Senior Leadership Technical Program Manager, Strategic Sourcing Hardware

Google LLC•Sunnyvale, CA

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About The Position

Google's projects, like our users, span the globe and require managers to keep the big picture in focus while being able to dive into the unique engineering challenges we face daily. As a Technical Program Manager at Google, you lead complex, multi-disciplinary engineering projects using your engineering expertise. You plan requirements with internal customers and usher projects through the entire project lifecycle. This includes managing project schedules, identifying risks and clearly communicating them to project stakeholders. You're equally at home explaining your team's analyses and recommendations to executives as you are discussing the technical trade-offs in product development with engineers. Using your extensive technical and leadership expertise, you manage various Engineering-specific programs and teams. As a Senior Leadership Technical Program Manager, you will be crucial to powering Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) by developing and executing an intelligent, scalable, and resilient supply chain for its hardware foundation, which extends Google's infrastructure to customer data centers and edge locations. You will connect innovation to execution by leading the end-to-end global sourcing strategy, building trusted partnerships, and accelerating time-to-market for high-value Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) hardware (including Compute, Network, and Storage) and System Integration (SI) partners. This involves owning all commercial and contractual relationships with a strategic supplier portfolio, driving significant cost optimization, and actively mitigating critical supply chain risks to ensure secure, scalable, and sustainable distributed cloud deployments globally. 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.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
10 years of experience in Strategic Sourcing or Category Management within the technology or hyperscale industry.
10 years of experience in program management.
10 years of experience managing OEM partnerships (Compute, Networking, Storage) and system integration models.
7 years of experience in leadership role(s) with direct reports.
5 years of experience in leading contract negotiations, TCO modeling, and developing formal supply chain risk mitigation frameworks.

Nice To Haves

10 years of experience managing cross-functional/team projects.
Experience supporting the Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) ecosystem or similar highly customized, distributed, or hybrid cloud hardware deployment models.
Expertise in managing the complete hardware product lifecycle, including New Product Introduction (NPI) strategy, technology transition planning, and End-of-Life (EOL) management.

Responsibilities

Define and execute multi-year sourcing strategies for OEM hardware and System Integration (SI) partners, driving TCO optimization.
Own and lead high-value commercial negotiations (MSAs, pricing, capacity) with strategic suppliers.
Serve as the primary commercial owner for OEM/SI partners, fostering executive relationships and mitigating supply chain risks.
Partner with Engineering, Product, and NPI teams to translate technical needs into sourcing strategies and scale global integration capacity.
Manage supplier performance using KPIs/SLAs, lead QBRs, and ensure contractual adherence.