Specialist, Incident Readiness

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, execution, and evaluation of incident response exercises across the enterprise and with external operational and public safety partners (e.g., Departments of Emergency Management).
• Define and drive the incident readiness program's long-term exercise roadmap and strategy in alignment with Waymo's Safety Management System (SMS) and Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP)…
• Lead the end-to-end design, configuration, and execution of technical functional exercises and operational drills driving evaluation of operator proficiency, workflow latency, and feature utilization within proprietary…
• Establish and standardize scalable, measurable, and repeatable documentation and evaluation frameworks across the full exercise lifecycle—from needs assessments and exercise scoping to After Action Reports (AARs) and…
• Develop and oversee the identification, root cause analysis, tracking, assignment, and closure of corrective actions and mitigations resulting from readiness exercises to prevent recurrence and enhance overall safety…
• Direct and support an extended workforce (xWF) team of exercise design specialists, ensuring operational excellence, continuous improvement, and aligned delivery on program milestones.

Job requirements

• 10+ years of experience in designing, executing, and scaling incident readiness, crisis exercise, or business continuity exercise programs with a wide range of teams and within safety-critical or highly regulated…
• Demonstrated subject matter expertise in integrating HSEEP and other industry-standard exercise methodologies into enterprise-wide readiness programs.
• Proven ability to establish operational relationships, communication channels, and joint exercise initiatives with regulatory authorities and public safety agencies (e.g., Departments of Emergency Management).
• Demonstrated technical fluency and hands-on experience designing, configuring, and utilizing complex operational software, dispatch platforms, telematics dashboards, or proprietary incident management tooling before…
• Bachelor’s degree in Emergency Management, Operations, Business, Business Continuity or a related technical/operational field (or equivalent practical experience).