Cloud Databases TPM: Drive Large-Scale DB Programs

Google; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 192,000 - 278,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off 20 days/year

Sick time 40 hours/year

Maternity leave 28-30 weeks

Baby bonding leave 18 weeks

Holidays 13 days/year

Job summary

Google is seeking a Technical Program Manager (TPgM) to lead complex, cross-functional database projects. You will coordinate with Engineering, Product, and TPM leadership to define scope, milestones, and execution frameworks, ensuring delivery excellence across distributed teams.

You will engage with executives, shape roadmaps, and communicate trade-offs clearly while driving improvements in launch readiness, metrics, and governance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in technical program management or engineering leadership, delivering distributed systems or enterprise infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Define program scope with leadership to drive on-time, scalable delivery of large-scale database systems.
• Architect and scale execution frameworks, metrics, and governance to improve velocity and accuracy.
• Manage cross-functional dependencies, trade-offs, and risks across distributed database teams.
• Drive alignment among exec stakeholders, product managers, and engineering leads with data-driven updates.
• Identify gaps and drive improvements in product lifecycles and multi-team integrations.

Skills

Leading large programs

Executive communication

Distributed systems

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelors in CS or related field

Tools

Spanner

AlloyDB

Cloud SQL

Bigtable

Job description

Google is seeking a Technical Program Manager (TPgM) to lead complex, cross-functional database projects. You will coordinate with Engineering, Product, and TPM leadership to define scope, milestones, and execution frameworks, ensuring delivery excellence across distributed teams.

You will engage with executives, shape roadmaps, and communicate trade-offs clearly while driving improvements in launch readiness, metrics, and governance.