About this role
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 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 force 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.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
US: $192000 - $278000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits
Learn more about benefits at Google (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/).
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 8 years of experience in program management.
Preferred qualifications:
- 8 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
- Knowledge of or experience with NPI development, firmware, driving SW quality and process transformation.
- Experience in software engineering, as a developer or development manager, with a strong understanding of SW development processes, tools, SW test/qualification, release methodologies.
- Excellent program management skills, with the demonstrated ability to successfully drive and land SW programs.
- Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills with the ability to interact with both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Lead system software development programs, including system software for NPIs (i.e., new data center products, with initial focus on TPU and GPU programs) and infrastructure SW programs focusing on improving software quality, efficiency and reliability of Google production fleet.
- Demonstrate ownership and deep technical judgment, identifying risks, ensuring end to end design alignment and high quality SW systems.
- Move beyond execution and task management to identify opportunities for process and architecture/design improvements, ensuring improvements and learnings, re-engineer development, qualification and deployment frameworks, defining and operationalizing process improvements and automation to achieve repeatable results.
- Navigate ambiguity to align leadership across internal and external organizations, driving consensus on complex initiatives.
- Lead a highly cross-functional team, navigate technical and organizational complexity to drive planning, execution and land products.