Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 10 years of experience in program management.
- 8 years of experience in Technical Program Management (TPM), focusing on cross-functional programs within data center or cloud infrastructure.
- 8 years of experience with data center network infrastructure and architecture.
- 8 years of experience in deploying, managing, and optimizing networks.
Preferred qualifications:
- Certification in program or project management (e.g., PgMP, PMP, SAFe), emphasizing organizational execution maturity.
- Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Networking Architecture, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience with data center networking architecture, operations, or peering (e.g., Fabric Technologies, Software Defined Networking (SDN), Network Automation).
- Experience in financial planning, budgeting, and resource allocation for multi-year technical programs with goals.
- Experience mentoring and leading junior Technical Program Managers or technical staff, contributing to the growth and establishment of program management practices.
- Track record of leading network-specific programs to enhance infrastructure availability, scalability, or performance.
About the job
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.
In this role, you will be responsible for initiating and driving complex, multi-year strategic programs within networking infrastructure, ensuring scalable execution and organizational alignment across the data center portfolio. You will possess deep technical judgment, exceptional stakeholder management skills, and an ability to translate long-term goals into actionable, high-impact technical platforms.
Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We're proud to be our engineers' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $227,000-$320,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.
Responsibilities
- Initiate and lead complex, multi-year strategic programs in networking infrastructure, defining project metrics and success criteria to ensure outcomes align with the long-term organizational strategy.
- Apply deep and broad technical knowledge and insightful understanding of engineering problems to make critical technical and business trade-offs and selections in high-scale networking domains.
- Establish organizations, systems, and processes that ensure reliable, repeatable, and scalable execution across a portfolio of strategic programs impacting infrastructure development and deployment.
- Manage cross-functional stakeholder relationships, negotiation, and conflict resolution across multiple Product and Engineering teams.
