Technical Program Manager, Facility Readiness, Data Center Operations

Google•Kirkland, WA

20h•$163,000 - $236,000

About The Position

A problem isn’t truly solved until it’s solved for all. That’s why Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe. As a Technical Program Manager at Google, you’ll use your technical expertise to lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish. You’ll work with stakeholders to plan requirements, identify risks, manage project schedules, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company. You're equally comfortable explaining your team's analyses and recommendations to executives as you are discussing the technical tradeoffs in product development with engineers. As a Technical Program Manager at Google, you will lead multi-disciplinary projects. You will plan requirements with internal customers and usher projects through the entire lifecycle. This includes managing schedules, identifying risks and communicating goals to project stakeholders. Your projects will span offices, time zones and hemispheres, and will keep all the players coordinated on the project's progress and deadlines. In this role, you will design, develop, and launch a new global program to accelerate data center turnover from construction to operations. The process must be built upon a culture of respect, empowerment, data, and speed. Once up and running, you will engage in the process daily to ensure it's operating smoothly, support high-priority decisions, illuminate gaps, and drive process improvements. You will also leverage your skills to help facilitate individual site, regional, and global turnover decisions by breaking them down into smaller pieces.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
5 years of experience in program management.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Management, Data Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
8 years of experience in program management at data centers, manufacturing, oil and gas, or other 24x7 operations.
Experience supporting teams to deliver projects in a constantly evolving environments.
Experience with process documentation, process mapping, and workflow improvements.
Excellent problem-solving and advanced data analytics skills.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and launch a new program to help construction teams turnover data centers.
Foster optimization and speed while collecting, analyzing, and visualizing the data needed to drive the program forward.
Standardize issue mitigation, issue remediation, and risk management plans. Understanding what level of infrastructure will be available at turnover and ensure the process scales with the future growth of the business.
Engage and obtain input from our operational leaders to ensure we are making well informed decisions. Maintain relationships with our partner organizations to ensure they are actively participating, engaged, and involved early and often.
Drive standardization and consistency across global processes to ensure uniform decision making.