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Planning Manager - GOC
Waymo LLC · 🇺🇸 Remote, USA · Remote
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 290 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 87 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Waymo LLC paid sponsored hires in similar roles8 certified filings for “Product Manager” (Information Technology Project Managers) in CA: $207k–$245k, median $230k. Most were filed at wage level IV (63%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — Waymo LLC
The US Department of Labor certified 290 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 87 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the 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 Operations exists to deliver the Waymo Driver to the world. We are a global team building and scaling the world's first and leading autonomous fleet and operations platform. From component sourcing to end customer management, we enable and create value for Waymo through scaled and orchestrated deployment of the Waymo Driver. At Waymo, we are dedicated to building a culture that promotes collaboration and celebration. We value our team members' unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences and support and encourage all team members to share their ideas to help Waymo better serve the communities in which we operate. This role follows a hybrid work schedule and reports to the Head of Global Operations Planning. You will: • Design Scalable Processes: Build and own the global framework for Global Operations Center capacity planning, acting as the primary program manager for resource scaling. • Navigate Operational Ambiguity: Apply strong business judgment to ensure resource strategies accurately reflect commercial targets (cars, trips, revenue) and real-world operational constraints. • Drive Vendor Accountability: Oversee execution across large, cross-organization vendor partnerships, prioritizing structural efficiency models and strict SLA compliance. • Shape Executive Narratives: Provide critical input to decision-makers by translating complex capacity models into decisive narratives with clear P&L implications. • Mitigate Operational Risk: Identify risks and advocate for structural fixes and "principled spending" rather than relying on temporary resource additions. • Validate Technical Models: Periodically perform technical deep-dives to ensure mathematical and capacity models remain transparent, verifiable, and free of "black box" assumptions. • Architect Advanced Models: Partner with Product, Engineering, and Data Science to deploy models within centralized planning ecosystems (like Anaplan) to meet evolving requirements. You have: • Educational Foundation: Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Supply Chain, Operations Management, Finance, or equivalent practical experience. • Planning Expertise: 5+ years of experience driving outcomes in capacity planning, commercial operations, S&OP, or strategic program management. • Cross-Organizational Leadership: Proven ability to drive collaborations with strategic partnership teams and proactively manage dependencies during high-growth phases. • Mastery of Communication: Exemplary presentation skills with the confidence to establish the "source of truth" and influence senior decision-makers. • Tooling Fluency: Direct expertise building and maintaining capacity models and roadmaps within scaled enterprise platforms like Anaplan. • Technical Literacy: Proficiency with data querying (SQL) and foundational quantitative modeling to effectively guide technical partners and validate data. We prefer: • Advanced Education: MBA or Master's degree in Business Administration, Operations, or a related field. • Economic Impact: Proven success managing P&L impacts and unit economics