Strategy & Business Operations Lead

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.

The Strategy & 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.

You will:

• Be a foundational member of our Singapore team, responsible for building and executing our Singapore go-to-market (GTM) strategy, tackling the most complex business challenges. You will analyze ambiguous problems, build processes from the ground up, and lead cross-functional projects that bring our GTM strategy to life.

• Conduct deep-dive market analysis, competitive landscaping, and quantitative modeling to support strategic decisions, including opportunity prioritization, pricing scenarios, and making difficult strategic trade-offs.

• Lead and manage high-priority, cross-functional initiatives by collaborating effectively with Product, Partnerships, Policy, Regulatory, Operations, and many other teams.

• Define, track, and report on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for our local business, translating data into actionable insights for leadership.

• Act as a primary bridge between the local team and global teams at Waymo HQ. Help Waymo achieve long term success in Singapore with the most thoughtful approach - influence global thinking with a deep understanding of local nuances.

• Effectively represent Waymo in high stake external meetings with government stakeholders and strategic partners.

• Be a culture champion for the local office. Quarterback cross-functional teams as we scale operations in Singapore.

• Excellent communication and cross-functional project management skills to lead diverse stakeholders.

You have:

• 8+ years of experience in a highly analytical and strategic role, such as BizOps and Strategy Lead, Chief of Staff, Corporate Strategy and Development Lead.

• Experience in quantitative and analytical modeling to inform business strategy, financial planning, or operations.

• Proven experience in managing large-scale, cross-functional projects from start to finish.

• Experience in policy, legal operations, regulatory environment within Singapore market.

We prefer:

• Direct experience with international market entry, product launches, or scaling a new business.

• Deep understanding of the Singapore business landscape and regulatory environment (especially in mobility or technology).

• Proven track record of building and executing go-to-market strategy for new international markets.