Senior Leadership Technical Program Manager

Google • Mountain View, 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 Technical Program Manager for Google Home's Horizontal Programs, we are looking for a strategic leader responsible for driving complex, cross-cutting engineering initiatives that underpin the entire home ecosystem. This will mean operating at a macroscopic level, leading foundational programs, such as Engineering Velocity, Quality initiatives, Policy and Compliance, Release Management, and Operations that span Gemini For Home, Google Home App, Home Platform, devices and our infrastructure. The Google Home team focuses on hardware, software and services offerings for the home, ranging from thermostats to smart displays. The Home team researches, designs, and develops new technologies and hardware to make users’ homes more helpful. Our mission is the helpful home: to create a home that cares for the people inside it and the world around it.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience in program management.
• 7 years of experience in leadership roles with/without direct reports.

Nice To Haves

• 10 years of experience managing cross-functional/team projects.
• Excellent thought leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead a strategic planning framework for a complex program portfolio that directly influence resourcing decisions and planning cadence.
• Establish a reliable and visible cadence for program reviews, decision-making, and prioritization across the home organization.
• Drive measurable improvements in engineering velocity and resource stewardship.
• Lead a governance structure that drives effective executive decision-making for high-stakes launches and cross-PA initiatives.
• Ensure dependencies within home and wider Google teams are effectively exposed and mitigated.
• Responsible for initiating and leading the organization through pivots needed to address shifts in business trends, such as the transition to an AI-first, agentic home strategy.
• Serve as a highly credible thought leader within Google and the industry on operationalizing complex technology shifts, establish high-velocity program governance, and drive measurable organizational excellence in the major AI-driven pivots.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior