Business Operations Principal

Waymo; London; Hybrid; GBP 132,000 - 143,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading autonomous driving technology company in London seeks a Strategy & BizOps professional to lead go-to-market strategies. The ideal candidate has over 6 years of experience, strong analytical skills, and the ability to work cross-functionally. This full-time position offers a base salary between £132,000 and £143,000 with eligibility for bonuses and benefits.

Benefits

Discretionary annual bonus program

Equity incentive plan

Generous company benefits

Qualifications

• At least 6 years experience in relevant fields.
• Experience with project based work and fast learning.
• Strong presentation skills for executive audiences.

Responsibilities

• Drive go-to-market strategy and lead GTM projects.
• Conduct comprehensive qualitative/quantitative analysis.
• Work with cross-functional teams to gather varied inputs.
• Lead expansion strategy projects for Waymo.

Skills

Operational experience

Structured problem solving

Analytical skillset

Strong relationship building

Commercial marketplace experience

Tools

SQL

Data analytics

Job description

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the 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 One, a fully autonomous ride-hailing service, and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases. The Waymo Driver has provided over one million rider-only trips, enabled by its experience autonomously driving tens of millions of miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across 13+ U.S. states.

The Strategy & BizOps team drives and executes against the company’s go-to-market strategy. We leverage quantitative and qualitative analysis to create long-term business strategies and help execute on Waymo’s commercial deployment. The team is analytically driven, with a proactive mentality, focused on finding and delivering on high impact projects.

This role follows a hybrid work schedule and reports to the Head of Strategy & BizOps.

You will:

• Drive go-to-market strategy - lead various GTM strategy projects with broad scope and executional experience
• Conduct rigorous qualitative or quantitative analysis and effectively distilling insights (“so what”) from them
• Work with cross-functional teams to align various perspectives and inputs from technical and commercial functions
• Advance business modeling and analysis such as value driver and scenario analysis responsibilities
• Lead Waymo expansion strategy projects
• Distill insights and recommendations for leadership

You Have:

• Operational experience
• Structured problem solving - knows how to solve ambiguous problems, can up-level, doesn’t get lost in details
• Analytical skillset - comfortable with various modes of quantitative analysis (e.g. financial modeling, data analytics, SQL), and capable of presenting up-leveled insights for executive audiences
• Strong relationship building and communication skills
• Familiarity with project based work, frequent shift of focus and topics, learning new content quickly (typical for consulting or bizOps functions in tech companies)
• Commercial marketplace experience
• At least 6 years experience

We Prefer:

• Former experience with consulting or banking background + experience in a tech company, especially with products that have offline component
• Experience in relevant industries (e.g., Ride Hailing, Trucking, Delivery)
• Experience with commercialization / go-to-market strategy (e.g., pricing)

The expected base salary range for this full-time position 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. 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 £132,000 — £143,000 GBP