Waymo

Technical Program Management, Service Quality

Waymo • $230K — $284K *
Technical Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years managing complex cross-functional programs with a broad understanding of business functions.
  • Proven experience driving large-scale technical programs from start to finish, managing dependencies and risks.
  • Strong technical background to engage in design discussions and evaluate trade-offs with engineering teams.
  • Ability to analyze diverse data points into structured priorities for measurable quality improvements.
  • Exceptional communication and leadership skills to align teams and influence executives.

Responsibilities

  • Lead Service Quality Improvement programs across multiple departments.
  • Establish key quality metrics and frameworks to enhance rider experience.
  • Drive strategic initiatives to identify and manage risks and dependencies.
  • Align stakeholders and represent programs to executive leadership to facilitate accountability.
  • Apply technical judgment to improve system scalability and delivery quality.
  • Manage program roadmaps and resource allocation for timely delivery of business outcomes.

Benefits

  • Participation in discretionary annual bonus program.
  • Eligibility for equity incentive plan.
  • Access to a generous company benefits program.
Full Job Description
You will:
  • Lead critical Service Quality Improvement programs across Product, Engineering, Data Science, and Operations.
  • Establish and define key quality metrics and frameworks to track and continuously improve the rider experience across all operating markets.
  • Drive strategic initiatives to proactively identify, prioritize, and manage dependencies and risks.
  • Align stakeholders across the organization and represent the programs to executive leadership to remove blockers and drive accountability.
  • Apply strong technical judgment to evaluate system trade-offs, improve scalability, and ensure delivery quality.
  • Manage program roadmaps, portfolio prioritization, and resource allocation to ensure timely delivery and success of core business outcomes.


You have:
  • 7+ years of experience managing highly complex cross-functional programs with a holistic understanding of business-wide functions (e.g. Product, Eng, Operations, etc).
  • Proven track record of driving large-scale, ambiguous technical programs end-to-end, managing cross-functional dependencies, timelines, and risks across multiple stakeholders.
  • Strong technical background with the ability to engage credibly in technical design discussion with engineering and evaluate technical trade-offs.
  • Aptitude for analyzing disparate data points and metrics into structured priorities and actionable burndown paths to drive incremental, measurable quality gains.
  • Exceptional communication and leadership skills with demonstrated ability to align diverse cross-functional teams and influence executive leadership.

We prefer:
  • Expertise with complex technical systems that bridge software with physical operations.
  • Experience working closely with operational logistics, customer support operations, or field-facing technical programs.
  • Familiarity working with large datasets, metrics, or reliability / quality engineering frameworks to diagnose system issues


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

$230,000-$284,000 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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