Senior Technical Program Manager I, Network Infrastructure Planning, Google Cloud

Google•Sunnyvale, CA

1d•$192,000 - $278,000

About The Position

As a Technical Program Manager on Google Cloud’s Network Planning team, this role enables data center networking deployments by coordinating end-to-end strategies across demand, supply, inventory, data center labor, and deployment planning. The position leads complex, multidisciplinary programs, working with stakeholders to define requirements, identify risks, manage schedules, and communicate with cross-functional partners, including executives and engineers. The successful candidate brings strong planning skills and an engineering mindset, communicates and leads effectively, and is comfortable navigating ambiguity and complexity while improving process maturity. The role may involve handling multiple programs at once and maintaining a strong customer focus. It contributes to the effectiveness of the network planning team and the broader network domain.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.
8 years of experience in program management.
Experience with supply or demand planning, such as demand forecasting, inventory management, or resource allocation.
Experience working with data analytics tools and reporting platforms.

Nice To Haves

8 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
Experience with supply/demand planning and deployment planning in large-scale data center infrastructure, such as compute, storage, or networking, and networking experience.
Strong foundational knowledge of data networking architectures and physical network components.
Ability to lead and influence across multiple organizational levels, with experience leading cross-functional process improvement.

Responsibilities

Identify changes introduced by large-scale business initiatives, drive business requirements, and lead development and implementation with engineering teams.
Partner with cross-functional teams in deployments, supply chain planning, operations, and engineering to develop and lead programs that improve deployment velocity, inventory efficiency, and supply resiliency.
Develop and lead forums and reports with stakeholders and leaders to identify risks and delivery challenges requiring escalation, and highlight key milestones throughout planning and execution.
Define, track, and report key performance metrics; proactively raise issues to ensure on-time follow-through.
Identify continuous improvement areas based on metrics and work with engineering and systems teams to establish program roadmaps for delivering improvements.