Principal/Director, Technical Program Manager, AI Infrastructure Transformation

Google•San Jose, CA

7d•$281,000 - $391,000

About The Position

As Principal Technical Program Manager, you will drive complex technical initiatives, including transforming Core and Google’s infrastructure for AI and Cloud, as well as Google’s AI transformation. As a senior individual contributor, you will apply technical program management expertise to navigate ambiguity and Google-scale organizational and technical complexity, turning strategic narratives into active engineering programs and successful product launches. You will serve as a trusted execution partner to senior business leaders in Core and work with senior engineering, product, and cross-functional leaders to shape technical direction, lead engineering delivery, and improve operational excellence. You will model strong technical program management practices and use AI to transform program leadership and your own workflows. The Core team builds the technical foundation behind Google’s flagship products. It owns and advocates for underlying design elements, developer platforms, product components, and infrastructure, building central solutions, removing technical barriers, and strengthening systems across Google’s products.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
15 years of experience in technical program management or engineering management.
5 years of experience as a practicing software engineer.
10 years of experience as a senior individual contributor, architect, or tech lead driving cross-functional initiatives without direct authority.
Experience establishing operational metrics, system availability standards, SLOs, and performance tracking frameworks for software products.

Nice To Haves

Experience as a software or ML engineer, with the technical credibility to earn the respect of senior technical leaders.
Experience building and driving adoption of internal developer platforms or horizontal services.
Experience in system architecture, software development, and infrastructure design.
Knowledge of large-scale distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and AI/ML pipelines, with the ability to translate complex requirements into scalable solutions.
Ability to lead large-scale organizational shifts in methodology or technical architecture.
Ability to thrive in highly ambiguous, fast-paced environments and drive clarity and execution from the ground up.
Outstanding written and verbal communication skills and excellent executive presence.

Responsibilities

Lead strategy, planning, and end-to-end delivery of initiatives spanning Core and product areas.
Take ownership of ambiguous, unprecedented “0 to 1” initiatives: define the problem space, secure cross-functional alignment, manage critical dependencies, and create roadmaps from scratch.
Identify and dismantle organizational silos and systemic friction points.
Design and deploy scalable workflows, prioritization frameworks, operational excellence practices, and continuous improvement processes to increase company-wide velocity.
Drive strategy, planning, and comprehensive deployment of cross-Core and cross-product initiatives, clarifying scope, aligning multiple teams, mitigating friction, and creating deployment plans from the ground up.
Collaborate with executive engineering and product leaders to establish architectural direction.
Design and execute scalable operational frameworks.
Develop transparent, analytical performance overviews, risk mitigations, and decision evaluations for program development.