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: Lead and scale a high-performing team of Category Managers. You will act as a "Manager of Leaders," setting the long-term vision for Waymo’s external workforce and services ecosystem across Engineering, Ops, and Corporate functions.
Enterprise Workforce Architecture & Business Partnership: Partner with the Vendor Enablement Office and executive stakeholders (Engineering, Marketing, Safety, Ops) to design global outsourcing footprints for critical functions like Mapping, Labeling, and Hardware. You will drive alignment on the $100M+ portfolio, shifting from transactional vendor usage to strategic capability building.
Strategic Supplier Alliances: Cultivate high-level relationships with key market leaders in the BPO and Engineering Services landscape. You will bridge the gap between Waymo’s internal needs and external market capabilities, establishing deep partnerships that unlock innovation and preferential access to talent.
Enterprise Operations Category Strategy: Lead the category strategy and transformation roadmap for Waymo’s critical operations, ensuring resilience, scalability, and cost-optimization to support rapid market expansion.
Commercial Innovation: Architect complex, bespoke commercial agreements for Hardware Engineering Services and technical outsourcing, introducing outcome-based models that share risk and reward with strategic partners.
Risk & Governance: Own the governance framework for Third-Party Risk in the services sector, ensuring IP protection and data security compliance across a global supplier base.
What they're looking for
- + years of strategic procurement or supply chain experience, with at least 5: years leading high-performance teams in a complex, fast-paced environment.
- Executive Presence: Proven track record of influencing Director + level stakeholders, with the ability to challenge the status quo and drive organizational change at the highest levels.
- Complex Outsourcing Expertise: Deep experience architecting global BPO/Engineering Services deals, including "Lift and Shift" transitions, captive center setups, or large-scale managed service implementations.
- Holistic Category Leadership: Experience managing a diverse portfolio that spans both highly technical (Engineering/Hardware) and highly subjective (Marketing/Consulting) categories.
