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In this role, you will enable operations at scale, protect operational network integrity, and ensure operational resilience as the business expands across vehicles, miles, markets, and partners. This role provides a unified operational voice in crisis situations for Waymo in real time, aligning decision making and accountability to act in the company's best interest across the global network in the most critical moments. The role serves to accelerate resolution and continuous improvement across disciplined escalations and coordinated responses to disruptions and safety-critical events.
Job Responsibility
Command Network Oversight: Serve as the on-shift operational authority for Waymo’s network, maintaining end-to-end situational awareness across all live markets
Direct System Disruptions: Exercise operational control during incidents, disruptions, and safety-critical events, making timely decisions to stabilize and recover service
Synchronize Regional Strategy: Partner closely with Regional Market Leads, ensuring alignment between network-level priorities and market-level realities, representing local impacts, risks, and constraints in network-level decision-making to ensure balanced outcomes
Bridge Technical Workstreams: Serve as the central operational interface during incidents and periods of elevated risk
Optimize Global-Local Balance: Apply a network-first mindset while balancing local conditions and regulatory considerations to maintain compliance and performance
Lead Crisis Communications: Communicate with clarity, authority, and a calm demeanor during high-pressure situations to maintain organizational confidence
Enforce Operational Governance: Ensure consistent application of operational standards, escalation protocols, and decision frameworks across the fleet
Drive Resilience and Evolution: Support post-event analysis and contribute to the continuous improvement of network operations and systemic recovery
Requirements
8+ years in senior operational leadership
Experience directing real-time network operations and safety-critical decisions in high-pressure, 24/7 environments
Experience leading cross-functional event response with clear structure, decision discipline, and communication
Ability to synthesize live signals to maintain situational awareness across all global markets
Ability to align network priorities with regional market realities and technical engineering constraints
Experience in managing executive escalations to provide immediate actionable guidance
Ability to manage network resilience by identifying emerging risks and applying data-driven insights
Nice to have
Operational leadership within aviation, emergency services, or autonomous operations
What we offer
Discretionary annual bonus program
Equity incentive plan
Company benefits program
Health and wellness: medical, dental, vision insurance, mental wellness support, gym membership, and special wellness programs
Financial wellness: competitive compensation, bonus opportunities, equity, employees provident fund, and other perks and employee discounts
Flexibility and time off: ability to work from another location for four weeks per year
Paid time off, bereavement, sick, and parental leave