Waymo
Lead, Resilience Governance
$168K–$207K
Mountain View, CA, USA +5 · Full-time · Posted Aug 20, 2026
- Location
- Mountain View, CA, USA
San Francisco, CA, USA
Tempe, AZ, USA
Mountain View, California, United States
San Francisco, California, United States
Tempe, Arizona, United States - Experience
- 5+ years; no alternatives stated.
About the job
Leads resilience policies, incident-response processes, and continuous improvement aligned with Waymo’s Safety Management System.
What you'll do
- Build and improve resilience policies, standards, and incident and crisis response plans.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams to design escalation pathways, response processes, and operational tools across markets.
- Lead post-incident reviews, corrective actions, continuity planning, and preparation for audits and regulatory assessments.
What they ask for
- 5+ years building and writing policies, standards, and processes, especially in resilience, incident management, operations, and/or business continuity.
- Track record of cross-functional partnership, especially designing complex processes and escalation flows with Product and Engineering.
- Experience reviewing and participating in after-action reviews and retrospectives to identify continuous improvement actions.
- Exceptional attention to detail and ability to synthesize complex information into clear documentation.
Nice to have
- Technical writing experience, especially in Safety, Product, or Operations.
- Experience with Safety Management Systems, highly regulated industries, or incident-management and business-continuity frameworks such as NIMS/ICS or ITIL Incident Management.
Pay
$168,000–$207,000 USD base salary
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