Principal Program Manager, Expansion

Waymo’s Technical Program Managers are accountable for Waymo’s roadmap execution by providing thoughtful cross-functional planning, clarity, and proactive risk management. In the face of complex technical and operational challenges with no established playbooks to follow, we act with thoughtful urgency, driving conversations, discussions, and outcomes. Our team partners closely with every function of Waymo to structure, own and drive work towards real-world deployments of the Waymo Driver across platforms and geographies.

This role follows a hybrid work schedule and reports to a Director of Technical Program Management.

You will:

• Lead international expansion program management, building robust and scalable structures to bring Waymo to more countries
• Evolve the new market framework to account for future growth into new regions
• Drive and own critical path for cross-functional activities for market entry and subsequent launch into future countries, including, but not limited, to vehicle, software, regulatory, compliance, policy, external engagement, and partner readiness
• Orchestrate deliverables across internal and external teams, improving workflows and processes where needed
• Proactively identify and remove business-critical risks and dependencies
• Keep stakeholders informed and aligned; represent programs to senior leadership and escalate when needed to remove blockers

You have:

• 10+ years of experience managing highly complex cross-functional programs
• Experience driving international expansion programs with a holistic understanding of market-entry functions (ie. Product, Eng, Legal, External Engagement, etc)
• Strong leadership skills, and clear verbal and written communication, alongside the ability to navigate ambiguity and drive decision-making
• Significant expertise in scaling processes within complex, growing areas

We prefer:

• Expertise in external partner engagement and market expansion (eg. scale, commercialization)
• Expertise within SW program management
• Expertise within autonomous vehicles or automotive (esp fleet management) space
• Experience scaling businesses
• Experience launching in national and international markets
• Experience with road safety, design, or transportation planning