in strategic operations, technical program management, financial planning, or a highly analytical business function.
Extensive experience owning end-to-end planning cycles and acting as a strategic, cross-functional partner to regional leadership and product teams.
Deep, hands-on expertise in navigating, auditing, and building highly detailed models within enterprise planning platforms (specifically Anaplan) and advanced spreadsheet environments.
The ability to distill highly complex operational data and technical what-if scenarios into clear, executive-level narratives that drive high-stakes business reviews.
A proven track record of acting as an advocate to drive cross-functional strategy, cost-down initiatives, and revenue optimizations.
Demonstrated knowledge of SQL to manipulate underlying data schemas, clean and distill business data, and build custom statistical models where needed.
We prefer:
Master's degree required (MBA strongly preferred) in Finance, Economics, Operations Research, or a related quantitative discipline.
8+ years of rigorous strategic execution within high-velocity environments such as Tier-1 management consulting, private equity, investment banking, or corporate strategy at a hyper-growth technology firm.
Direct experience planning and managing ride-hailing networks, demonstrating a profound understanding of network liquidity, dynamic surge pricing, localized supply-demand balancing, and ride-hailing marketplace dynamics.
Proven ability to oversee large-scale vehicle fleets and coordinate seamlessly with third-party operators and enterprise partner ecosystems.
Proficiency in applying stochastic simulation and queueing theory to real-world operations, specifically translating chaotic environmental variables—such as severe weather volatility, municipal infrastructure constraints, and traffic anomalies—into precise mathematical capacity buffers.
Demonstrated success operating within a highly matrixed organization, expertly driving alignment, negotiating priorities, and ensuring unified execution across operations, product, finance, and corporate strategy.
Please note that Waymo may not be able to employ remotely in all locations. Please speak with your recruiter about your preferred location for remote work when you begin the interview process.
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
$159,000—$196,000 USD