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.
In this role, you will join the team responsible for designing and delivering highly efficient and capable system configurations to Google’s data center fleet. You will unleash your significant talents to collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver Configuration Engineering designs. You will be working with stakeholders and customers to ensure that we deliver well-engineered compute permutations. You will help the product teams deliver consistent results while improving process transparency and predictability. You will have problem-solving skills and demonstrate the ability to apply new technologies to designs. You will become a subject matter expert on the incumbent process and data structures. You will also influence and affect the transformation of internal business processes and procedures.

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 $138,000-$198,000 + 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

• Collaborate with team members and stakeholders to understand or identify defined work problems and program goals, obtain prioritized deliverables, and discuss program impact.

• Prioritize program goals by translating stakeholder needs into actionable deliverables with minimal assistance, and contribute to decision-making regarding project timelines.

• Define the scope of projects and develop, execute, or manage project plans for supported programs.

• Review key metrics pertaining to a program, monitor potential metric deviations, and define corrective actions for critical deviations.

• Identify, communicate, and collaborate with relevant stakeholders within one or more teams to drive impact and work toward mutual goals.

Minimum qualifications

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

• 2 years of experience with product lifecycle management (PLM) systems, bill of materials, sheets, and ad hoc analysis.

• 2 years of experience with configuration management.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with interdependencies from a power, networking, and physical interface perspective.

• Experience delivering work products under tight deadlines.

• Experience developing and maintaining system level compute architectures.

• Experience influencing the product design process for Design for Manufacture and Assembly considerations.

• Excellent problem-solving and organizational skills, coupled with a well-focused attention to details.