Program Manager, Expansion
About this role
Waymo builds the Waymo Driver, an autonomous driving technology designed to improve mobility and safety through real-world deployment across various vehicle platforms and geographies. The commercialization and expansion team manages roadmap execution by structuring cross-functional plans, maintaining clarity, and addressing operational challenges without established playbooks.
This position focuses on leading expansion programs for new markets and vehicle platform launches, moving initiatives from early employee testing to full public deployment. Successful practitioners possess a background in program management, strong problem-solving skills, and the capacity to coordinate multidisciplinary groups ranging from engineering to regulatory legal teams.
What you will do
- Lead and launch expansion programs for new markets and new horizontal or vertical capabilities, with a primary focus on new vehicle platform launches.
- Drive and own plans and critical paths for market launch activities, guiding processes from early employee testing through to full public launch.
- Orchestrate deliverables, scope, and timelines across internal teams including Product, Engineering TPMs, Operations, GTM, UX Research, Regulatory Legal, and Policy to align on commercial launch plans.
- Establish new workflows or improve existing repeatable playbooks to build a strong foundation for organizational growth and scaling across multiple vehicle generations.
- Proactively identify and reduce short- and long-term business-critical risks and dependencies while resolving bottlenecks using data and operational metrics.
- Communicate program status effectively and deliver regular reporting to maintain clear alignment across working teams and executive leadership.
What you need
- Bring at least 5 years of experience in Program Management with a proven track record of leading complex, cross-functional commercial launches from conception to scale.
- Demonstrate experience driving large, multi-disciplinary launch programs with a holistic understanding across technical and business functions.
- Show documented success in an innovative, fast-paced environment backed by strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Possess clear verbal and written communication abilities alongside the capacity to navigate ambiguity and drive decision-making independently.
- Demonstrate strong leadership skills to manage upstream and downstream dependencies and influence a wide variety of audiences from engineers to senior executives.
Nice to have
- Experience designing and managing dogfood, early adopter, and/or commercial launch programs for complex consumer hardware products.
- Expertise in external partner engagement and market expansion including scale and commercialization.
- Domain knowledge across the autonomous vehicle, automotive, ride-hailing, or mobility industries, including physical fleet operations and regulatory permitting.
- Experience scaling businesses and launching in national and international markets.
Benefits
- Discretionary annual bonus program
- Equity incentive plan
- Company benefits program
Questions candidates ask
What is the work schedule for this role?
This role follows a hybrid work schedule.
What is the salary range for the position?
The expected base salary range for this full-time position across US locations is $159,000 to $196,000 USD.
Who does this position report to?
This role reports to the Program Manager Lead, Commercialization and Expansion.