The opportunity
Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver—The World's Most Experienced Driver™—to improve access to…
What you'll do
Scale Paid Acquisition & Biddable Buying: Own and execute programmatic buying across DSPs (DV360, The Trade Desk, Amazon DSP), Google Ads (Search, PMax, YouTube, Display) and Apple Ads to drive performance growth.
Collaborate on Multi-Channel Brand & Agency Campaigns: Collaborate closely with Brand Marketing teams and external Agency Partners to plan, launch, and execute integrated multi-channel campaigns across CTV, Display, Digital Audio, and Video.
Build the Discipline 0-to-1 & Scale Internationally: Build out the in-house programmatic buying discipline from 0 to 1, establishing core operating processes as we grow our in-house media team to support our expanding business footprint and global international expansion.
Scale AI & Operational Automation: Deploy AI bidding strategies, automated trading rules, and intelligent workflows to eliminate tedious manual setup steps, optimize DCO creative variations, and scale real-time campaign performance.
Partner on Incrementality & Advanced Measurement: Partner closely with Marketing Analytics and Data Science teams to design, execute, and evaluate incrementality experiments (geo-tests, holdout studies, conversion lift) and ensure clean media data feeds into enterprise Media Mix Models (MMM).
Negotiate PMPs & Manage Publisher Partnerships: Act as the primary buyer negotiator with tier-1 platforms and premium publishers/SSPs to secure high-value Private Marketplaces (PMPs), Programmatic Guaranteed (PG) deals, and early beta access.
What they're looking for
- + Years Experience & Hands-On Executor Mentality: Senior media buying and Ad Ops expertise, operating as an active builder who handles campaign setup, trafficking, bid tuning, and daily optimizations.
- to-1 Agility in Fast-Paced Environments: Proven success building programmatic strategies from scratch in high-velocity, ambiguous settings with an active, non-"set it and forget it" operating style.
- Mastery of Enterprise DSPs, Google Ads & Ad Ops: Deep strategic and tactical command of DV360, Amazon DSP, The Trade Desk, Google Ads, and full CM360/Ad Ops QA standards.
- MarTech & Mobile Privacy Command (MMP / SKAN / ATT): Hands-on experience with MMPs (Kochava, AppsFlyer, Adjust, Singular), Apple ATT, SKAdNetwork, cookie compliance, and server-side tagging.
