Waymo
Program Manager, New Markets & Platforms
$159K–$196K
Mountain View, CA, US +1 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Mar 27, 2026
- Location
- Mountain View, CA, US
Mountain View, California, United States - Experience
- 7+ years in Technical Operations, Program Management, or Quality Engineering; prior leadership experience is required.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in a technical or business discipline
About the job
Leads cross-functional programs and teams that scale quality operations for new markets and vehicle platforms, improving issue detection, triage, and quality assurance.
What you'll do
- Plan and deliver cross-organizational programs, including long-term forecasting, resource planning, and stakeholder communication.
- Stand up and scale workflows for market expansion; define KPIs and SLAs and drive quality outcomes with a global vendor workforce.
- Partner with Engineering to develop and deploy ML and Generative AI tools that improve issue discovery, triage, and quality assurance.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in a technical or business discipline
- 7+ years of experience in Technical Operations, Program Management, or Quality Engineering
- Experience managing complex technical programs using Agile methodologies (e.g., Scrum)
- People management experience
Nice to have
- MBA or graduate operations experience
- Experience in A / V, Lean / Six Sigma, or working with offshore teams / multiple local operations hubs
Pay
$159,000 — $196,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Machine Learning (ML), Generative AI (Gen-AI), Agile, Scrum
AI focus
Partner with Engineering to design, test, and deploy ML and Generative AI models and tools for issue discovery and detection, triage efficiency, and quality assurance; support phases of the machine learning development lifecycle from data preparation and training through validation, deployment, and monitoring.
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