Technical Program Manager II, Network Infrastructure, Google Cloud

Google•Addison, TX

1d•$138,000 - $197,000

About The Position

As a Technical Program Manager at Google, you will use technical expertise to lead complex, multidisciplinary projects from start to finish. You will work with stakeholders to plan requirements, identify risks, manage schedules, and communicate with cross-functional partners. The role calls for communicating analyses and recommendations to executives and discussing technical tradeoffs with engineers. The position is part of the North and South America WAN Capacity Infrastructure team, which designs and delivers optical network infrastructure for Google's worldwide data center footprint. The team focuses on availability and reliability at scale, and delivers capacity and services. As part of Google's Technical Infrastructure team, the role contributes to the data centers, platforms, and networks that support Google's products.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.
2 years of experience in program management.
Experience in cloud technology or AI/ML technologies.
Experience with data centers, networking, or telecommunications.

Nice To Haves

2 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
Experience delivering telecommunications fiber routes, planning space and power, or capacity infrastructure.

Responsibilities

Understand partner team dependencies, constraints, designs, and forecast mechanisms that affect the business by engaging early and often, collaborating on process improvements and communication.
Program manage network infrastructure projects involving long-haul dark fiber, metro fiber, leased capacity or circuits, and inside-plant fiber from inception through delivery.
Collaborate with Cloud and networking technical teams to intake and analyze Cloud networking requests and develop cost-effective, executable plans.
Lead company-wide strategic network initiatives from concept through plan definition and hand-off to execution teams, refining ambiguous large-scale projects into well-defined problems, processes, and solutions.
Plan requirements with internal customers and guide projects through the entire project lifecycle.