Senior Technical Program Manager, Simulator

Position Overview

Waymo's Technical Program Managers are accountable for Waymo's roadmap execution by providing thoughtful cross-functional planning, clarity, and proactive risk management. In the face of complex technical and operational challenges with no established playbooks to follow, we act with thoughtful urgency, driving conversations, discussions, and outcomes. Our team partners closely with every function of Waymo to structure, own and drive work towards real-world deployments of the Waymo Driver across platforms and geographies. This role follows a hybrid work schedule and you will report to a Manager of Technical Program Management.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with the main Simulator stakeholders (Engineering & Product Managers) to own and drive the vision and strategy of the overall Simulator platform & experience at Waymo.
• Keep track of progress on helping teams manage and improve the capabilities, efficiency, usability, scalability, and performance of the Simulator.
• Align programs on core Simulator goals, especially when Simulator programs are ambiguous and support a wide range of capabilities alongside managing cross-functional programs.
• Be strongly oriented towards making decisions that benefit users of the Simulator as a whole rather than optimizing for a specific organization.
• Work extensively with 3D environments.
• Manage without influence and ensure proper downward, outward, and upward alignment, collaboration, and communication of your program.
• Having fun 100%.

Required Qualifications

• STEM background
• Large scale project management experience (multiple projects, multiple stakeholders, large teams, complex team setup)
• 2-4 years of experience in TPM roles
• 1-2 years of experience with 3D Graphics or 3D Game Engine (Unreal, Unity, etc.)
• Experience as a professional software developer in a larger corporate environment
• Experience with Machine Learning

Preferred Qualifications

• Computer science background or MBA
• Masters or advanced technology degree
• Prior experience with autonomous driving
• Prior experience with software simulation tools
• Experience with multi-geo, multi-cultural teams
• Project management education (PMP or similar)