Waymo

People Operations Program Manager - People Systems & Process Design

Waymo$159K — $196K *
Business Services
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years in People Operations, People Technology, or Service Management.
  • Deep, hands-on experience with ServiceNow HRSD, including configuration and workflow design.
  • ServiceNow certifications (CIS-HR, CSA, or CAD).
  • Proven history of automating complex human processes into digital workflows.
  • Experience optimizing AI-driven tools like virtual agents and automated routing.
  • Strong project management skills for leading cross-functional initiatives.
  • Comfortable working with sensitive People data and understanding privacy compliance.

Responsibilities

  • Execute the roadmap for People team’s use of ServiceNow for self-service support.
  • Maintain knowledge management standards for accurate, searchable content.
  • Collaborate on AI initiatives like virtual agents to enhance support efficiency.
  • Configure ServiceNow HRSD for process updates and case management.
  • Design and improve workflows for onboarding and employee transitions.
  • Align processes with IT and Ops leads; translate policies into workflows.
  • Promote the adoption of new People technologies with a focus on user experience.

Benefits

  • Eligibility for annual bonus program and equity incentive plan.
  • Participation in a generous Company benefits program.
Full Job Description
This role follows a hybrid work schedule and reports to our Manager, People Operations.

You will:
  • Execute the roadmap for how the People team leverages ServiceNow to deliver a frictionless, self-service support model, including service catalog and workflow design.
  • Maintain and govern global knowledge management standards to ensure People content is highly searchable, clear, and optimized for AI-driven retrieval and self-service content is accurate and aligns with current policies.
  • Partner with the Digital Transformation team on AI-enabled initiatives such as virtual agents, NowAssist, automated case triage, and guided workflows to reduce manual ticketing and speed up resolution times.
  • Execute routine administrative configurations in ServiceNow HRSD, including updates to People case templates, assignment rules, and user criteria.
  • Design, test, and adjust lifecycle events and People service workflows to elevate the employee onboarding, transfer, and transition experiences.
  • Partnering with IT, People Operations and domain-specific Ops leads to making sure there's clear alignment in processes and programs, and translates complex policies into technical workflows, troubleshoot bugs, and project-manage system upgrades from discovery to deployment.
  • Champion the pragmatic adoption of emerging People technologies while proactively balancing security, governance risks, and user-experience friction.

You have:
  • 10+ years in People Operations, People Technology, or Service Management.
  • ServiceNow Expertise: Deep, hands-on experience with ServiceNow HRSD, including configuration, knowledge management, and workflow design.
  • ServiceNow certifications (like CIS-HR, CSA or CAD certifications)
  • Systems Thinking: A proven track record of mapping complex, manual human processes into automated digital workflows, and connecting workflows across People CoE tools and systems (e.g. Workday)
  • AI & Self-Service Literacy: Experience building or optimizing virtual agents, automated routing, or machine-learning-driven search utilities.
  • Project Management Skills: Ability to lead cross-functional global initiatives, balance competing priorities, and manage stakeholder expectations across People and IT.
  • Data & Privacy Mindset: High comfort level managing sensitive People data with a strong understanding of role-based access controls and global privacy compliance (e.g., GDPR).
  • Act as an internal process-design consultant to the broader People Team (Strategy, Business Partners, Talent Acquisition, etc.), identifying areas of significant process debt and designing scalable, automated workflows to replace manual efforts.


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.
Learn more about Waymo
Size
2,000 employees
Industry
Founded
2009

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