Job description
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.
As part of Waymo’s Legal team, you will work on the exciting legal issues surrounding our transformational autonomous driving technology and help drive our business lines forward from technology ideation through scaled commercial deployment. We partner with our public policy, safety, security and privacy experts to define transportation policy for the autonomous driving world to come, advising on regulatory changes that support and protect our users around the world. We collaborate with our engineering, product, strategy and operations teams to develop and protect our intellectual property portfolio and drive our corporate and commercial transactions. We ensure compliance with an increasingly complex and dynamic range of global regulations. And we anticipate, mitigate, and litigate high-profile and precedent-setting legal matters.
In this hybrid role, you will report into our Managing Counsel, Product, AI & Privacy.
You will:
- Lead and coordinate cross-functional privacy projects, including technical audit programs and pre-launch reviews for new products/features, ensuring alignment on program goals, timelines, and successful delivery of business, operational, and technical improvements for multiple compliance programs.
- Conduct in-depth risk assessments, proactively identify potential compliance gaps, and develop and implement mitigation plans.
- Conduct Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs/DPIAs) for new AV features, data processing activities, and third-party integrations, identifying and mitigating privacy risks.
- Develop, implement, and maintain AV-specific privacy policies, standards, and data governance frameworks (e.g., data mapping, retention schedules).
- Collaborate closely with engineering, information security, and product teams to embed privacy-by-design principles and ensure privacy requirements are met in technical discussions and implementations.
- Support regulatory inquiries, certification requirements, and AI compliance efforts, working with legal counsel to demonstrate and ensure compliance across various jurisdictions.
You have:
- Excellent organizational, analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, with the ability to translate complex privacy requirements into actionable guidance for technical and non-technical teams.
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., Law, Information Systems, Business, or equivalent practical experience).
- 5 years of experience in compliance, policy, risk management, investigation, auditing, legal, or consulting, preferably with a strong focus on data privacy.
- Solid understanding of US and EU privacy laws and frameworks (e.g., CCPA/CPRA, BIPA, TDPSA, GDPR).
- Experience developing and enforcing policies for products and services.
We prefer:
- Advanced degree in Law, Business, Privacy, Compliance or a related field.
- Experience in compliance program management principles, risk assessment methodologies, and internal control frameworks within the AV industry.
- Demonstrated experience managing Data Subject Rights (DSR) requests under global privacy regulations (e.g., GDPR, CCPA/CPRA).
- Proven ability to conduct Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs/DPIAs) and identify/mitigate privacy risks in complex data environments.
- Experience in bringing structure and clarity to ambiguous situations, enabling the ability to analyze fragmented information, identify key attributes, and develop balanced recommendations and effective solutions with problem-solving capabilities.
- Solid understanding of global privacy laws and frameworks (e.g., GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, LGPD, UK GDPR).
Travel:
- Occasional travel may be needed
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
$120,000—$151,000 USD
