Global Workplace Services Manager (EMEA)

Waymo
Warsaw; Masovian Voivodeship; Poland), PL
Hybrid

Who this role is best for

Aimed at mid-level professionals with 10+ years in account or outsourcing management who can drive workplace strategies in a hybrid setting across EMEA.

Best fit for

  • Strategic thinkers who can design and implement end-to-end processes for workplace services.
    — “Spearheaded the Workplace and Engineering Service Delivery division
  • Professionals adept at managing executive-level reporting and stakeholder communications.
    — “Authored and managed critical reporting systems and executive dashboards
  • Leaders who can align workplace strategies with broader business objectives.
    — “Cultivated strategic partnerships with external and internal stakeholders

Things to consider

  • Requires up to 15% travel, which may impact work-life balance.
    — “Up to 15%
  • Hybrid role implies partial in-office presence, though specifics are undefined.
    — “In this hybrid role

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience in mixed-use environments like labs or manufacturing.
    — “Experience in mixed use environments - office, industrial, labs or manufacturing
  • Demonstrate ability to advance projects with undefined scopes.
    — “able to advance projects with undefined scope
  • Showcase certifications in project or facilities management.
    — “Certification or Industry Designation in Project, Engineering or Facilities Services
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · CompanyLevel · Manager

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What success looks like

  • high-standard service delivery
  • strategic partnerships
Typical background
facilities managementbusiness managementengineering

Skills & requirements

Required

Workplace ManagementService DeliveryContract ManagementStakeholder Management

Preferred

Facilities ManagementProject ManagementChange ManagementCompliance

About the role

Original posting from Waymo

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.

In this hybrid role, you will report to a Director of Global Workplace & eMobility.

You will:

Demonstrated executive-level management capabilities, leveraging strategic thinking and leadership to ensure the delivery of high-standard services across all functions, departments, and business units.

Spearheaded the Workplace and Engineering Service Delivery division**, driving end-to-end process design and implementation to achieve and maintain exceptional critical uptime SLAs across an expanding portfolio, with results consistently reported to executive stakeholders.

Authored and managed critical reporting systems and executive dashboards, meticulously gathering and analyzing data to define, measure, and report on key success metrics for GPS operations and programs across all global locations.

Cultivated strategic partnerships with external and internal stakeholders (Vendors, Business Leads, Finance, Sourcing, Legal) to meticulously gather business requirements and define robust program objectives that align with executive expectations.

Exercised rigorous governance over key contracts, consistently overseeing and reporting on service delivery outcomes through comprehensive KPIs, executive scorecards, and detailed operational reporting across all service lines, including space management, project teams, and technology operations.

Act as a steward of Waymo’s culture, leveraging the workplace as a strategic tool to drive employee retention, talent acquisition, Employee Resource programs and cross-functional agility.

 

You have:

BA/BS degree in related field such as Facilities Management, Business Management, or Engineering

10+ Years of Account Management or Outsourcing Management experience

Excellent verbal and written communication skills, ability to present in a formal setting, and ability to adapt communication to articulate program goals to a wide audience in a simple, straightforward way

Understand technological advances, change management, organizational leadership and compliance requirements, and each supports/drives workplace strategies

 

We prefer:

Certification or Industry Designation in Project, Engineering or Facilities Services

Experience in mixed use environments - office, industrial, labs or manufacturing  

Demonstrable PM skills; able to advance projects with undefined scope, influence and align stakeholders

 

Travel Requirements:

Up to 15%

Source: Waymo careers

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