Technical Program Manager III, Network Deployment Optimization, Cloud Networking

Google•Austin, TX

2h•$163,000 - $236,000

About The Position

As a Technical Program Manager at Google, you will lead complex, multidisciplinary projects from start to finish, working with stakeholders to plan requirements, identify risks, manage schedules, and communicate with cross-functional partners. The role calls for explaining analyses and recommendations to executives and discussing technical tradeoffs with engineers. As a DCNet Delivery Technical Program Manager, you will oversee major deployment programs and work with partner groups to create and achieve strategic business goals. You will organize teams, establish clear roles and responsibilities, and manage capacity deliverables, plans of record, and schedules across the global network delivery organization to meet Google's needs. The role requires an engineering mindset, strong communication and leadership, comfort with ambiguity, and a focus on improving process and technology maturity. You will advocate for greater program efficiency and ways to scale the team of program managers. The AI and Infrastructure team delivers AI and infrastructure capabilities at scale for Google customers, Googlers, and users worldwide.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.
5 years of experience in program management.
Experience with data center or networking deployments.
Experience working with data analytics tools and reporting platforms.

Nice To Haves

5 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
Co-location and large-scale data center operational experience.
Familiarity with network planning and engineering, including data center network engineering in complex environments.
Strong foundational knowledge of data networking architectures and physical network components.

Responsibilities

Understand partner-team dependencies, constraints, designs, and forecasting mechanisms that affect the business by engaging early and often and collaborating on process improvements.
Manage capacity deliverables, plans of record, and schedules across Global Network Delivery.
Work with planning to understand the plan of record and ensure dependent projects start in time to support downstream schedules.
Review key program metrics, monitor potential deviations, and define corrective actions for critical deviations.
Drive root-cause corrective actions and recommend ways to prevent known issues from recurring and constraining capacity.