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About the Role

Waymo is building its UK organization, seeking a leader to define and drive the UK operational road map, ensuring local growth aligns with global objectives. This role involves influencing the global product roadmap by serving as the 'Voice of the UK' to executives and engineering teams, shaping the design of future Waymo Driver generations for non-US environments.

Responsibilities

• Defines and drives the UK operational road map, ensuring local growth aligns with Waymo’s global objectives and long-term expansion strategy.
• Holds end-to-end accountability for regional safety standards, service reliability, and maintaining high levels of customer trust.
• Leads the 'launch-to-scale' life-cycle, ensuring operational readiness, partner capabilities, and disciplined execution during UK market entry.
• Serves as the primary UK representative to regulators and community leaders while managing vendor performance and regional governance.
• Acts as the central hub connecting regional operations with global product, engineering, and safety teams to streamline enterprise-wide goals.
• Manages regional budgets and cost efficiencies while mentoring leadership talent to foster a culture of accountability and excellence.

Requirements

• 15+ years of experience leading large scope multi-facility operations, technology, or logistics at a senior level.
• Proven track record of successfully launching and scaling large-scale operations specifically within the UK market.
• Demonstrated experience managing safety-critical environments and navigating complex regulatory landscapes or strategic partnerships.
• Expertise in defining KPIs, establishing governance structures, and setting clear operational priorities.
• Proven ability to bridge the gap between engineering/product development and on-the-ground field teams.
• Advanced proficiency in P&L management and budget oversight, paired with a history of building and mentoring high-performing leadership teams.

Skills

• Autonomous Vehicle Sector Knowledge
• Multi-Market Expansion
• Continuous Improvement Lean Six Sigma Greenbelt or above or similar certification level
• Agile Methodology

Location

• UK

Work Type

• Hybrid

Experience Level

• Senior Operational Leadership
• 15+ years

Education Level

• MBA or an advanced degree in Engineering, Logistics, or a related field from a leading institution.

Salary/Compensations

• £118,000—£124,000 GBP

Benefits

• Waymo’s discretionary annual bonus program
• Equity incentive plan
• Generous Company benefits program

About the Company

• 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.