About the job

Google's projects, like our users, span the globe and require managers to keep the big picture in focus while being able to dive into the unique engineering challenges we face daily. As a Technical Program Manager at Google, you lead complex, multi-disciplinary engineering projects using your engineering expertise. You plan requirements with internal customers and usher projects through the entire project lifecycle. This includes managing project schedules, identifying risks and clearly communicating them to project stakeholders. You're equally at home explaining your team's analyses and recommendations to executives as you are discussing the technical trade-offs in product development with engineers.

Using your extensive technical and leadership expertise, you manage various Engineering-specific programs and teams.

The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what’s possible. We empower Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users worldwide.

We're the driving team behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our cutting-edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $192,000-$278,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Implement communications standards across a portfolio of programs including executive and key partner communications.

• Establish a reliable cadence for program reviews, decision-making, prioritization, and Resource Stewardship (effective deployment of machine and people resources) whereby improvements such as efficiency and utilization gains and the impact can be felt organization wide.

• Lead a governance structure that drives effective executive decision-making. Ensure governance structure exposes and mitigates dependencies.

• Seek out and identify change management opportunities that increase program velocity and which affect multiple teams. Apply governance over change management to ensure it’s used effectively.

• Define or manage a program portfolio solving problems that align with key strategic priorities for the organization and product area.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

• 8 years of experience in program management.

• 5 years of experience in leadership role with/without direct reports.

Preferred qualifications

• 8 years of experience managing cross-functional/team projects.

• Experience in designing and building new operational functions, in a regional, matrixed environment.

• Experience working in North and South America, with an understanding of its multi-language and multi-cultural workforce.

• Excellent business and financial acumen, with experience managing Operating Expenditure/Capital Expenditure budgets and workforce models.

• Ability to travel 20% of the time as needed.