Senior Ride-Hail Supply Program Manager

The expected base salary range for this full-time position 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. 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

£92,000-£96,500 GBP

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 mobility while saving thousands of lives now lost to traffic crashes. The Waymo Driver powers Waymo's fully autonomous ride-hail service and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases. The Waymo Driver has provided over ten million rider-only trips, enabled by its experience autonomously driving over 100 million miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across 15+ U.S. states.

The UK Operations Team is responsible for delivering Waymo service across UK cities. This role works closely with Product, Operations Partnerships, Engineering, Global Operations, Ops Planning, Finance, Safety, Policy and business partners.

We are seeking a confident, decisive, and results-oriented leader to join our team as a Supply Operations Manager. This role demands an individual who thrives in fast-paced, dynamic environments, excels at managing cross-functional teams, and is committed to driving operational success and market excellence for our autonomous ride-hailing service. You'll foster strong partnerships, champion continuous improvement, and leverage data analytics to monitor market health, identify trends, and implement proactive strategies to balance demand and supply, ultimately driving innovation and long-term success.

In this hybrid role, you will report to the Country Lead within the European Market Operations Team.

• Strategic Leadership (Partner Support/Management): Strategic and decisive leadership to manage and optimize daily partner operations, fostering a high-performance culture emphasizing collaboration and accountability, escalating product issues while supporting partner multi-facility operations (partner results) to ensure strict adherence to all safety, compliance, and regulatory protocols.
• Commercialization: Primary liaison to support internal stakeholders in expanding the market by providing guidance and expertise, communicating with all stakeholders to ensure alignment, monitoring progress, identifying potential issues, and developing contingency plans to ensure the success and sustainability of the market scale.
• Supply & Demand Planning: Manage Supply & Demand Planning by ensuring that staffing levels align with operational needs and in-service supply.
• Continuous Improvement: Must be continuously monitoring and improving processes, systems, and performance metrics to drive efficiency and productivity, and reduce costs.
• Co-Lead Market Expansion: Strategically expand the market by executing innovative initiatives with partners, leveraging data insights, and applying critical thinking to identify opportunities and resolve challenges effectively.
• Build Collaborative Partnerships: Build and maintain strong partnerships across the company and with partners, ensuring alignment with organizational standards, goals, and a shared commitment to success.
• Drive Sustainable Outcomes: Serve as a trusted leader with a continuous improvement mindset, consistently monitoring and enhancing processes, systems, and performance metrics to drive operational excellence, strengthen stakeholder alignment, and deliver measurable, sustainable results, all while boosting efficiency, productivity, and reducing costs.
• Maximize Market Profitability: Manage departmental budgets, identifying and implementing cost-saving initiatives, and monitoring key performance indicators to effectively allocate resources and ensure all operational initiatives align with financial parameters and organizational goals.