People Business Partner - Engineering

Overview

The People Team at Waymo is evolving to match the ambition of our technology. As a Senior People Business Partner, you will sit at the intersection of business strategy and people strategy.

Key Responsibilities

• Diagnose organizational health and lead complex organizational design efforts to support large changes in the business (e.g., new market entries, new teams).
• Identify and propose solutions and collaboration models independent of immediate business requests.
• Drive talent strategy: Own succession planning and talent planning for critical roles. Anticipate and develop plans to ensure leader readiness for future positions with regular cadence for review.
• Act as a proactive thought partner: Courageously challenge leaders by seeing around corners to anticipate organizational effectiveness gaps and create custom solutions before they impact the business.
• Shift leadership focus: Actively drive leadership focus from the day-to-day challenges to building capabilities for the near and longer term horizon (6+ months out).
• Orchestrate the ecosystem: Define what is needed to solve business problems, then mobilize Centers of Excellence (COEs) and People Experience Partners to deliver the how.

Qualifications

• 10+ years relevant work experience, including HR experience, consulting, business partnership.
• Demonstrated experience with organizational design and talent strategy in high-growth or complex environments.
• Proven experience leading complex organizational changes and designing operating models that align with commercial goals.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, ability to analyze data, understand trends, develop recommendations for action based on the analysis.
• Demonstrated ability to use data to tell compelling stories that influence executive decision-making.
• Experience coaching senior executives through critical change management and leadership team dynamics.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and operate effectively in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.

Nice to Have

• Experience partnering in consultative ways across different organizational functions and/or lines of business, preferably as HR Business Partner or in consulting.
• Experience working in other People team functional areas or business areas (Finance, Legal, Ops, etc.) to enable understanding of the cross-functional aspects required of the role.
• Demonstrated ability to work within constraints and limited resources, and to challenge the status quo.
• Experience with organizational transformations within high growth periods.
• Experience in the technology or autonomous vehicle industry.
• MBA or MA/MS in Organizational Psychology, Organizational Development, or related field.