Director, Product Data Science — Fleet Optimization Hybrid

Waymo LLC; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 272,000 - 336,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Equity incentives

Benefits program

Job summary

Waymo LLC is seeking a Director of Product Data Science to lead a team that drives optimization, data analysis, and ML initiatives for Waymo Driver. You will shape the data strategy, collaborate with Engineering, Product, Marketing, and Strategy teams, and drive performance as the autonomous driving platform scales.

The role emphasizes leadership, production-grade modeling, and close interaction with senior management to align on vision and priorities.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in a related technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of team management experience.
• 5+ years of experience with optimization and building OR models in production; statistical knowledge/data intuition.
• Ability to structure and solve ambiguous problems.
• Coding experience in Python and SQL; data science coding skills.

Responsibilities

• Set the vision for a team of Product Data Scientists.
• Provide leadership to execute the vision as the company scales its commercial operations; own output across optimizations, statistical modelling, data analysis and ML algorithms.
• Analyze complex operational and commercial data to enhance performance as Waymo scales its AV business.
• Partner with senior management and stakeholders; align stakeholders around the vision to gain cross-functional support.
• Manage prioritization of team resources to partner with cross functional teams such as Marketing, Engineering, Product, Strategy, Finance.

Skills

Leadership

Optimization

Python

SQL

Data science coding

Tools

Python

SQL

Job description

Waymo LLC is seeking a Director of Product Data Science to lead a team that drives optimization, data analysis, and ML initiatives for Waymo Driver. You will shape the data strategy, collaborate with Engineering, Product, Marketing, and Strategy teams, and drive performance as the autonomous driving platform scales.

The role emphasizes leadership, production-grade modeling, and close interaction with senior management to align on vision and priorities.