Senior Safety Management System Analytics Specialist (SMS)

Join Waymo as a Senior Safety Management System Analytics Specialist. In this role, you will lead the measurement and reporting of the performance of Waymo's Safety Management System. You will develop reliable metrics, synthesize multi-domain safety management metrics, and translate complex data into recommendations for senior leaders. Your work will directly drive continual improvement across Waymo's safety programs.

• Lead the development and synthesis of reliable metrics across Waymo's safety processes, increasing awareness and understanding of Safety Management System (SMS) performance data.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure owners are assigned and solutions deliver measurable results when metrics highlight areas for improvement.
• Drive continual improvement across Waymo’s safety programs by monitoring safety performance indicators against targets and thresholds, and tracking action items through to verified closure and confirmed effectiveness.

• Minimum 5 years of experience in data analytics, safety or operational performance measurement, or business/technical intelligence within complex engineering, financial, transportation, or safety-critical organizations
• Demonstrated expertise working with both quantitative and qualitative data and metrics, including developing metrics based on industry best practices or standards, evaluating and maintaining metric quality, and advising stakeholders on metric interpretation and limitations
• Proven ability to pull together and synthesize disparate metrics to drive continual improvement and verify the effectiveness of corrective actions
• Proficiency with modern data analytics, visualization, and reporting tools (e.g., SQL, Python/R, BI dashboards, and data pipelines) to collect, validate, and communicate performance data to executive leadership and governance committees
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and communication skills, with experience translating complex technical and operational signals into clear, actionable narratives for senior decision-makers without direct authority
• A Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, Economics, Statistics, or a related scientific or analytic field
• Experience partnering with software/data engineering teams to define data schemas and business requirements for scalable internal analytics and reporting platforms
• Experience designing and running closed-loop performance governance processes, including threshold alerting, root-cause and CAPA tracking, and statistical or empirical verification of mitigation effectiveness
• Experience leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Large Language Model (LLM) workflows or automated data pipelines to synthesize qualitative and quantitative safety signals, detect emerging trends, and streamline executive reporting
• Direct experience interpreting and implementing safety performance measurement requirements from vehicle, transportation, or aviation safety regulations and standards
• Hands-on familiarity with automotive, transportation, or aviation Safety Management System frameworks and safety performance indicators
• An advanced degree (Master’s or PhD) in Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, Economics, Statistics, or a related scientific or analytic discipline