GPS Commercial Real Estate Strategy Planning Analyst, 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.

Real estate is the physical foundation of Waymo’s operations. The Strategy team collaborates across functions to design the optimal future footprint, ensuring the Waymo driver operates safely and efficiently. As we scale into new markets, specialized analysis is essential to guiding our real estate strategy. In this role, you will directly influence the location, size, capacity, and design of all future operations facilities.

This role follows a hybrid work schedule and reports to the Real Estate Strategy Manager.

You will:

• Requirements Gathering: Formalize demand forecasts into detailed real estate requirement documents for expansion, consolidation, and sequencing.
• Data Stewardship: Manage the end-to-end life-cycle of portfolio data, ensuring high integrity in supply/demand metrics, KPIs, and market health reporting.
• Decision Documentation: Produce standardized reports and strategic briefings that translate complex analytics into actionable insights for leadership.
• Predictive Modeling: Build and maintain supply/demand models to generate the data-driven forecasts used for long-term strategic planning.
• Technical Liaison: Define and document technical requirements for the analytics team to ensure dashboards align with business strategy.
• Analytical Support: Execute data-heavy ad-hoc analysis to support business case development and multi-market occupier engagements.

You have:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Real Estate, Finance, Information Systems, or a related quantitative field.
• Experience: 4 years of experience in data analysis, corporate real estate, or business intelligence.
• Technical Writing: Proven ability to create clear, concise documentation and process workflows.
• Analytical Rigor: Exceptional attention to detail with the ability to manage large datasets without compromising accuracy.
• Agility: Ability to pivot between deep-dive data tasks and collaborative project coordination in a fast-paced environment.

We prefer:

• Technical Stack: Advanced Excel, experience with SQL, Python, Looker
• Strategic Thinking & Financial Acumen
• Experienced Leadership & Development
• Client Relationship Management
• Experience with Data-Driven Decision Making
• Communication & Collaboration among teams and clients

Travel Requirement: 10%

• Occasional travel to New York City or San Francisco Bay Area

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.