Waymo
Mapping Ops Senior Program Manager, Real-time Disruptions
$190K–$234K
Mountain View, CA, USA +1 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 22, 2026
- Location
- Mountain View, CA, USA
Mountain View, California, United States - Experience
- 8+ years of program management experience.
About the job
Leads policy, specifications, governance, and vendor operations for safely managing real-time disruptions in mapping, while guiding tooling strategy.
What you'll do
- Translate changing mapping policies into detailed technical specifications and assess the safety and routing impact of map changes.
- Set decision-making, ownership, governance, and performance frameworks across stakeholder teams and global vendors.
- Provide executive communications, risk assessments, and recommendations to Product and Engineering leadership on the tooling roadmap.
What they ask for
- 8+ years of program management experience focused on policy, regulatory, or complex operational initiatives in technology.
- Cross-functional stakeholder management and executive consensus-building experience.
- Technical acumen across complex, multi-model systems, bridging technical requirements and operational needs.
- Analytical attention to detail and end-to-end accountability in critical investigations.
Nice to have
- Experience with road rules, regulatory frameworks, or geospatial mapping policies; fluency with AI tools for data analytics and workflow optimization.
- Master's degree in a business or technical field.
Pay
$190,000 — $234,000 USD base salary
AI focus
Preferred fluency with AI tools for data analytics and workflow optimization.
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