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Director, Market Ops Enablement - Mountain View, California, United States Why Waymo Why Waymo Why Waymo Subheadline goes here lorem ipsum --> Working at Waymo Working at Waymo Culture Benefits Belonging Community Engagement Locations Teams Teams Software Engineering Ops & Supply Chain AI Foundations Hardware Engineering Product & Design G & A Early Careers Early Careers Subheadline goes here lorem ipsum How we hire How we hire Subheadline goes here lorem ipsum Open roles Open roles Subheadline goes here lorem ipsum --> Early careers How we hire Open roles Visit Waymo.com My settings Why Waymo Working at Waymo Culture Benefits Belonging Community Engagement Locations Teams Software Engineering Ops & Supply Chain AI Foundations Hardware Engineering Product & Design G & A Early careers How we hire Open roles Visit Waymo.com My settings Kiosk mode Director, Market Ops Enablement Mountain View, California, United States Full-Time Operations 4666 Apply now Director, Market Ops Enablement 4666 On Site Mountain View, California Operations Full-Time Add to favorites View favorites 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. Waymo Operations exists to deliver the Waymo Driver to the world. We are a global team building and scaling the world's first and leading autonomous fleet and operations platform. From component sourcing to end customer management, we enable and create value for Waymo through scaled and orchestrated deployment of the Waymo Driver. At Waymo, we are dedicated to building a culture that promotes collaboration and celebration. We value our team members' unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences and support and encourage all team members to share their ideas to help Waymo better serve the communities in which we operate. In this hybrid role, you will report to the Head of Ride Hail Operations. This leader is responsible for setting the operational foundation that enables safe, reliable, and scalable ride hail operations across both Waymo owned and operated markets and partner supported markets. This role defines the standards, frameworks, and readiness models that ensure operations are built to scale, aligned to customer expectations, and consistently executed as the ride hail business evolves. In addition to operational enablement, this role plays a critical part in ensuring the infrastructure and energy ecosystem required to support the fleet is designed and operationalized to maximize commercial vehicle availability. The Director of Market Ops Enablement works across infrastructure, utilities, and operational planning functions to ensure vehicles can operate at peak commercial capacity by aligning charging, depot readiness, and infrastructure planning with operational demand. This role serves as the voice of operations across the company, representing frontline realities, operational needs, and customer expectations in decision making, planning, and execution. By translating operational insight into clear standards and enablement frameworks, and by ensuring infrastructure and energy systems are aligned with operational demand, this leader ensures markets are prepared, partners are enabled, and the organization is positioned to deliver a trusted and reliable ride hail experience. Success in this role is measured by operational readiness, infrastructure readiness, fleet utilization, service reliability, customer trust, and the organization’s ability to scale operations while maximizing every available commercial mile from the fleet. You will: Architect Operational Foundations: Establish and own standards, frameworks, and execution models across owned and partner-supported services Define Readiness Criteria: Maintain requirements for new markets, services, and infrastructure readiness to ensure consistent and repeatable operational outcomes Act as Voice of Operations: Represent frontline operational realities to ensure planning and decisions reflect operational constraints and customer expectations Embed Service Standards: Integrate customer experience, reliability, and trust into daily operational and execution frameworks Standardize Market Execution: Ensure operational consistency across the network while accommodating local regulatory and partner requirements Lead Operational Enablement: Drive scalable execution through standardized onboarding models and operational performance expectations Drive Infrastructure Readiness: Ensure infrastructure, depot readiness, and energy capacity support operational demand and enable maximum commercial fleet utilization Maximize Commercial Fleet Availability: Design processes and operational frameworks that ensure vehicles spend the maximum time delivering commercial service miles Resolve Systemic Gaps: Identify operational, infrastructure, or energy constraints that impact performance and drive alignment to resolve them proactively Direct Network Expectations: Provide clear guidance on operational and infrastructure standards to ensure consistent execution across all operating regions Leverage Operational Insights: Use operational and infrastructure performance trends to inform continuous improvement and long-term operational maturity Plan for Future Scale: Work cross-functionally to anticipate infrastructure, utilities, and operational needs 18–24 months ahead to support future market growth You have: 10+ years in operations leadership, infrastructure planning, or program management within AVs, ride-hailing, mobility, logistics, or energy/infrastructure operations Experience designing operational frameworks and execution models for multi-market services Experience working across infrastructure, utilities, or energy planning to support operational fleet readiness Ability to represent frontline operational needs to product, engineering, infrastructure, and strategy stakeholders Proven track record of integrating customer experience, reliability, and fleet performance into operational standards Strong analytical and systems thinking skills to balance operational demand with infrastructure capacity Proficiency using operational and infrastructure data trends to drive continuous improvement and operational maturity Ability to balance global consistency with local regulatory, infrastructure, and partner requirements 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 $285,000—$352,000 USD We appreciate your interest in Waymo. Waymo is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to creating a culture of belonging and maintaining a supportive workplace for all employees. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds, and employment decisions are based on a candidate’s qualifications, experience, and alignment with job requirements and business needs. Waymo does not discriminate against, and prohibits harassment of, any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age, disability, military status, family status, pregnancy, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable law. Waymo will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. Waymo is committed to making sure our hiring process is accessible for all candidates. If you need assistance applying for a role or participating in the interview process due to a disability, please let the recruiting team know or email [email protected]. (This email address is intended to be used only for requesting accommodations as part of the application process. Other inquiries will not receive a response.) 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Enhanced leave options include 26 weeks of paid leave for birthing parents and 18 weeks of paid leave for non-birthing parents. Community and personal development At Waymo, you'll find a range of opportunities to grow, connect, and give back. We offer education reimbursement, personal and professional development, mentorship, and other ways to connect through Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), other internal groups, and even time off to volunteer. Cool perks Access to Google offices, cafes, wellness centers, massages, and so much more. To support your wellbeing at home, you can enjoy at-home fitness and cooking classes, and more. Previous Next 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, gym membership, and special wellness programs. Financial wellness Your financial peace of mind is important to us. At Waymo, we offer competitive compensation, bonus opportunities, equity, employees provident fund, and lots of other perks and employee discounts. Flexibility and time off Take the time you need to relax and recharge. Enjoy the flexibility to work from another location for four weeks per year. We support an on-site or hybrid work model and offer remote working opportunities, paid time off, bereavement, sick, and parental leave. Supporting families When it comes to growing your family or caring for your loved ones, you have our full support. Enhanced leave options include 26 weeks of paid leave for birthing parents and 18 weeks of paid leave for non-birthing parents. Community and personal development At Waymo, you'll find a range of opportunities to grow, connect, and give back. We offer education reimbursement, personal and professional development, mentorship, and other ways to connect through Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), other internal groups, and even time off to volunteer. 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