About the job

A problem isn’t truly solved until it’s solved for all. That’s why Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe. As a Technical Program Manager at Google, you’ll use your technical expertise to lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish. You’ll work with stakeholders to plan requirements, identify risks, manage project schedules, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company. You're equally comfortable explaining your team's analyses and recommendations to executives as you are discussing the technical tradeoffs in product development with engineers.

The Supply Chain Planning (SCP) organization within Cloud Supply Chain is responsible for enabling and accelerating Google's data center infrastructure growth and delivery through AI-Powered Supply Chain Planning for all google product areas, drive planning decisions for new technology, and supply capability across data centers, networking, and machines.

Within SCP, the Network Planning team focuses on driving the forecasting, demand and supply planning, execution capability and feasibility management of data center networking infrastructure products.

Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We're proud to be our engineers' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $132,000-$189,000 + 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

• Develop and refine demand forecasts for NPI programs from pre-GA ramp through to the sustaining phase. Establish and utilize best methods (statistical models, processes and software tools) in creating supply forecasts and respective inventory goals.

• Collaborate closely with product engineering and networking teams to understand product deployment requirements.

• Drive necessary mitigation actions (including escalations) and prioritization, allocation decisions with procurement and other teams to minimize impact to Google's capacity delivery.

• Drive product success by keeping ourselves and others accountable for metrics such as forecast accuracy, inventory, excess and obsolescence, material spend, Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) and gross margins.

• Present supply and demand recommendations to leadership, drive timely decisions, and ensure clear and concise communication to all stakeholders in the supply chain.

Minimum qualifications

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

• 2 years of experience in program management.

• Experience with supply or demand planning (e.g., demand forecasting, inventory management, resource allocation, etc.).

• Experience with full hardware product development lifecycle or hardware engineering.

Preferred qualifications

• 2 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.

• Experience with supply/demand planning, material planning, data center infrastructure, or capital investment decision making.

• Experience in managing technical programs with hardware teams.

• Excellent sense of accountability and ownership for an end-to-end project lifecycle.

• Excellent problem-solving skills, with high attention to detail.