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 Program Manager at Google, you’ll lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish — working with stakeholders to plan requirements, manage project schedules, identify risks, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company. Your projects will often span offices, time zones, and hemispheres. It's your job to coordinate the players and keep them up to date on progress and deadlines.

The Supply Chain Planning team within Cloud supply chain operations, is responsible for optimal fulfillment and transformation of Google’s fleet by balancing and shaping demand intent from product areas, planning new technology, and driving supply capability across data centers, networking, and machines.

As a Demand and Supply Planning Program Manager, you will be accountable for the order life-cycle, culminating in on-time product delivery. In this cross-functional role you will use your investigative skills to establish and drive metrics, drive process and system improvements to accomplish efficiency and scalability goals, and directly support growing infrastructure at global data centers.

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 $159,000-$231,000 + 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 planning models for new product introduction (NPI) driving alignment across product categories and establishing optimized inventory strategies.

• Own supply and demand models that seek to minimize total costs while maintaining/improving service levels.

• Establish methods (e.g., statistical models, processes, and software tools) to evaluate the supply chain’s ability to meet customer demand and develop inventory buffer strategies that optimize cost and flexibility.

• Lead demand and supply planning meetings with cross-functional teams, reviewing supply, demand risks/mitigation options/service level goals.

• Partner with cross-functional teams to procure materials and ensure availability to fulfill customer needs while driving operational efficiency.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

• 5 years of experience in program or project management.

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

• Experience developing planning models for new product introduction (NPI).

Preferred qualifications

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

• Experience in data modeling, trend analysis, statistics, forecasting, and business insights.

• Excellent investigative skills.