Waymo—formerly the Google self-driving car project—makes it safe and easy for people & things to get around with autonomous vehicles. Take a ride now. Backed by Bessemer, Kleiner Perkins and Sequoia.
About the role
The successful candidate will have the ability to toggle between both the strategic and operational nature of the role, with deep understanding of the business and its priority needs to drive a best-in-class learning and development function. This individual is expected to set the vision for the team while hiring and supporting individual team members in their development and career objectives. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- BA/BS degree or equivalent practical experience in Human Resources, Learning & Development or related discipline
- 15+ years of progressively responsible management experience within the leadership and organizational development field overseeing enterprise learning, leadership development and talent systems in a complex organization
- Experience working in a high-growth, tech environment
- Advanced knowledge and applied background in training and organizational development
- Strong organizational development background, with proven ability to drive enterprise wide change structural and behavioral change efforts
- Advanced business partnering skills to develop and maintain relationships with senior leadership, front-line managers and all levels of the organization in service of delivering against critical business needs
More about this role
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 is seeking a Head of Learning & Development and Culture to play a pivotal role in the growth and scale of the company. This organization's charter is to define and design our overall learning roadmap, core skills architecture and functional upskilling initiatives to support Waymo’s business objectives. This includes managing our overall learning technology ecosystem as well as vendor partners to support our curriculum.
The successful candidate will have the ability to toggle between both...
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