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 Strategy & BizOps team drives and executes against the company’s go-to-market strategy. We leverage quantitative and qualitative analysis to create long-term business strategies and help execute on Waymo’s commercial deployment. The team is analytically driven, with a proactive mentality, focused on finding and delivering on high impact projects.
This role follows a hybrid work schedule and reports to the Director, Strategy and BizOps.
You will:
- Drive go-to-market / commercial strategy projects with broad scope and significant company impact
- Conduct rigorous qualitative or quantitative analysis and effectively distilling insights (“so what”) from them
- Engage in cross-functional stakeholder management, aligning various perspectives and inputs from technical and commercial functions
- Advance business modeling and analysis such as value driver and scenario analysis responsibilities
- Distill insights and recommendations for leadership
You have:
- Structured problem solving - know how to solve ambiguous problems, up-level and not get lost in details
- Analytical skillset - comfortable with various modes of quantitative analysis (e.g. financial modeling, data analytics, SQL), and capable of presenting up-leveled insights for executive audiences
- Must-haves are financial analysis and modeling
- Strong relationship building and communication skills
- Comfort in a fast-paced and rapidly evolving “startup” work environment
- Background: familiar with project based work, frequent shift of focus and topics, learning new content quickly (typical for consulting or bizops / chief of staff functions in tech companies)
- Collaborative, team-oriented mindset
- At least 5 years experience
We prefer:
- Operational experience in a tech company (e.g., Chief of Staff, BizOps & Strategy, etc.)
- Consulting or finance background (if consulting, with some financial modeling experience) AND experience in a tech company, especially with products that have a physical component (e.g., transportation, supply chain, proptech)
- Experience in relevant industries (e.g., Ride Hailing, Trucking, Delivery)
- Experience with commercialization / go-to-market strategy (e.g., pricing, partner strategy)
The expected base salary range for this full-time position across US locations 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. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the role location or, if the role can be performed remote, the specific salary range for your preferred location, during the hiring process.
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
- Financial analysis and modeling
- SQL
- Quantitative and qualitative analysis / data analytics
- Structured problem solving for ambiguous problems
- Strong relationship building and communication skills
- Comfort working in a fast-paced, rapidly evolving startup-like environment
- Background with project-based work and frequent shifts in focus (e.g., consulting, BizOps, Chief of Staff)
- At least 5 years experience
- Operational experience in a tech company (e.g., Chief of Staff, BizOps & Strategy)
- Consulting or finance background with financial modeling experience and tech company experience
- Experience in relevant industries (Ride Hailing, Trucking, Delivery)
- Experience with commercialization / go-to-market strategy (pricing, partner strategy)
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.
