Waymo
Director, Product Data Science - Fleet Optimization and Orchestration
$272K–$336K
Mountain View, CA, US +3 · Director · Full-time · Posted May 29, 2026
- Location
- Mountain View, CA, US
San Francisco, CA, US
Mountain View, California, United States
San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- 15+ years in a related technical field or equivalent practical experience; 8+ years managing teams; 5+ years with optimization and production OR models.
About the job
Leads a Product Data Science team that uses optimization, statistical modeling, data analysis, and machine learning to improve fleet operations and scale Waymo’s autonomous vehicle business.
What you'll do
- Set the team’s vision and lead delivery of its work as commercial operations scale.
- Analyze operational and commercial data to improve performance.
- Align senior stakeholders and manage team priorities across functions including Marketing, Engineering, Product, Strategy, and Finance.
What they ask for
- 15+ years of experience in a related technical field or equivalent practical experience.
- 8+ years of team management experience.
- 5+ years of experience with optimization and building OR models in production.
- Statistical knowledge/data intuition; ability to solve ambiguous problems; coding experience with Python and SQL.
Nice to have
- Prior experience building and managing OR/Optimization scientists.
- Marketplace business experience or experience interacting with Product Management teams.
Pay
$272,000—$336,000 USD base salary
Tools
Python, SQL
AI focus
Owns work across ML algorithms as part of optimizing fleet operations and scaling the autonomous vehicle business.
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