Senior Technical Program Manager, Data Center Interconnects, Google Cloud

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.

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.

Responsibilities

• Lead a cross-functional team, spanning organizational levels and functional areas to develop and deliver optical and highspeed copper cable system solutions from inception to production.
• Set the vision and direction for a program by outlining goals and objectives, evaluating and supervising multiple projects, organizing cross-project work within the program, and defining program controls/governance/standards.
• Engage with engineering directors, product leaders and other Technical Program Manager (TPM) groups, to streamline processes, simplify execution, manage OKRs, release on time, bring tooling for efficiencies and help the teams you are engaged with in execution.
• Develop and prepare project documentation, process maps, presentations and tracking reports to provide detailed schedule and current status of each project.
  
• Use technical judgment to drive project delivery, technology reviews, challenge proposals and build consensus.
  

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in program management.
• Experience in optical design.
  
• Experience with system architecture for data center equipment (e.g., servers, switches, CPUs/accelerators, racks, PCIe, and tray-to-tray interconnects).

Preferred qualifications:

• Advanced degree in Physics Electrical Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 8 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
• Experience in program management of hardware or system integration projects.
  
• Experience in optical and high speed communication systems and corresponding components.
  
• Engagement with director level executives, with proven experience in executive-level communication.
  
• Familiarity with various optical and electrical devices (lasers, modulators, high speed copper cable , passive devices, etc.), and corresponding dev cycle (including reliability/quality aspects).