Manager, Technical Program Management, AI Studio and Gemini API

DeepMind•Mountain View, CA

1d•$227,000 - $320,000

About The Position

The role of the Technical Program Management Team is to organize and enable our research teams to be the best at what they do and to make fast-paced progress towards our mission. We continually pursue scalable and sustainable ways to optimize research, striving to ensure we cultivate an environment where people can be both highly collaborative and deeply creative, making responsible and pioneering research progress at pace. We build strong relationships with teams, bringing clarity to ambiguity and providing stability during change. Our program management skills help us tackle even the most complicated projects. By working hand-in-hand with researchers and engineers, we're constantly deepening our technical skills and making sure our work is always moving us closer to our mission. About us Artificial Intelligence could be one of humanity’s most useful inventions. At Google DeepMind, we’re a team of scientists, engineers, machine learning experts and more, working together to advance the state of the art in artificial intelligence. We use our technologies for widespread public benefit and scientific discovery, and collaborate with others on critical challenges, ensuring safety and ethics are the highest priority. The role As the Technical Program Management Lead for AI Studio and Gemini API, you will build and lead a high-performing team in a fast-paced environment characterized by continuous launches and a startup-like culture. You will be the strategic partner accountable for bridging cross-functional silos, accelerating the developer feedback loop, and ensuring the success of features and events. You must be AI-native, comfortable navigating extreme ambiguity, and capable of providing stability during rapid scaling. You’ll collaborate deeply with researchers, engineers, and product leadership to drive our mission-critical AI-first architecture.

Requirements

Technical degree or advanced working knowledge.
Industry experience to partner on technical strategy.
Extensive knowledge and expertise in technical program management with the proven skill to navigate through ambiguity and adjust and adapt plans and strategies as project conditions change.
Ability to quickly learn new technical domains, gaining sufficient working knowledge to understand the challenges and risk while balancing perspective and holding a broader view of trade offs and opportunities.
Experience partnering with teams in fast-paced environments to drive large-scale program delivery from concept to completion, leading through multiple evolutions along the way.
Demonstrated ability to prioritize, adapt to change, and provide flexible thought partnership in a rapidly evolving landscape. Openness to each month looking different to the last.
Experience in partnering with senior engineering/research leadership and bringing straightforward solutions to complex spaces, both interpersonal and technical.
Excellent communication skills, ability to develop meaningful relationships with key partners and use this to influence action and outcomes.
Desire to continue hands on delivery contributing to the most critical technical challenges.
You are demonstrably passionate about advancing AI.
Proven experience in building and leading technical teams within a startup or high-growth environment.
AI-native mindset with the ability to thrive in a culture of "agentic" excitement and constant innovation.
Experience in a similar role within the AI/ML fieldExperience in a fast-paced environment such as a startupExperience working in a Program Management Office or similar function

Responsibilities

Bring clarity to ambiguity: partner with researchers & engineers to turn open research questions into clear milestones and actionable plans
Steer goal setting processes
Track, report & drive the most critical project dependencies, with an awareness of downstream dependencies
Build, maintain and grow relationships with key stakeholders across the program
Partner with multiple senior stakeholders across the organization, adapting your approach accordingly.
Share critical information with key decision makers and influence positive outcomes.
Ensure information is flowing through your programs, keeping leads, team members and partners up to date.
Own and drive critical internal processes, such as the weekly AI Studio KR reviews, ensuring high accountability and strategic alignment across all objectives.
Build and mentor a team of TPMs, managing their growth and aligning their efforts with 2026 strategic priorities.
Accelerate the 3P developer feedback loop and oversee key workstreams like Auth, Billing, and technical strategy for Gemini API.