Regulatory Programs Lead – Autonomous Mobility (Remote)

waymo; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Equity incentives

Company benefits

Job summary

Waymo is seeking a leader to direct regulatory reporting and technical operations programs that support the safe expansion of an autonomous mobility service. This role connects compliance requirements, operational workflows, data quality, engineering, and machine learning initiatives, while managing execution across multiple functions and a distributed workforce.

Responsibilities include building strategic roadmaps for regulatory reporting, partnering with compliance to translate obligations

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical, legal, business, or related discipline.
• At least 10 years managing complex, tech-enabled operations and cross-functional programs.
• At least 5 years of people-management experience.
• Experience with regulatory compliance, vehicle qualification, safety operations, or a comparable domain.
• Demonstrated ability to structure complex plans, identify dependencies, drive execution, and deliver measurable outcomes.
• Comfort working through ambiguity and changing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Build and execute strategic roadmaps for regulatory reporting operations, including forecasting, resource planning, dependencies, and delivery milestones.
• Partner with compliance specialists to translate legal and regulatory obligations into repeatable workflows and scale them across U.S. and international operations.
• Define program metrics, service-level targets, quality standards, and reporting mechanisms for operational performance.
• Lead workflow transformation and collaborate with engineering teams on machine learning and generative AI tools that improve event detection, triage, analysis, and quality assurance.
• Communicate program status, risks, priorities, and strategic decisions to senior stakeholders across technical and business organizations.
• Manage and mentor technical specialists while promoting a quality-focused culture in a fast-moving environment.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

Program management

Cross-functional leadership

Data quality

ML/AI collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Waymo is seeking a leader to direct regulatory reporting and technical operations programs that support the safe expansion of an autonomous mobility service. This role connects compliance requirements, operational workflows, data quality, engineering, and machine learning initiatives, while managing execution across multiple functions and a distributed workforce.

Responsibilities include building strategic roadmaps for regulatory reporting, partnering with compliance to translate obligations