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HR Business Partner & Recruiter

Waymo

Waymo

People & HR
Warsaw, Poland
Posted on Jan 24, 2025

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the 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 One, a fully autonomous ride-hailing service, and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases. The Waymo Driver has provided over one million rider-only trips, enabled by its experience autonomously driving tens of millions of miles on public roads and tens of billions in simulation across 13+ U.S. states.

Join our People Team to recruit and support the world's best talent! Our team enables Waymo to achieve our mission by cultivating a culture and environment to unlock our employee's potential. We take our role as champions of Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity and stewards of our culture seriously.

In this hybrid in-office role, you will report to our HR Business Partner Director and be based in Warsaw, Poland.

You will:

  • Partner with leaders and HR teams to execute HR strategies and processes, ensuring alignment with global standards and local needs.
  • Advise leaders on HR matters, providing local context and expertise.
  • Ensure compliance with local regulations and support the delivery of our People plan in partnership with US HRBPs and Employment Legal.
  • Drive hiring outcomes from sourcing to offer, acting as a subject-matter expert and advisor to leaders.
  • Develop and execute sourcing strategies to attract top technical talent, leveraging various channels and building a strong pipeline.
  • Champion diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout the hiring process.
  • Identify gaps in local hiring processes and work with leaders and HR teams to address them.

You have:

  • BA/BS degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 10+ years relevant work experience, including HR experience working in tech companies in Central and Eastern Europe.
  • 7+ years of experience doing full life cycle recruiting including tech companies.
  • Experience with Eastern European labor laws and market compliance requirements, including advising on and supporting local disciplinary processes and organizational structures.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills in both English and Polish, with a proven ability to connect with and inform individuals from diverse backgrounds and levels of understanding.
  • Experience recruiting for highly technical profiles, including sourcing, engaging, and closing software engineering talent.
  • Experience extracting meaningful insights from data, identifying trends, and translating analysis into actionable recommendations that drive informed decision-making.
  • Experience working directly with senior engineering leadership.

We prefer:

  • Balanced experience working in a startup and established global company environments in growth mode with high recruiting volume.
  • Local expertise (Poland market) to be able to provide expert local advice if and when needed.
  • Proven ability to build consensus and achieve mutually beneficial outcomes through collaborative negotiation.
  • Work cross-functionally and collaboratively across teams and act as a trusted advisor to leadership at all levels.
  • Demonstrated experience influencing through relationships, expertise and data and can manage a complex set of partners.
  • Demonstrated comfort level with switching between complex strategy discussions and tactical level work; balance of tailoring solutions and standardization.
  • Prior experience with Greenhouse ATS and/or GEM CRM.

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