Technical Program Manager, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)

Google; Southwestern Ontario; On-site; CAD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Technical Program Manager to lead complex, multi-disciplinary engineering projects from requirements through lifecycle. You will plan requirements with internal customers and communicate risks and trade-offs to executives and engineers alike.

In this role, you will manage engineering-specific programs and teams, influencing priorities and delivering scalable processes across the Google Cloud organization to support global growth.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field is required.
• 8 years of experience in Technical Program Management, Program Management, or a related domain.
• 8 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
• 8 years of leadership experience with direct reports.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of TPgMs, guiding career development, coaching, mentoring and identifying growth opportunities.
• Drive cross-functional programs across large work groups spanning multiple teams and proactively manage stakeholders.
• Collaborate with leadership on program decisions including scope, requirements, staffing, planning and execution.
• Demonstrate strategic impact by building cross-functional tools and processes to improve operation efficiency and scale.
• Foster alliances with Program Manager functions to scale efforts across the organization.

Skills

Technical Program Management

Cross-functional leadership

People leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Job description

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field.
• 8 years of experience in Technical Program Management, Program Management or a related domain.
• 8 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
• 8 years of experience in leadership role(s) with direct reports.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with Product Trust, Security, Reliability and Resilience programs, Disaster Recovery.
• Expertise navigating competing technical priorities and programs.
• Basic understanding of Machine Learning or Artificial Intelligence concepts.
• Ability to translate technical program details into executive-level summaries.
• Ability to influence across a cross-functional organization.

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 various Engineering-specific programs and teams.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of ATS TPgMs. Guide their career development, coach, mentor and identify opportunities for exciting career challenges.
• Drive cross-functional programs in large work groups that span multiple teams and proactively manage stakeholders through communication and alignment.
• Collaborate with leadership in key program decision making - including scope definition, requirements gathering, staffing, planning and execution of programs.
• Demonstrate strategic impact by developing cross-functional tools and processes to transform the operation and effectiveness of the organization. Streamline processes and drive improvements to deliver scale and efficiency.
• Collaborate and build alliances with Program Manager functions across the organization, sharing knowledge and experience to scale efforts.