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’s network provides services to billions of Internet users around the world. The North and South America WAN Capacity Infrastructure team is responsible for the design and on time delivery of optical network infrastructure around the worldwide data center footprint. We focus relentlessly on guaranteeing availability and reliability at scale. We deliver business generating capacity and services at industry-leading intervals. Simply put - we enable the world’s imagination with dependable, universal connectivity.
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.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.US: $138000 - $197000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
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Responsibilities
- Understand partner team dependencies, constraints, designs, and forecast mechanisms that impact the business by engaging early and often, collaborating on process improvements and communication.
- Program manage the delivery of network infrastructure projects involving long haul dark fiber, metro fiber, leased capacity/circuits, and inside plant fiber from inception through delivery.
- Collaborate with Cloud and networking technical teams to intake, analyze and develop cost and executable plans for Cloud networking requests.
- Lead company-wide strategic network initiatives from concept to plan definition and hand-off to execution teams by refining large-scale ambiguous projects to well defined problems, processes, and solutions.
- Plan requirements with internal customers and usher projects through the entire project lifecycle.
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 2 years of experience in program management.
- Experience in cloud technology or AI/ML technologies.
- Experience with data centers, networking, or telecommunications.
Preferred qualifications:
- 2 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
- Experience in the delivery of telecommunications fiber routes, planning space/power, or capacity infrastructure.