Senior Technical Program Manager, Privacy

Waymo’s Technical Program Managers are accountable for Waymo’s roadmap execution by providing thoughtful cross-functional planning, clarity, and proactive risk management. In the face of complex technical and operational challenges with no established playbooks to follow, we act with thoughtful urgency, driving conversations, discussions, and outcomes. Our team partners closely with every function of Waymo to structure, own and drive work towards real-world deployments of the Waymo Driver across platforms and geographies.

This role follows a hybrid work schedule and reports and you will report to a Manager of Technical Program Management.

You will:

• Lead the end-to-end planning, execution, and delivery of complex privacy programs, such as GDPR compliance
• Partner with engineering, product management, legal, and security teams to define technical requirements and establish roadmaps for privacy-enhancing features and systems
• Participate in and drive design discussions to ensure new and existing systems meet privacy-by-design principles
• Identify, track, and mitigate technical risks and dependencies across multiple teams to ensure timely program delivery
• Provide clear, concise, and regular communication on program status, risks, and milestones to all stakeholders, including executive leadership
• Develop and standardize best practices and processes for privacy program management and engineering execution

You have: 

• 7+ years of experience in technical program management, particularly in a complex, multi-team environment
• Strong understanding of core data privacy regulations (e.g., EU/UK GDPR) and their technical implications for data processing, storage, and retention
• Ability to engage with engineers on technical architecture, system design, and data flows to ensure compliance and privacy controls are effectively implemented
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical issues for non-technical stakeholders

We prefer:

• Privacy-related certifications (e.g., CIPP/E, CIPT, CIPM)
• Experience working with privacy challenges specific to machine learning, model training, and derived data outputs
• Experience in developing and maintaining comprehensive data maps that track personal data across various systems
• Experience with large-scale cloud infrastructure and distributed systems
• Prior experience as a software engineer or a technical background in data infrastructure or security