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Waymo

Builds self-driving AI and runs a robotaxi service

Marketing Lead

Marketing Generalist & ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeTokyo, JapanNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 15 years of brand, product, and/or partner marketing experience within a business-to-consumer technology or app-based company.
  • Proven experience driving customer adoption of new or complex consumer products.
  • Deep expertise in the Japanese consumer landscape, including local consumer needs, culture, and creative.
  • Native-level Japanese proficiency and business-level English, with the ability to communicate and persuade at the executive level.
  • Experience managing agencies, setting key performance indicators, and leading marketing campaigns with accountability for budget and results.
  • Willingness to travel at least quarterly to the San Francisco Bay Area for training and collaboration with the Global team.

Responsibilities

  • Lead Waymo's marketing strategy for the Japanese market across brand, product positioning, and audience targeting, overseeing marketing execution with the Global Brand, Growth, Creative, and Media teams.
  • Build integrated campaigns with Japan-based agencies, guiding creative, media strategy, budget, and performance management.
  • Establish and implement co-marketing guidelines, working with local partners to increase Waymo awareness, trust, and ridership.
  • Use consumer research, cultural context, competitive dynamics, and product feedback to guide Waymo's marketing strategy and creative direction over time.
  • Collaborate with Waymo Product, Operations, Policy, and Regulatory teams to align product messaging, management, and effective scaling for long-term success.
  • Over time, recruit, hire, and oversee a high-performing team based in Japan.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience at a ride-hailing, automotive, mobility, or marketplace company.
  • Experience launching or scaling products in international markets while reinforcing global brand values and resonating with local audiences.
  • Ability to balance long-term strategy with hands-on execution in a dynamic, early-stage, or evolving market environment.
  • A portfolio of impactful, consumer-facing marketing campaigns targeted toward Japanese audiences.
  • Leadership skills and the ability to guide high-performing agencies and teams.
  • Communication, negotiation, and people management skills.

About the Company

Waymo

Builds self-driving AI and runs a robotaxi service

Waymo builds self-driving technology and uses it to run a ride-hailing service in which passengers summon electric cars with no one behind the wheel. In 2020, it became the first company to open fully driverless rides to the public, starting in metro Phoenix. Its system, the Waymo Driver, pairs cameras, radar and laser sensors called lidar with onboard computers whose AI predicts what nearby people and vehicles will do and drives the car. Riders pay per trip through the Waymo app, or through Uber in some cities, while Waymo and fleet partners keep the cars charged and maintained. Waymo began as a Google project in 2009 and became a separate Alphabet company in 2016; it is based in Mountain View, California.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Debt Financing
Total funding
$32.1B
Headquarters
Mountain View, CA
Founded
2009

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