Technical Program Manager, Google Play Developer

Google Inc.; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Technical Program Manager for Google Play Developer in London. You will lead complex, multi-disciplinary programs, plan requirements, identify risks, and communicate with cross-functional partners.

The role emphasizes coordinating across engineering, product, and executives to align on trade-offs and roadmap priorities. You will drive governance, leverage AI to streamline workflows, and foster global collaboration across time zones and teams to deliver high-impact

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years in program management.
• Experience in predictive risk management, resource estimation, and global stakeholder steering.
• Experience navigating engineering orgs with dependencies and cross-site partners.
• Experience managing dependencies across a global stack.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate cross-office, cross-time-zone projects with aligned progress.
• Partner with engineering and product leads to accelerate execution of high-priority initiatives.
• Oversee portfolio planning, Roadmap/OKR planning, milestones, and software schedules.
• Advocate AI best practices to automate workflows and reduce toil.
• Architect scalable processes and governance to reduce complexity and improve communication.

Skills

Program management

Risk management

Resource estimation

Stakeholder alignment

Cross-site collaboration

Dependencies management

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Job description

Technical Program Manager, Google Play Developer

Share Technical Program Manager, Google Play Developer

corporate_fare Google place London, UK

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in program management.
  
• Experience in program management, including predictive risk management, resource estimation, and global stakeholder steering.
• Experience navigating engineering organizations with dependencies and cross-site partners.
• Experience navigating engineering scope, assessing feasibility, and managing dependencies across a global stack.

Preferred qualifications:

• Proven track record of managing portfolio planning and roadmap prioritization, ensuring alignment between engineering, product, and executive North Star metrics
• Proficiency in leveraging AI tools and frameworks to automate workflows, enhance data-driven decision-making, and accelerate program execution.
• Strong negotiation skills with the ability to drive consensus across organizational boundaries and reach agreement on product direction.
• Exceptional leadership and communication skills, with a proven ability to translate complex technical trade-offs for executive audiences and align stakeholders.

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.

Making the world's information universally accessible and useful doesn't stop at the desktop. The Mobile team builds tools to get you the information you need no matter where you are. Android has become the world's most popular mobile ecosystem, powering billions of devices, from smartphones to tablets, watches to TVs and everything in between. Whether adding to the core Android experience, forging new markets for digital content, creating immersive and portable versions of our products or managing relationships with a global community of developers, the Mobile team is giving you Google on the go.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate projects that span offices, product areas, and time zones, ensuring all players are aligned on progress and deadlines.
• Partner with engineering and product leads to accelerate organizational execution and drive high-priority initiatives.
• Manage the organization’s portfolio planning and prioritization, drive Roadmap/Objectives and Key Results (OKR) planning, milestones, and software schedules in partnership with Product, UX and Engineering.
• Advocate the use of AI best practices and tools to automate workflows, reduce manual toil, and improve overall program efficiency.
• Architect scalable processes and introduce governance frameworks to reduce organizational complexity and improve global communication.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See also Google's EEO Policy , Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal , Belonging at Google , and How we hire .

Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.

Equity is granted exclusively and discretionarily by Alphabet Inc. on the basis of an agreement concluded between you and Alphabet Inc. Alphabet Inc. is your sole contractual partner with respect to equity grants. GSU grants are not guaranteed, are discretionary, are subject to approval by the Alphabet Inc. board of directors or its delegate, the terms of the relevant Alphabet Inc. stock plan, and your grant agreement. They have no impact on statutory payments. Current or past grants do not confer an acquired right.