People Strategy Manager
About The Position
Waymo’s People Strategy team keeps the People team aligned with business needs by serving as its central go-to-market partner. The team manages People priorities as a portfolio, sequences launches, and builds scalable infrastructure to support Waymo’s expansion. The People Strategy Manager will drive important People team work across priorities, products, growth, and emerging needs. The initial focus is the People team’s go-to-market and planning operations, with flexibility to work on other business priorities. The role owns the launch and landing of People programs, treats them like product launches, shapes the team’s AI vision and usage framework, and runs its OKRs and rhythm of business. The role also assesses People products and builds trusted cross-functional relationships while handling sensitive topics with judgment and discretion. 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. The expected base salary range is $159,000–$196,000 USD. Employees may also participate in a discretionary annual bonus program and equity incentive plan and receive company benefits, subject to eligibility requirements.
Requirements
- At least 8 years of experience in HR or People program management, business operations, go-to-market, change management, or product management.
- Experience leading large-scale change or transformation initiatives from launch through adoption.
- Experience turning quantitative and qualitative analysis into decisions and narratives that build consensus with senior leaders.
- 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 moving work forward across many teams at any stage, knowing when to own work and when to hand it off, and building trust along the way.
- Hands-on experience applying AI tools to improve workflows and a passion for technology and business transformation.
- Familiarity with change management frameworks and product practices such as user research, pilots, and adoption metrics.
- Ability to work at every altitude, from launch details to shaping strategy.
Responsibilities
- Drive the People team’s important work across priorities, products, growth, and emerging needs, initially focusing on go-to-market and planning operations.
- Own launch and landing for the People team by coordinating cross-functional efforts into an effective go-to-market approach.
- Design change management strategies for People program launches to drive adoption and value for leaders, managers, and Waymonauts.
- Shape the People team’s AI vision and usage framework, including prioritizing use cases, running pilots, and measuring adoption and impact.
- Run the People team’s OKRs and rhythm of business.
- Assess new and existing People products and recommend what to scale, improve, or sunset.
- Build trusted relationships with cross-functional partners and navigate sensitive topics with sound judgment and discretion.
Benefits
- Discretionary annual bonus program, subject to eligibility requirements.
- Equity incentive plan, subject to eligibility requirements.
- Company benefits program, described as generous and subject to eligibility requirements.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
