Program Manager, Mapping Operations
Waymo · Posted Oct 6
Autonomous driving technology, robotaxi, and ride-hailing services
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About the role
Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company building the Waymo Driver, the autonomous system powering its fully autonomous ride-hail service and applicable across vehicle platforms. The Mapping Operations team owns the imagery and mapping data pipeline that supports autonomous driving in 15+ U.S. states. This role is the operational program manager for the Imagery component, working with vendor teams and Engineering partners to roll out new mapping tools and workflows, drive efficiency improvements, and maintain technical documentation.
What you will do
- Develop deep subject matter expertise on the Imagery component of mapping operations, and serve as a go-to point of contact for our vendor teams
- Test and roll out new mapping tools, features, and workflows in coordination with our Engineering partners
- Identify opportunities to improve efficiency and own those solutions end-to-end
- Create and maintain clear technical documentation
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- B.Tech / B.E. in Civil Engineering, Geoinformatics, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field.
- 2+ years managing technical data pipelines or operations, directly responsible for task flow, throughput, and error triage.
- Track record of technical self-sufficiency: Proven experience ramping up on proprietary tools/pipelines and independently diagnosing data anomalies to root causes.
- Policy & SOP authoring: Demonstrated experience translating raw engineering specs into clear, unambiguous operational workflows for large teams.
- Cross-functional bridge: Experience coordinating directly with Software Engineers to resolve blockers while keeping operations unblocked.
- Ability to travel to the US as needed (at least once every 2 years)
Preferred qualifications
- MBA / PGDM with a specialization in Operations, Supply Chain, or Systems.
- Domain exposure: Direct experience with geospatial data, HD maps, GIS, LiDAR/camera sensor data, or AV/robotics pipelines.
- Vendor operations: Experience training, auditing, and enforcing strict quality/SLA metrics (e.g., 98%+ quality bars, Meta-QC) across 20+ member vendor pods.
- Hands-on data querying: Proficiency in SQL or Python for extracting pipeline logs, auditing defect rates, and building operational dashboards.
Benefits and support
- discretionary annual bonus program
- equity incentive plan
About Waymo
Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with a mission to make it safe and easy for people and things to get around. Originally started as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo develops the custom Waymo Driver hardware and software stack to power fully driverless commercial ride-hailing services. The company operates the Waymo One platform, providing hundreds of thousands of weekly paid driverless trips across major metropolitan areas in the United States.
- Industry
- Autonomous Vehicles
- Company size
- 2500-3000 employees
- Founded
- 2009
- Location
- Mountain View, California, USA
- Funding stage
- Series D
Funding
Series D · $27.1B raised
- 2020-03-02Venture - Series Unknown$2.25B
- 2021-06-16Series C$2.5B
- 2024-10-25Series C$5.6B
- 2026-02-01Series D$16.0B
Leadership
Co-Chief Executive Officer
Co-Chief Executive Officer
Chief Financial Officer
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