Senior Technical Program Manager II, Strategic Operations, Data Center Planning

Google•Sunnyvale, CA

1d•$240,000 - $333,000

About The Position

As a Program Manager at Google, you will lead complex, multidisciplinary projects from start to finish, coordinating stakeholders to plan requirements, manage schedules, identify risks, and communicate progress and deadlines across cross-functional teams, offices, and time zones. In this role, you will join the Data Center Planning (DCP) leadership team and serve as a central coordinator for complex organizational priorities. You will manage critical escalations, drive cross-DCP alignment, and coordinate engagement across partner teams including Finance, Delivery, Efficiency, and Business Operations. You will work with executive stakeholders to navigate trade-offs, triage high-priority issues, align strategic roadmaps, and maintain clear operational communication. The position calls for broad cross-functional visibility and strategic operational expertise. You will diagnose processes, unblock dependencies, manage information flow, and establish operational frameworks to help the DCP ecosystem operate with agility, speed, and alignment. Individual pay is determined by job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. The listed US compensation is $240,000–$333,000, plus a 25% bonus target, equity, and benefits.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.
10 years of experience in program management.
Experience serving as a central liaison to coordinate multiple interdependent projects across cross-functional teams.
Experience managing escalations, including leading crisis resolution, mitigating risks, and facilitating executive-level decision-making.
Experience establishing business operations, performance metrics, and process improvements to streamline cross-functional workflows.

Nice To Haves

Experience managing process improvements, Lean Six Sigma certification (such as Green Belt or Black Belt), or Process Management experience.
Expertise engaging and aligning partner functions, including Finance, Delivery, Efficiency, Operations, and Engineering.
Ability to orchestrate multiple complex projects simultaneously while maintaining alignment across partner teams.
Initiative, planning, analytical, and people-management skills.
Strong project management, problem-solving, analytical, business judgment, and communication skills.
Track record of managing cross-functional projects or teams in a matrixed organization and delivering results that affect critical business objectives.

Responsibilities

Manage cross-DCP alignment and lead integrated planning cadences with Finance, Delivery, Efficiency, and Business Operations.
Serve as the central point of contact for operational escalations, route critical issues, align decision-makers, and unblock execution hurdles across teams.
Drive resource alignment and prioritize initiative pipelines to support organizational velocity and strategic priorities.
Establish cross-organizational strategic roadmaps, business metrics, and unified communication channels for transparent reporting.
Facilitate leadership decisions by analyzing cross-functional trade-offs and providing synthesized, data-driven recommendations.
Partner with cross-functional leadership to evaluate and optimize business processes and operational quality across the DCP ecosystem.
Orchestrate complex change initiatives and support organizational readiness and smooth adoption of operational transformations.