Senior Program Manager, Operational Enablement and Governance, Google Search

Google•Mountain View, CA

8d•$188,000 - $274,000

About The Position

The Search Engineering Operations team mission is to accelerate Search Engineering through effective outsourced programs. As a Senior Program Manager (PgM) with Search Operations, you will lead complex, multi-disciplinary engineering operations initiatives, leveraging your functional expertise with a strong emphasis on resource optimization, strategic planning, and operational efficiency programs. You will proactively identify, organize, and guide portfolio activities and key stakeholders to deliver scalable operational solutions. You will scope, structure, and drive ambiguous cross-functional and cross-organizational programs, including executing end-to-end change management alongside cross-functional partners. Additionally, you will ensure alignment among executive stakeholders and bring deep domain expertise to advance strategic program goals. In Google Search, we're reimagining what it means to search for information any way and anywhere. To do that, we need to solve complex engineering challenges and expand our infrastructure, while maintaining a universally accessible and useful experience that people around the world rely on. In joining the Search team, you'll have an opportunity to make an impact on billions of people globally.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
8 years of experience in program or project management.
Experience managing extended workforce programs or vendor relationships.
Experience leading multi-disciplinary engineering operations initiatives, including resource management, planning, and programs.

Nice To Haves

8 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.

Responsibilities

Serve as a strategic thought partner to search operations leadership, advising on operational direction and leading supplier management.
Engage and liaise with cross-functional senior leadership across Extended Workforce Solutions (xWS), Search Operations, GPO, Finance, and gTech to build alignment for strategic initiatives and serve as search operations.
Drive operational excellence through regular reviews with product leadership, managing Search operations spend against budgets and identifying ongoing opportunities to support product area-wide priorities.
Lead and enable vendor management teams with AI-first solutions to improve efficiency and effectiveness across core workstreams, including contracting lifecycles, purchase order and invoice management, and access management.