Technical Program Manager, Technical Excellence, Physical Security

Google LLC; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 99,000 - 111,000; Full time

Job summary

Google LLC is seeking a Technical Program Manager for Data Center security across EMEA/APAC. You will lead multi-disciplinary projects from design through deployment, coordinating with engineers, security leads, and operations to meet requirements and manage risks.

The role emphasizes governance of standards, design-exceptions, and scalable dashboards, with opportunities to influence global security programs and minimize downtime across live sites.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical, engineering, security management, or business field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience managing physical security technology projects from design through deployment and commissioning.
• 3 years of experience in technical program management leading cross-functional teams in a global or regional environment.

Responsibilities

• Own the lifecycle, governance, and regional adaptation of global physical security standards across EMEA and APAC.
• Lead change management and design-exception governance across regions, ensuring design variances and hardware choices meet security baselines.
• Partner with engineering and tooling teams to deploy dashboards, CAD/BIM workflows, and QA tools.
• Enable large-scale brownfield security upgrades and technology refresh initiatives across live sites with zero downtime.

Skills

Technical program management

Cross-functional collaboration

Security systems knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Job description

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Dublin, Ireland; Amsterdam, Netherlands; London, UK.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical, engineering, security management, or business field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience managing physical security technology projects (such as enterprise access control, CCTV, intrusion detection systems, and physical barriers) from design through to deployment and commissioning.
• 3 years of experience in technical program management leading cross-functional teams in a global or regional environment, specifically within logistics, warehousing, or industrial settings.

Preferred qualifications

• 5 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
• Experience managing security designers and partnering with architects & engineers to drive excellence in the design process.

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.

The Data Center team designs and operates some of the most sophisticated electrical and HVAC systems in the world. We are an upbeat, creative, team-oriented group of engineers committed to building and operating powerful data centers.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

Ireland: €118000 - €120000 (EUR) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Netherlands: €130000 - €133000 (EUR) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Responsibilities

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• Own the lifecycle, governance, and regional adaptation of global physical security standards, master specifications and reference design templates across EMEA and APAC regions.
• Lead technical change management and design-exception governance across EMEA and APAC, ensuring proposed design variances, alternate hardware selections, and phased turnover postures maintain rigorous security and audit baselines.
• Partner with engineering and tooling teams to deploy and scale digital tracking dashboards, CAD/BIM design-validation workflows, and automated quality-assurance tools.
• Partner with global program leads and regional operations teams to scope and enable large-scale brownfield security upgrades and technology refresh initiatives across live operational sites with zero unplanned downtime.

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