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title: 'Market Operations Lead - Germany at Waymo'
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# Market Operations Lead - Germany at Waymo

- **Company:** Waymo
- **Location:** Munich, Germany
- **Posted:** 2026-11-03
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-04
- **Apply:** https://careers.withwaymo.com/jobs?gh_jid=8327902

## Job description

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.

This role follows a hybrid work schedule and reports to the Director of Operations, Europe Lead

You will:

- Transformational Strategy & Market Vision: Define and drive the multi-year Germany operational strategy and market expansion roadmap; anticipate industry, competitive, and technological shifts to transform regional operations into a sustainable, high-growth commercial enterprise aligned with global business objectives.
- Holistic Safety Governance & Operational Resilience: Exercise end-to-end organizational accountability for safety standards, regulatory compliance (including autonomous vehicle operational permits and federal safety frameworks), and operational resilience, embedding a culture of safety and public trust across all German sites and partner networks.
- Ecosystem Architecture & Launch-to-Scale Transformation: Architect and oversee the end-to-end "launch-to-scale" operating framework and infrastructure blueprint across multiple German hubs and municipalities; pioneer scalable partner ecosystems (3PLs, fleet management, infrastructure, and depot operations) that set the standard for broader European expansion.
- Strategic Alliances & Authoritative Representation: Serve as the authoritative domain leader and key representative to German federal authorities, municipal transit agencies, key industry alliances, and community stakeholders, shaping progressive regulatory policies and securing critical operational rights-of-way.
- Cross-Organizational & Systems Integration: Transcend organizational boundaries to align regional operations with Global Product, Software/Hardware Engineering, Systems Safety, and Legal teams; synthesize on-the-ground operational intelligence to fundamentally guide global vehicle architecture and software development roadmaps for European urban environments.
- Executive Stewardship & People/Community Leadership: Direct regional P&L, resource allocation, and capital investments to maximize long-term operational efficiency; actively nurture the regional and global Program Management talent pipeline, build and mentor high-performing leadership tiers, and champion enterprise-wide operational citizenship.

You have:

- Transformational Operational Leadership: 15+ years of experience leading large-scope, multi-facility operations, technology deployment, logistics, or transportation systems at an executive or senior program management level.
- Germany & European Market Entry in OEM or automotive industry: Proven track record of launching, scaling, and transforming complex operations within Germany, demonstrating experience working closely with  local labor law aspects (Works Councils), municipal infrastructure, and commercial expansion.
- Safety-Critical & Regulatory Mastery: Recognized expertise navigating complex German/EU regulatory frameworks, managing safety-critical operational environments, and establishing institutional risk governance.
- Cross-Boundary Problem Solving & Governance: Demonstrated success setting operational vision, establishing executive governance mechanisms, driving large-scale change management, and designing metrics frameworks that transform organizational effectiveness.
- Strategic Product & Technical Integration: Proven capability to partner as a peer with engineering, systems development, and product executives to integrate complex autonomous hardware/software platforms into live field operations.
- P&L Stewardship & Talent Development: Demonstrated track record of full P&L oversight, strategic multi-million-euro budget management, and successfully developing future organizational leaders.

We prefer:

- Autonomous Mobility & Advanced Tech Leadership: Direct leadership experience within the autonomous vehicle (AV), robotics, or high-tech mobility ecosystem, with deep familiarity with autonomous driving system deployment and safety cases.
- Advanced Education: Master’s degree, MBA, or advanced degree in Engineering, Operations Research, Logistics, or related technical field.
- Multi-Market European Scaling: Experience leading multi-city, cross-border operational rollouts and establishing international operating blueprints.
- Operational Excellence: Master Black Belt / Lean Six Sigma certification or equivalent mastery in systems design, continuous improvement, and operational transformation.
- Language Proficiency: Professional working fluency in German and English.

## About Waymo

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company that develops and operates the Waymo Driver, a self-driving system used for ride-hailing and trucking, with a mission to be the world’s most trusted driver.
- **Entity Type**: Private (subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., the parent company of Google)
- **Headquarters**: Mountain View, California, USA
- **Founded**: 2009 (as the Google self-driving car project); became an independent company under Alphabet in 2016
- **Founders**: The project was initiated by Sebastian Thrun (Google X), with key early contributions from Anthony Levandowski and others. Current leadership is Co-CEOs Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov, and Chief Safety Officer Mauricio Peña.

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Autonomous vehicles, self-driving technology, ride-hailing, autonomous trucking, mobility-as-a-service
- **Target customers**: B2C (riders via Waymo One), B2B (fleet operators, logistics companies, and partners), and enterprise (autonomous trucking and delivery)
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “To be the world’s most trusted driver.” Waymo aims to save lives, drive inclusive mobility, and improve the state of the planet by making transportation safer, more accessible, and sustainable.

## Products & Services
- **Waymo One**: The world’s first commercial autonomous ride-hailing service. Offers fully driverless rides to the public in Metro Phoenix, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. The fleet is now all-electric (Jaguar I-PACE).
- **Waymo Via**: Autonomous trucking and logistics service for freight movement, operating with partners to move goods on highways.
- **Waymo Driver**: The company’s core autonomous driving system (software + hardware stack). It is designed to be integrated into various vehicle platforms for ride-hailing, trucking, and delivery.
- **Waymo Open Dataset**: A publicly available dataset of autonomous driving sensor data, provided to researchers to accelerate breakthroughs in the field.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (as a private subsidiary of Alphabet). Alphabet’s market cap is ~$2 trillion (as of mid-2025). Waymo is considered Alphabet’s most valuable “Other Bet.”
- **Key Metric**: Over 20 million rider-only (fully autonomous) rides served as of early 2025. 94% fewer serious injury crashes compared to human drivers over the same distance in operating cities.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Alphabet Inc. (parent company). Partners include Jaguar Land Rover (vehicle supply), Daimler Trucks (trucking), and various fleet operators and delivery services.
- **Growth Signals**: Rapid geographic expansion (largest fully autonomous service area in the world at 180 sq miles in Phoenix); transition to an all-electric fleet; expansion into Los Angeles and San Francisco; growing public trust (93% rider satisfaction rate); continuous hiring across engineering, operations, and AI.

## Competitive Advantages
- **First-mover & scale**: Waymo is the only company operating a fully autonomous, commercial, paid ride-hailing service across multiple major US cities, with millions of real-world miles driven without a human safety driver.
- **Deep Alphabet backing**: Access to vast resources, AI talent (DeepMind/Google Brain), and infrastructure (Google Maps, Cloud, AI chips).
- **Safety track record**: Publicly released data showing a 82-94% reduction in injury-causing crashes compared to human drivers, building regulatory and public trust.
- **Full-stack approach**: In-house development of hardware (LIDAR, cameras, radar), software (perception, planning, simulation), and operations (fleet management, rider experience).

## Strategic Focus
- **Scaling safely**: Expanding service areas (adding more cities and suburbs) while maintaining a strong safety record.
- **All-electric fleet**: Transitioning the entire Waymo One fleet to zero-emission vehicles (Jaguar I-PACE) to align with sustainability goals.
- **Trucking & logistics**: Growing Waymo Via to capture the massive autonomous trucking market, partnering with OEMs and shippers.
- **AI & simulation**: Using advanced AI (including large models and generative AI) to improve the Waymo Driver’s decision-making and simulation-based validation.
- **Accessibility & inclusive mobility**: Designing for riders with disabilities, older adults, and underserved communities to ensure transportation is available to all.

## Why Work Here
- **Impact**: Work on technology that directly saves lives (1.4M traffic deaths globally each year) and reshapes the future of transportation.
- **Culture**: Waymo describes itself as a place for “ambitious thinkers and relentless problem solvers” with a deep respect for getting every detail right. Values include safety, innovation, and responsibility.
- **Teams**: Opportunities across Software Engineering, Hardware Engineering, AI Foundations, Product & Design, Operations & Supply Chain, Safety, Policy, and General & Administrative roles.
- **Internships**: Strong early-career program with internships for Bachelors, Masters, MBA, and PhD candidates, often leading to full-time offers.
- **Hiring process**: Transparent and structured. Includes an initial recruiter screen, 1-2 phone/video interviews, and a virtual onsite (up to 5 interviews). Emphasizes problem-solving, collaboration, and real-time thinking. AI tools are not permitted during technical assessments to ensure fair evaluation.
- **Remote/hybrid policy**: The careers page lists both on-site and remote roles, with most engineering and operations roles based in Mountain View, San Francisco, or other US locations.
- **Benefits**: Top-notch benefits, unique learning opportunities, thoughtful community engagement, and meaningful gatherings. Specific perks are not detailed publicly but are described as comprehensive.

## Sources
1. [Waymo.com](https://waymo.com/) – Official company website (mission, history, safety data)
2. [Waymo About Page](https://waymo.com/about/) – Company history, leadership, and milestones
3. [Waymo Careers Page](https://careers.withwaymo.com/) – Culture, teams, hiring process, benefits
4. [Waymo Open Roles](https://careers.withwaymo.com/jobs/search) – Current job listings and departments
5. [Waymo How We Hire](https://careers.withwaymo.com/how-we-hire) – Interview process, tips, and accessibility

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