People Strategy Manager
About The Position
Waymo’s People Strategy team serves as the central go-to-market partner for the People organization, managing People priorities as a portfolio and building scalable infrastructure to support the company’s growth. The People Strategy Manager will drive high-priority work across People priorities, products, growth, and emerging needs, initially focusing on Waymo’s growth and expansion. The role may flex to address changing business needs, from building new programs to strengthening existing ones. The manager will lead Waymo’s international expansion program, establish cross-functional governance, and drive market-entry compliance, entity setup, and staffing models across a multi-year roadmap. The role will also own and scale global workforce planning and location strategy in partnership with Finance and business leaders. The manager will turn complex and ambiguous challenges into clear problem statements, options, and recommendations for senior leaders, and use sound judgment and discretion to build alignment on sensitive cross-functional issues. This is a hybrid role based in Mountain View, California, or San Francisco, California, reporting to the Head of People Strategy. Domestic and international travel of up to approximately 25% is required.
Requirements
- 12+ years of experience in People strategy or programs, corporate strategy, business operations, or program and portfolio management.
- Experience leading international expansion into highly regulated markets, including areas such as entity setup, employment compliance, and in-country hiring.
- Experience building workforce plans, headcount models, or location strategies with Finance and business leaders.
- Experience influencing senior executives and cross-functional teams across geographies and time zones through clear, compelling narratives.
- Experience turning analysis into clear recommendations and narratives that move senior executives and cross-functional teams across geographies and time zones.
- Track record of operating independently once the goal is clear, taking initiative, making decisions, and knowing when to escalate.
Nice To Haves
- Experience working within a People function at a growing company.
- Experience moving work forward across many teams at any stage—shaping it, running it, or landing it—knowing when to own it and when to hand it off, and building trust along the way.
- Ability to adapt as priorities shift while leading several high-impact programs at once.
Responsibilities
- Drive the People team’s most important work across priorities, products, growth, and emerging needs, initially focusing on Waymo’s growth and expansion.
- Lead the People team’s international expansion program, including setting cross-functional governance and driving market-entry compliance, entity setup, and staffing models across a multi-year roadmap.
- Own and scale global workforce planning and location strategy, partnering with Finance and business leaders on headcount models that guide where and how the company grows.
- Distill complex, ambiguous growth challenges into clear problem statements, options, and recommendations for senior leaders.
- Navigate sensitive cross-functional issues with sound judgment and discretion, building alignment needed to move work forward.
Benefits
- Eligible to participate in Waymo’s discretionary annual bonus program.
- Eligible to participate in an equity incentive plan.
- Generous company benefits program, subject to eligibility requirements.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
