Facilities Regional Manager, Europe

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.

Our cars may be self-driving, but Waymo’s workplace services and facilities are steered by the GPS team. The GPS team manages a portfolio that includes oversight of executing multiple teams, strategic business planning with regional site leads, and developing programs to support Waymonaut’s environment and productivity. The team is responsible for the delivery of large-scale operations and portfolio-wide programs ensuring and facilitating the successful delivery of a consistent service program in an extremely fast-paced environment with a high degree of ambiguity.

In this role, you will report to the Global Head of Facilities and Occupational Safety.

You will:

• Lead Regional Market Facilities Teams: Provide direct people leadership, operational mentorship, and strategic direction to Market Facilities Leads across your assigned region, driving consistent execution and operational excellence.
• Oversee Regional Facilities & Critical Uptime: Oversee all facilities in your assigned region, ensuring that facilities are safe, compliant, and meet critical uptime SLAs.
• Manage Regional Budgets: Build, manage, and optimize the annual facilities budget and operational resources in your assigned region.
• Serve as Regional Facilities POC: Act as the primary regional facilities liaison and escalation point, building strategic partnerships with regional teams (Operations, Security, etc.) to resolve operational friction and align facilities with business needs.
• Govern Regional Vendors & Service Quality: Oversee regional contracted Integrated Facilities Management (IFM) service providers, ensuring high quality service is provided.
• Oversee Regional Facility Reporting & Dashboards: Direct and standardize regional facility reporting and executive dashboards to track site uptime performance, maintenance work-order resolution, and operational resource utilization.

You have:

• BA/BS Degree: BA/BS degree in a related field such as Facilities Management, Business Management, or Engineering (or equivalent practical experience).
• Facilities Management Experience: 7-10 years of experience in facilities management, account management, outsourcing management, or facilities operations with a track record of managing multi-site portfolios.
• Regional Budget Ownership: Demonstrated experience managing complex budgets, service delivery contracts, and third-party vendor performance.
• Direct People Leadership & Team Management: Experience directly managing, mentoring, and developing teams of facilities managers, market leads, or site operations coordinators across multiple geographic locations.

We prefer:

• Active Professional Facilities Credentials: Certification or Industry Designation in Project Management, Engineering, or Facilities Services (e.g., CFM, FMP, CPM, PMP).
• High-Velocity & Mixed-Use Experience: Experience in high-velocity logistics, automotive, tech-manufacturing, or mixed-use environments (office, industrial, labs, and depots), effectively balancing facilities needs between corporate environments and operational/testing sites.
• Multi-Market Regional Familiarity: Familiarity with the assigned region, including local real estate trends, regulatory environment, and regional vendor networks.
• Scalable Vendor Strategy in Vendorized Environments: Experience operating within highly vendorized facilities environments, with a focus on establishing scalable and nimble service strategies.
• Cross-Functional Executive Collaboration: Strong business acumen and experience collaborating with a diverse set of regional business units, and partners (Legal, Finance, Sourcing, Security).

Travel Requirements:

• [35% travel]
• Role may be required to travel between facilities  in your assigned region, and Waymo’s Headquarters in Mountain View, CA.

 

The expected base salary range for this full-time position 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.  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£110,000—£116,000 GBP