People Strategy Manager
About The Position
Waymo’s People Strategy team serves as the central go-to-market partner for the People Team, managing People priorities as a portfolio and building scalable infrastructure to support the company’s expansion. The team owns outcomes end-to-end and supports the business through growth and emerging needs. The People Strategy Manager will drive important People Team work across priorities, products, growth, and emerging needs. The role begins with a focus area and may shift to meet changing business needs. The initial focus is Waymo’s growth and expansion, including leading the international expansion program and owning global workforce planning and location strategy. This is a hybrid role based in Mountain View, California, or San Francisco, California, and reports 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 entity setup, employment compliance, and in-country hiring.
- Experience building workforce plans, headcount models, or location strategies with Finance and business leaders.
- Experience turning analysis into clear recommendations and narratives that influence senior executives and cross-functional teams across geographies and time zones.
- Experience influencing senior executives and cross-functional teams across geographies and time zones through clear, compelling narratives.
- Ability to operate independently once goals are clear, take initiative, make decisions, and know when to escalate.
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to approximately 25% of the time.
Nice To Haves
- Experience working within a People function at a growing company.
- Experience moving work forward across many teams at any stage—shaping, running, or landing it—while knowing when to own work 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 important work across priorities, products, growth, and emerging needs, flexing to changing business needs.
- Lead the People Team’s international expansion program by establishing 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 Waymo grows.
- Turn 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 to move work forward.
Benefits
- Discretionary annual bonus program, subject to eligibility requirements.
- Equity incentive plan, subject to eligibility requirements.
- Company benefits program described as generous, subject to eligibility requirements.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
