Strategy & BizOps Lead, Germany

<div class="content-intro"><p>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.</p></div><p>The Strategy &amp; BizOps team drives and executes against the company’s go-to-market strategy. We leverage quantitative and qualitative analysis to create long-term business strategies and help execute on Waymo’s commercial deployment. The team is analytically driven, with a proactive mentality, focused on finding and delivering on high impact projects.</p> <p><strong>You will:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Lead the Germany GTM strategy, building and executing a new business from the ground up</li> <li>Conduct deep-dive market analysis, competitive landscaping, and quantitative modeling to provide insights for strategic decision making</li> <li>Lead high-priority, cross-functional initiatives for scaling German operations and quarterbacking large multi-disciplinary teams</li> <li>Develop pricing scenarios, business cases, and deal reviews for long-term commercial success</li> <li>Define, track, and report on KPIs for a local business, driving commercial deployment</li> <li>Build strong relationships with Product, Partnerships, Policy, Regulatory, and Operations teams to influence global thinking</li> </ul> <p><strong>You have:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Deep market entry or operations experience, ideally at a high-growth technology, AI, mobility, or AV company</li> <li>Proven track record of building and executing GTM strategy for new international markets</li> <li>Strong quantitative and analytical modeling skills (e.g., advanced Excel / Google Sheets) with high attention to detail</li> <li>Excellent communication and cross-functional project management skills to lead diverse stakeholders</li> <li>Ability to navigate policy and regulatory environments, specifically within the German market</li> </ul> <p><strong>We prefer:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Background in Management Consulting, Investment Banking, Private Equity, or Strategy &amp; BizOps</li> <li>Owner-mentality with a proactive approach to solving complex, ambiguous business problems</li> <li>Deep knowledge of local German market nuances and strategic landscape</li> </ul> <p><strong>Travel requirements:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Travel is required, estimated at 30% for operational oversight and external meetings with government stakeholders and strategic partners.</li> </ul>