AI Model Launch Technical Program Manager

DeepMind Technologies Limited; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 192,000 - 278,000; Full time

Job summary

DeepMind Technologies Limited in Mountain View, CA, seeks a Technical Program Manager to lead model launch initiatives for Gemini and GenMedia, coordinating across product, platform engineering, SRE, and research teams. You will own the end-to-end lifecycle from intake to general availability in a fast-paced environment.

This six‑month fixed-term role requires strong governance, cross-time-zone collaboration, and the ability to drive schedules, risk management, and executive updates to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in program management.
• Experience with AI/ML model launches, inference infrastructure, capacity planning, and Large Language Model (LLM) serving stacks like Gemini and GenMedia.
• Experience working effectively with distributed engineering, research, and product teams across multiple time zones.
• Proven ability to lead fast-moving launch programs and establish repeatable governance, tracking workflows, and executive reporting.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary liaison between model development, platform engineering, SRE, and product teams to align launch scope, schedules, dependencies, and readiness.
• Maintain model launch checklists and tracking hotlists across Engineering, SRE, and Safety teams to proactively unblock P0 bugs and mitigate technical risks.
• Partner with product teams and SREs to collect QPS forecasts, verify capacity provisioning, and coordinate pre-launch endpoint access.
• Lead launch war rooms and cross-team syncs, maintain the model launch roadmap, and deliver executive updates and post‑launch retrospectives to scale workflows.
• Own the end‑to‑end serving platform launch lifecycle for new Gemini and GenMedia LLMs across all milestones, from intake to general availability.

Skills

Program management

AI/ML launches

Cross-functional collaboration

Executive reporting

Launch governance

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Tools

Gemini

GenMedia

Job description

DeepMind Technologies Limited in Mountain View, CA, seeks a Technical Program Manager to lead model launch initiatives for Gemini and GenMedia, coordinating across product, platform engineering, SRE, and research teams. You will own the end-to-end lifecycle from intake to general availability in a fast-paced environment.

This six‑month fixed-term role requires strong governance, cross-time-zone collaboration, and the ability to drive schedules, risk management, and executive updates to