Technical Program Manager II, Software Development, Chrome Browser

Google; Waterloo; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team as a Technical Program Manager at a leading tech company, where you will manage complex engineering projects that span the globe. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance product development and ensure timely project delivery. You'll leverage your technical expertise to drive improvements and innovations in software development processes, making a significant impact in creating user-centric solutions. If you're passionate about technology and enjoy leading teams to success, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 2 years of experience in program management.
• Experience managing software development programs.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional teams of developers and product managers.
• Design processes to increase development velocity and launch quality.
• Provide program management leadership for project portfolios.

Skills

Program Management

Software Development Management

Cross-Functional Team Leadership

Mobile Feature Development

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Job description

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

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience in program management.
• Experience managing software development programs for browsers or mobile applications.
  
  

Preferred qualifications:

• 5 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
• Experience with mobile feature development processes.
  
  

About The Job

Google's projects, like our users, span the globe and require managers to keep the big picture in focus while being able to dive into the unique engineering challenges we face daily. As a Technical Program Manager at Google, you lead complex, multi-disciplinary engineering projects using your engineering expertise. You plan requirements with internal customers and usher projects through the entire project lifecycle. This includes managing project schedules, identifying risks and clearly communicating them to project stakeholders. You're equally at home explaining your team's analyses and recommendations to executives as you are discussing the technical trade-offs in product development with engineers.

Using your extensive technical and leadership expertise, you manage projects of various size and scope, identifying future opportunities, improving processes and driving the technical directions of your programs.

As Technical Program Managers within the Chrome Browser team, you will provide program management partnership cross-functionally. You will lead, organize, and manage projects and programs, in collaboration with Development, Product, and User Experience leads, that drive business outcomes, while proactively developing systems to drive future optimizations.

Chrome is dedicated to building a better, more open web. We’re focused on making a better browser (on both desktop and mobile) to help users take advantage of all the web has to offer in a safe and secure way.Chrome is available across all major platforms — iOS, Android, Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome OS. We also built Chrome as an open source project so the entire web ecosystem could benefit from the latest innovations in speed, simplicity and security.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional teams of developers, product managers, and UX designers/researchers in executing projects and programs from concept to launch, including planning, tracking progress, identifying and resolving issues, and managing dependencies.
• Design and roll-out processes and tools to increase the velocity of development teams, and the quality of product launches.
• Provide program management leadership for the portfolio of priorities and establish effective partnerships cross-functionally.
• Deliver continuous and transparency to keep core team members aligned, and stakeholders informed.
• Leverage an understanding of mobile feature development to identify and build new operational improvements and processes.
  
  
  

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Project Management, Strategy/Planning, and Other

• Industries

  Information Services and Technology, Information and Internet

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