Senior Product Manager, Data Infrastructure

Key Skills

Data management, Design, Effective communication skills, Infrastructure as code, Machine learning techniques, Product Management

Job Description

At Waymo, we are mission-driven and believe deeply in the opportunity of autonomous driving technology to improve mobility and make people's lives better. We are united by purpose and responsibility (for our employees and riders alike). We are looking for kind, committed, employees who have integrity, dream big, work together as one team and create a sense of belonging for one another that is the foundation of our culture. We want each team member to feel welcomed and included in every step of our exciting journey. 

Waymo’s Product Management Team is a mission-driven team responsible for writing and enacting first-of-their-kind playbooks to bring fully autonomous driving technology to market. Our team develops simple solutions for complex problems by orchestrating cross-functional efforts to safely drive Waymo’s technology and the products it enables forward. We do this by understanding the customer, the business, and the technology. We are humble about the scope of our work, collaborative in our approach to problem-solving, and ambitious about our vision for the future.

In this role you'll:

• Invent the way data generated by autonomous vehicles is turned into a business asset. This includes maximizing the value extracted from the enormous amounts of data flowing through our systems, while minimizing the costs and operational burden associated with capturing and storing the information
• Work across all functions involved in AV software development to determine the optimal data strategy, and help design the infrastructure that will support that strategy
• Own the roadmap for the data component of Waymo’s scaling plan. This includes the overall logging strategy to support ML development and safety validation, as well as the data infrastructure that will support optimal business decision making
• Develop, present, evangelize, and defend your plans to scale Waymo’s success through excellent data infrastructure
• Identify new opportunities and gaps where Waymo can innovate, demonstrate ability to build consensus for those ideas and make them into reality

At a minimum we’d like you to have:

• 4-5 years PM experience in a related area (ex: ML infrastructure design, data management, computer HW development)
• Proven track record of successful collaboration with senior Engineering management
• Outstanding communication skills (experience in pitching ideas at all levels, including convincing executives of business-changing strategies)
• Strong negotiation skills, and a very strong group presenter who aligns teams and compels people to action
• Strong stakeholder relationships & partnerships including at the executive level
• Entrepreneurial negotiator spirit, securing resources needed for the team
• Be recognized as a highly effective and respected decision maker on your project portfolio as well as product expert in the area
• Fearless product leader to challenge the status-quo and comfort zone. Push back when teams choose to settle on an easy way out, while also balancing important signals from the ground up

It’s preferred if you have:

• 5+ years PM experience
• Extensive experience launching scaled products
• Experience working with multiple engineering and product teams, often with conflicting interests and demonstrated ability to broker compromises among them
• Experience with “economics” of resource quotas, development of incentive structures for managing behavior of multiple parties
• Experience presenting to audiences with a wide variety of seniority and functions while building credibility with all of them
• Experience with hardware development cycles and long-term product roadmapping while also driving short-cycle development in the interim

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

$221,000—$276,000 USD

While at Waymo, you will enjoy benefits that cover…

Health and wellness: Our people are at the heart of everything we do. At Waymo, you can enjoy top-notch medical, dental and vision insurance, mental wellness support, a Flexible Spending Account (FSA), a Health Saving Account (HSA), on-site physicians and/or nurses in some locations, and special wellness programs.