Senior Technical Program Manager, Commercialization
About The Position
Waymo’s Technical Program Managers are accountable for roadmap execution through cross-functional planning, clarity, and proactive risk management. They address complex technical and operational challenges by driving discussions and outcomes, and partner across Waymo to structure and advance work toward real-world deployments of the Waymo Driver across platforms and geographies. The Senior Technical Program Manager, Commercialization will lead critical cross-functional Fleet Management programs spanning Product, Operations, Systems Engineering, Design, and Engineering. The role drives end-to-end execution for fleet orchestration and optimization, automation workflow feature development, and new vehicle platform enablement, from requirements through staged rollout. It also establishes fleet and depot reliability programs and prioritizes the Fleet portfolio to improve vehicle uptime, depot turnaround efficiency, and operational scalability. The role follows a hybrid work schedule and reports to a Manager of Technical Program Management.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of experience as a Technical Program Manager driving complex software, systems, or operational engineering programs.
- Track record of managing complex end-to-end programs where operational reliability, precision, and attention to detail are critical.
- Experience driving large cross-functional technical programs within Fleet Management, Workflow Automation, Operations, or Systems/Software Engineering.
- Strong leadership skills and clear verbal and written communication.
- Ability to navigate ambiguity and drive decision-making.
- Expertise in scaling processes, release and experimentation guardrails, and reliability practices such as triage, bug burndowns, and root-cause analysis within complex, fast-growing areas.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with software program management, workflow orchestration, distributed systems, or system reliability and evaluation frameworks.
- Expertise in the autonomous vehicle, automotive, robotics/automation, or EV charging/energy infrastructure industries.
- Expertise with Fleet Management, Depot/Operations, or software development programs and multi-platform hardware/software integration.
Responsibilities
- Lead critical cross-functional Fleet Management programs across Product, Operations, Systems Engineering, Design, and Engineering, establishing or improving workflows and processes as needed.
- Drive end-to-end technical program execution for fleet orchestration and optimization, automation workflow feature development, and new vehicle platform enablement, from requirements through staged rollout.
- Prioritize and manage program issues, risks, and cross-team dependencies; resolve misalignments involving scope, schedule, and engineering capacity.
- Establish and drive fleet and depot reliability programs, including operational triage, bug burndowns, early issue discovery, and pre-production evaluation roadmaps.
- Keep stakeholders across Waymo informed and aligned, represent programs to senior leadership, and partner with leadership to remove blockers.
- Prioritize projects across the Fleet portfolio, ensuring scope, time, and resources are defined and aligned to maximize vehicle uptime, depot turnaround efficiency, and operational scalability.
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
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
