Emergency Management Program Manager

Waymo is seeking an Emergency Management Program Manager to lead the Emergency Response Team and improve operational workflows for critical events. The role involves developing emergency plans and coordinating with public safety agencies. 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.

• •Own the end-to-end operational control, training, SOP development, and growth of the Emergency Response Team.
• •Support the Escalation Manager Ops On-Call program both domestically and internationally.
• •Improve real-time workflows for critical field events.
• •Integrate emergency protocols with Business Continuity Plans.
• •Develop and implement strategies to optimize bandwidth during a market crisis.
• •Develop and maintain Emergency Action Plans.
• •Build, publish, and audit site-specific procedures.
• •Ensure all facilities have the required readiness equipment, redundancy, and tooling.
• •Serve as the primary liaison for Public Safety Answering Points.
• •Coordinate the planning and mitigation for natural disasters, severe weather, and geopolitical risks.
• •Drive continuous improvement leveraging tabletop exercises, full-scale drills, and post-event After-Action Reviews.
• •Continuously optimize paging, handoff processes, and crisis-throttling tools.

• •Travel: Up to 25% to visit ERT sites, occasional travel to Waymo HQ in MTV.
• •Salary Range: $190,000 — $234,000 USD.
• •Waymo employees are also eligible to participate in Waymo’s discretionary annual bonus program, equity incentive plan, and generous Company benefits program, subject to eligibility requirements.

• •8+ years in operations, program management, emergency and disaster planning.
• •3+ years experience building, scaling, or managing global on-call programs, Business Continuity Planning, escalation pathways, or large-scale Emergency Response Teams.
• •Bachelor’s degree in Emergency Management, Homeland Security, Public Policy, Operations Management, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• •Deep knowledge of developing, publishing, and maintaining site-specific Emergency Action Plans.
• •Proven track record of scaling emergency response teams, on-call programs, and escalation management frameworks across multiple domestic and international regions.
• •Experience managing emergency response, incident management, or physical safety operations within a tech company, ride-sharing platform, autonomous vehicle (AV) company, or large logistics/fleet network.