Senior Technical Program Manager, Commercialization

Waymo’s Technical Program Managers are accountable for Waymo’s roadmap execution by providing thoughtful cross-functional planning, clarity, and proactive risk management. In the face of complex technical and operational challenges with no established playbooks to follow, we act with thoughtful urgency, driving conversations, discussions, and outcomes. Our team partners closely with every function of Waymo to structure, own and drive work towards real-world deployments of the Waymo Driver across platforms and geographies.

This role follows a hybrid work schedule and reports and you will report to a Manager of Technical Program Management.

You will:

Lead critical cross-functional Fleet Management programs across Product, Ops, Systems Engineering, Design, and Engineering, establishing or improving workflows and processes where needed

Drive end-to-end technical program execution for fleet orchestration & optimization, automation workflow feature development, and new vehicle platform enablement—from requirements through staged rollout

Prioritize, manage, and drive program issues, risks, and cross-team dependencies; resolve misalignments with overall 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 them 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

You have:

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 to success

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, alongside the ability to navigate ambiguity and drive decision-making

Expertise in scaling processes, release/experimentation guardrails, and reliability practices (triage, bug burndowns, root-cause analysis) within complex, fast-growing areas

We prefer:

Experience with software program management, workflow orchestration, distributed systems, or system reliability and evaluation frameworks

Expertise within 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

The expected base salary range for this full-time position across US locations is listed below. Actual starting pay will be based on job-related factors, including exact work location, experience, relevant training and education, and skill level. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the role location or, if the role can be performed remote, the specific salary range for your preferred location, during the hiring process.

Waymo employees are also eligible to participate in Waymo’s discretionary annual bonus program, equity incentive plan, and generous Company benefits program, subject to eligibility requirements.

Salary Range

$196,000—$242,000 USD