Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver—The World's Most Experienced Driver™—to improve access to mobility while saving thousands of lives now lost to traffic crashes. The Waymo Driver powers Waymo’s fully autonomous ride-hail service and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases. The Waymo Driver has provided over ten million rider-only trips, enabled by its experience autonomously driving over 100 million miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across 15+ U.S. states.
The Mapping Operations team is responsible for building, validating, and continuously improving the high-definition maps that power Waymo’s autonomous driving system. The team ensures that the vehicle has an accurate, up-to-date understanding of the world by transforming raw sensor data into reliable, production-ready map assets. The team sits at the intersection of autonomous driving, and scaled operations, partnering closely with Engineering, ML, and Product teams to support safe, scalable deployment across new and existing markets. We are looking for a Senior Program Manager in Hyderabad to lead one of the large Production teams, partner closely with cross-functional stakeholders & vendor teams, and help build best-in-class operations.
You will:
- Drive operational excellence across the vendor teams, including ensuring SLAs are met, ramping up vendor operations, facilitating business reviews, and resolving day-to-day operational issues/ escalations
- Identify process improvement opportunities and implement initiatives to raise the bar on productivity and quality
- Lead strategic initiatives involving tooling, process, and infrastructure that help scale the organization
- Manage large projects from concept to launch by developing realistic project estimates and coordinating with stakeholders including Engineering, Product and Operations
- Monitor, measure and communicate project progress and team performance to program teams, and executive leadership
- Provide mentorship/ managerial support for junior team members
You have:
- Bachelor's Degree in technical or business discipline
- Overall 12+ years of work experience managing large-scale and dynamic programs
- At least 4 years of direct people management experience
- Experience working with and managing scaled vendor operations teams
- Proven collaboration and communications skills working with globally distributed teams and multiple stakeholders
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to derive actionable insights from complex data
We prefer:
- MBA preferred
- Ability to effectively operate with high energy and flexibility in a fast-paced, constantly evolving team environment
- Technical proficiency to engage credibly with engineering stakeholders
- Familiarity with SQL or Dremel scripting for data analysis
Provide travel requirements (if applicable):
- Ability to travel to the US as needed
The expected base salary range for this full-time position is listed below. Actual starting pay will be based on job-related factors, including exact work location, experience, relevant training and education, and skill level. Waymo employees are also eligible to participate in Waymo’s discretionary annual bonus program, equity incentive plan, and generous Company benefits program, subject to eligibility requirements.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's Degree in technical or business discipline
- Overall 12+ years of work experience managing large-scale and dynamic programs
- At least 4 years of direct people management experience
- Experience working with and managing scaled vendor operations teams
- Proven collaboration and communications skills working with globally distributed teams and multiple stakeholders
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to derive actionable insights from complex data
- MBA
- Technical proficiency to engage credibly with engineering stakeholders
- Familiarity with SQL or Dremel scripting for data analysis
- Ability to effectively operate with high energy and flexibility in a fast-paced environment
Waymo Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Waymo and has not been reviewed or approved by Waymo.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered strong for full‑time technical roles, aligning with top‑tier AV/Big Tech benchmarks. Employer materials also emphasize competitive pay with eligibility for bonuses and equity as part of total rewards.
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Healthcare Strength — Coverage spans medical, dental, vision, mental‑health resources, onsite wellness centers, and counseling, with specialized programs such as menopause and transgender medical advocacy. Dependents are included, indicating depth across core health needs.
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Parental & Family Support — Offerings include fertility and family‑forming assistance, parental and baby‑bonding leave, caregiver and elder‑care support, and backup childcare. These programs are positioned to support families through multiple life stages.
Waymo Insights
What We Do
Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with a mission to make it safe and easy for people and things to move around. With the Waymo Driver, we can improve the world’s mobility while saving thousands of lives. Waymo reaches out to candidates from official channels only (e.g. directly from @waymo.com email addresses, or through our recruiters or sourcers who are noted as such on LinkedIn). We do not contact candidates about career opportunities through instant messaging apps like Telegram, email addresses from domains other than waymo.com (such as Gmail addresses), direct messages on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, or text messages. Visit waymo.com to check out our official job listings.
