Operations Planning Manager (New Markets & Platforms)

Waymo

5d • $159,000 - $196,000 • Remote

About The Position

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 Validation Operations Planning team owns the end-to-end process of demand planning for all testing & validation needs with Product and Engineering stakeholders, developing resource plans to meet those needs, and partnering with operational teams to deliver, track, and manage execution against aligned plans.

Requirements

• Experience owning end-to-end planning cycles and acting as a strategic, cross-functional partner to stakeholders and leadership
• Demonstrated strong business judgement, communication skills, and ability to distill complex data and analysis to develop and advocate for your own positions and recommendations to cross-functional partners and leaders
• Deep, hands-on expertise in navigating and building models within enterprise planning platforms and spreadsheets, including using data tools (SQL)
• A proven track record of acting as an advocate and leader to drive cross-functional strategy, cost-down initiatives, and efficiency optimizations
• Bachelor's degree in Economics, Industrial Engineering, Finance, Business Analytics, Mathematics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• 5+ years of relevant professional experience in planning / supply chain, strategic operations, financial planning, management consulting, or an analytical business function

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree (MBA preferred) in Finance, Economics, Operations Research, or a related discipline
• 8+ years of strategic execution within high-velocity environments such as management consulting, private equity, investment banking, or hyper-growth tech
• Direct experience in resource planning and management for staff and/or vehicles
• Experience and technical knowledge of forecasting methodologies and forecast accuracy measurement
• Demonstrated success operating within a highly matrixed organization, expertly driving alignment, negotiating priorities, and ensuring unified execution across operations, product, finance, and corporate strategy
• Experience using Anaplan for demand and supply planning processes (planning software tool)

Responsibilities

• Own the testing & validation demand and supply plans and processes for your domain, working with key stakeholders to define objectives, priorities, requirements, and supply needs
• Drive comprehensive planning cycles with key stakeholders, understanding every working nuance of your domain to optimize operations across all intersecting areas of planning, product, and execution
• Build and manage models to accurately forecast, answer "what-if" scenarios, and extract operational insights that can only be gleaned through rigorous planning processes
• Lead cross-functional initiatives to transform operating models and drive efficiencies across teams involved in testing & validation
• Uplevel core planning software and methodologies, applying expertise in planning software and spreadsheet-driven models to ensure accurate forecasting and alignment with corporate financial strategy

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
• Sick Time: 40 hours/year (statutory, where applicable); 5 days/event (discretionary)
• Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
• Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
• 13 paid days per year
• discretionary annual bonus program
• equity incentive plan

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager