Senior Staff TPM, Autonomous Vehicles (Hybrid)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus program

Equity incentive

Benefits program

Job summary

Waymo is seeking a Commercialization & Strategic PMO Technical Program Manager to lead cross-organizational programs for new product initiatives. You will partner with Product, Engineering, Hardware, Safety, Legal and Operations to move concepts from idea through real-world launch in a hybrid work setting.

You will architect end-to-end program structures, manage work breakdowns, schedules and interdependencies, and influence senior leaders.

Qualifications

• 10+ years leading transformational, multi-organization technical programs.
• Ability to influence strategic technical direction and complex architectures.
• Experience structuring ambiguous initiatives into milestones and ownership.
• Experience managing large distributed engineering organizations without direct line authority.
• Experience with safety-critical, regulated hardware-software products.
• Strong executive presence and ability to influence VP/CL leadership.

Responsibilities

• Architect and lead cross-organizational technical programs for new product initiatives.
• Own end-to-end program structure, work breakdowns, schedules and interdependencies.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Hardware, Safety, Legal and Operations for launches.
• Establish scalable operating frameworks and readiness playbooks.
• Travel occasionally to Bay Area offices and partner sites (~10%).

Skills

Technical program leadership

Executive communication

Stakeholder alignment

Cross-org coordination

Resource management

Strategic decision making

Job description

Waymo is seeking a Commercialization & Strategic PMO Technical Program Manager to lead cross-organizational programs for new product initiatives. You will partner with Product, Engineering, Hardware, Safety, Legal and Operations to move concepts from idea through real-world launch in a hybrid work setting.

You will architect end-to-end program structures, manage work breakdowns, schedules and interdependencies, and influence senior leaders.