Technical Program Manager II, Hardware NPI Interoperability, Cloud Supply Chain at Google

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.

We plan, buy, build, and deploy infrastructure (e.g., servers, storage, networking, ML accelerators, and Cloud platforms) to deliver capacity at scale for Google’s needs. The Equipment Supply Chain (ESC) team within CSCO is responsible for the supply chain for data center capital equipment and the spares to maintain the equipment.

As a Technical Program Manager, you will be responsible for coordination of early stage planning with the Data Center Design team on new data center configurations and associated New Product Introduction (NPI). In addition, they will be responsible to lead to feasibility of cut-in or acceleration decisions. You will coordinate with the different functions in ESC (and outside of ESC) to identify and partner to resolve constraints across the overall data center equipment supply chain and accomplish this through the development and running of programmatic tracking and resolution of various constraints and considerations, while ensuring strong communication of tradeoffs and agreements.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

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

• Create decision criteria and processes to determine feasibility of cut-in and acceleration requests. Lead the consolidation of what needs to be true to enable an accelerated business outcome.

• Ensure alignment between cross-functional tech-infrastructure and the Supply Chain team to build scalable and reliable responses to the growth of new demand types and new products.

• Analyze numerous sources of risk/controls data across functions that require leadership attention and eliminate friction by designing solutions, remove blockers, and finding creative ways to accelerate project delivery.

• Liaison between ESC and Google Data Center design and execution organizations for New Product Introduction ensuring ESC Leadership and teams are aware of pipeline, timing, and impact of NPIs.

• Facilitate coordination of hurdle rate for NPI project cut-in including potential Excess and Obsolete (E&O) impact on inventory of legacy Original Equipment (OFE).

Minimum qualifications

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

• 2 years of experience in program management.

• Experience in hardware NPI or hardware manufacturing.

• Experience with supply chain operations or data center equipment.

Preferred qualifications

• Master’s degree or MBA in Engineering, Analytics, Operations Research, Supply Chain, or a related field.

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

• Experience in hardware design and manufacturing in a New Product Introduction (NPI) role.

• Experience in data center infrastructure, operations, or construction, and coordination of deployments cross-functionally.

• Ability to handle complex problems across multiple stakeholders, navigate ambiguity, and guide decision-making or recommendations in uncertain environments.

• Excellent communication, people management, problem solving, organizational, and prioritization skills.