Sr. Product Data Scientist, Planning

Waymo
San Francisco +1 more
HybridCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Best suited to mid-level data scientists with optimization and forecasting experience working in autonomous vehicle planning.

Best fit for

  • Data scientists who bridge product strategy and technical execution in mobility.
    — “Work with cross functional teams to make long-term decisions
  • Analysts comfortable building optimization models for capital allocation decisions.
    — “Build optimization models to choose the allocation of vehicles
  • Python/SQL practitioners with stakeholder management in product-driven environments.
    — “Coding skills (Python & SQL)

Things to consider

  • Hybrid reporting structure may limit full remote flexibility.
    — “In this hybrid role, you will report
  • Minimum 3 years industry experience is strictly enforced.
    — “At least 3 years of industry experience

How to stand out

  • Showcase past projects where forecasting directly impacted capital decisions.
    — “Develop forecasting models that measure the impact of long-term investments
  • Highlight cross-functional collaboration with product management teams.
    — “Experience working with the product management and engineering teams
  • Demonstrate pipeline development skills beyond basic analysis.
    — “Proficiency in data pipeline development
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Senior

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • improved operational efficiency
  • accurate forecasting models
Typical background
data science experienceproduct management collaboration

Skills & requirements

Required

PythonSQLMachine LearningOptimization ModelsData Analysis

Preferred

Causal InferenceForecasting

Stack & domain

PythonSQLMLCausal InferenceOptimization AlgorithmCommunicationStakeholder ManagementData ScienceProduct ManagementEngineering

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.

Waymo’s Product Data Science team works cross-functionally with Engineering, Product and Operations to help the company make the most informed decisions using data. Our team collaborates on high-impact projects across the company — from driving quality and operational efficiency to market analysis and rider satisfaction scores — we help to safely and efficiently scale the Waymo Driver. We are data-driven, curious, open-minded, and adapt quickly to new information.

In this hybrid role, you will report to the Director, Product Data Science.

You will:

Work with cross functional teams to make long-term decisions related to vehicle allocation, capital investment, and long-term growth planning.

Develop forecasting models that measure the impact of long-term investments on key business metrics.

Build optimization models to choose the allocation of vehicles and infrastructure across markets.

Conduct deep dive analysis to identify areas for future improvement.

You have:

At least 3 years of industry experience.

Coding skills (Python & SQL).

Strong communication and stakeholder & management skills.

ML, causal inference, and optimization algorithm experience.

Experience working with the product management and engineering teams.

Proficiency in data pipeline development.

We prefer:

Experience with causal inference, optimization, and/or forecasting.

The expected base salary range for this full-time position across US locations is listed below. Actual starting pay will be based on job-related factors, including exact work location, experience, relevant training and education, and skill level. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the role location or, if the role can be performed remote, the specific salary range for your preferred location, during the hiring process. 

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. 

Salary Range$196,000—$242,000 USD

Source: Waymo careers

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