5+ years of experience in HR, People Operations, or Business Partnering.
Deep experience coaching managers through complex people challenges.
Strong operational excellence with a track record of leading complex cycles.
Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret survey data and sentiment analysis.
Ability to build trust quickly with managers and employees across all levels.
Responsibilities
Drive systemic resolution by identifying root causes and building lasting solutions.
Lead program enablement for new initiatives, ensuring rigor and consistency.
Coach managers through crucial conversations and performance management.
Act as a trusted interface for critical manager populations and sensitive issues.
Generate People insights to inform broader strategy for senior leaders.
Benefits
Participation in discretionary annual bonus program.
Eligibility for equity incentive plan.
Access to a generous Company benefits program.
Full Job Description
In this hybrid role, you will report to one of our People Business Partners.
You will:
Drive systemic resolution: Identify root causes of issues and build programs or custom solutions to fix them permanently, rather than just solving individual tickets.
Lead program enablement: Lead the rollout of new initiatives (e.g. ACED Performance Reviews, Compensation Planning) for your function, ensuring rigor, accuracy, and consistency.
Coach managers: Coach experienced managers through crucial and tough conversations, performance management friction, and team development.
Act as a trusted interface: Serve as the senior "face of HR" for critical manager populations, acting as the primary escalation point for sensitive issues and high-stakes relationship management.
Generate People insights: Feed ground intelligence on culture and sentiment to senior leaders and People Business Partners to inform broader strategy.
You have:
5+ years of experience in HR, People Operations, or Business Partnering.
Deep experience coaching managers through complex people challenges, including performance management and employee relations.
Strong operational excellence with a track record of leading complex cycles (e.g. Performance, Compensation) with high attention to detail.
Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret survey data and sentiment analysis to identify trends and risks.
Ability to build trust quickly with managers and employees across all levels of the organization.
We prefer:
Experience in a high-growth technology environment.
Certification in coaching or mediation.
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
About Waymo
Waymo LLC is a self-driving technology development company. It is a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., the parent company of Google. Waymo develops autonomous driving technology and provides ride-hailing services through its Waymo One program. The company has been testing its self-driving technology on public roads since 2009 and has logged millions of miles of autonomous driving. Waymo has partnerships with several automakers and has been working on developing autonomous trucks for use in logistics.
