<div><p>Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the worlds most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver—The Worlds 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.</p></div><p>As part of Waymos 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.</p> <p><em>In this hybrid role, you will report into our Managing Counsel, Head of Commercial Legal. </em></p> <p><strong>You will:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Review, draft and negotiate a variety of commercial agreements, with a focus on commercial real estate agreements (e.g. leases, construction agreements, EV charging agreements, etc.).</li> <li>Respond promptly to legal requests from clients, summarizing and communicating legal concepts in a clear and concise manner.</li> <li>Advise business and cross functional stakeholders on legal issues that may include real estate, supply chain, and regulatory issues, agreement structures and approval processes, company policies and procedures, IP, and negotiation strategy.</li> <li>Support the continuous improvement of Waymo and the legal department by identifying and implementing improvements in processes, forms and operations.</li> </ul> <p><strong>You have:</strong></p> <ul> <li>JD degree and must be admitted to the bar in which position is located and in good standing or otherwise authorized to practice law (e.g., have registered in-house status) in the state in which the position is located.</li> <li>5+ years of experience advising on commercial agreements, with 4+ years advising on commercial real estate agreements.</li> <li>Experience drafting and negotiating commercial agreements; real estate agreements, supply chain agreements and services agreements.</li> <li>Experience in another specialist subject area of law (for example but not limited to employment, intellectual property, corporate, or competition).</li> <li>Direct knowledge and experience advising clients from hardware supply, R&amp;D or fast-paced new technology companies.</li> <li>Excellent analytical, communication and organizational skills, and demonstrated ability to manage several simultaneous projects under deadline pressure. Ability and interest in developing expertise in new, complex subject areas.</li> </ul> <p><strong>We prefer:</strong></p> <ul> <li>3+ years drafting, negotiating and advising on supply chain agreements.</li> </ul><div><div><div><p><span>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. </span></p> <p><span>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. </span></p></div><div>Salary Range</div><div><span>$238,000</span><span>—</span><span>$302,000 USD</span></div></div></div>