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
Strategic Leadership & Vision: Partner with Simulation, ML Research (AI Foundations), Perception, and Planner leadership to define and drive the long term vision and strategy for Waymo's Simulation and ML Evaluation platforms
ML Integration: Drive the execution of programs that integrate simulation deeply into the ML development loop, establishing a seamless, reliable path for model training, offline evaluation, and validation
Transformational Program Delivery: Lead complex, cross functional programs to platformatize and scale evaluation infrastructure, incorporating ML based simulation and advanced technologies to accelerate developer velocity
Resource & Capacity Optimization: Own program resourcing, budget allocation, and capacity planning for the Simulation and Evaluation domain, forecasting future compute/infrastructure needs and optimizing utilization
Influence & Alignment: Navigate ambiguity and manage critical upstream/downstream dependencies across organizational boundaries, serving as a trusted technical partner to Engineering and Product leadership
Team Development & People Management: Build, mentor, and lead a high performing team of Technical Program Managers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, accountability, and continuous professional growth
What they're looking for
- Education : Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related: technical field, or equivalent practical experience
- Leadership Experience: 3+ years of experience directly managing and developing teams of TPMs or software engineers
- ML Domain Expertise: Proven track record of managing complex technical programs involving the Machine Learning platforms (data pipelines, training, evaluation frameworks, or ML infrastructure)
- Program Scale: Experience leading transformational, cross functional programs end-to-end, with a history of managing timelines, risks, and dependencies across senior stakeholders