Senior Technical Program Manager, Strategic Infrastructure Planning Initiatives

This role is eligible for Google’s comprehensive benefits package, available to all US-based employees.

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
• Retirement: 401(k) with company match
• Paid time off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years
• Sick time: 40 hours/year (69 hours/year for Seattle), including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
• Maternity leave: 28–30 weeks (short-term disability + baby bonding)
• Baby bonding leave: 18 weeks
• 13 paid holidays per year

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• 8 years of experience in program management

Preferred Qualifications

• 8 years of experience managing programs in network infrastructure
• Experience translating multifaceted programs into actionable project milestones
• Proficiency using tools to manage complex dependencies and timelines
• Proven ability to validate data accuracy and evaluate solutions against strategic criteria
• Ability to identify delivery risks and lead stakeholders toward consensus
• Adept at overseeing multiple distinct workstreams with varying objectives

About the Role

A problem isn’t truly solved until it’s solved for all. 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.

The AI and Infrastructure team empowers Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability, and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users worldwide. We drive Google’s groundbreaking innovations, enabling the development of cutting-edge AI models, delivering computing power to global services, and providing platforms for developers to build the future. Teams work on TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, data center operations, systems research, and more.

Preferred working locations: Thornton, CO; Austin, TX; Kirkland, WA; Sunnyvale, CA.

Pay

US: $192,000 – $278,000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

Responsibilities

• Communicate complex strategic initiatives clearly to stakeholders, ensuring alignment through concise storytelling and actionable takeaways from technical discussions
• Drive cross-functional collaboration by setting unified objectives, timelines, and deliverables while proactively identifying and mitigating potential program roadblocks
• Synthesize disparate data sources into cohesive insights and recommended actions to provide material business value and strategic direction
• Assume end-to-end accountability for program outcomes, navigating ambiguity to mobilize teams and maintain progress with limited or vague direction
• Serve as the primary program liaison, delivering synthesized progress summaries and driving critical decisions to prevent delays in strategic initiatives