- Robot type
- Autonomous Vehicle
- Location
- TempeArizonaUSA
- Job type
- Business Operations
- Posted
- Oct 29, 2026
- Salary
- $159,000–$196,000 a year
System Disruption Manager
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.
Job responsibilities
- Lead as the Incident Commander during cross-functional disruptions, orchestrating up to 100% of the live real-time response efforts, making decisive system-level decisions within critical timeframes (e.g., able to…
- Manage and prioritize escalations - ensuring targeted stakeholder representation (e.g., Legal, Ops, Safety, Policy, & Communications) throughout the incident lifecycle.
- Develop robust cross-functional partnerships - to proactively understand stakeholder concerns during events and effectively communicate post-incident outcomes and learning opportunities to a global audience.
- Collaborate closely within global Operations teams - providing critical support and guidance during real-time incident response to maintain seamless 24/7 coverage.
- Drive continuous improvement - by leading thorough incident retrospectives for 100% of high-severity events to accurately document timelines, identify precise root causes, and track 100% of actionable post-incident…
- Deliver executive-level communications - on active incidents and present comprehensive analyses of key outcomes, trends, and strategic learnings from past events.
Job requirements
- Professional experience in incident management, including a minimum of 7 years serving as an Incident Commander or lead responder for high-severity, cross-functional operational incidents within a complex engineering…
- Proven technical expertise & cross-functional leadership, apply technical understanding of complex engineering systems to drive incident response, root cause analysis, and remediation for live operational incidents,…
- Demonstrated capability to remain calm and decisive under pressure, efficiently coordinating response efforts and making sound judgments in rapidly evolving, high-stakes situations.
- Experience briefing senior executives and leadership, in real-time, on complex, fast-moving incidents, articulating technical details, impact, and proposed resolutions clearly and concisely across various communication…
- Exceptional attention to detail with a track record of meticulously documenting incident timelines, contributing factors, and post-incident analysis to drive accurate reporting and continuous improvement.
- Willingness and operational capability to participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation, demonstrating flexibility to cover shifts as part of a global "follow the sun" incident response capability.
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