Program Manager III, Automation & Ads Strategy

Socket.dev; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 159,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus target (15%) equity

Job summary

Google Ads Program Manager leads complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish, coordinating with engineering, product, UX, gTech and Sales to plan requirements, manage schedules, identify risks and communicate progress across offices and time zones.

You will drive key business outcomes, partner with cross-functional leaders to manage dependencies and build executive-level dashboards that accelerate decision velocity. Individual pay is determined by experience and education.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in program or project management.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional technical and business stakeholders to drive planning and project execution.
• Experience in stakeholder negotiation and utilizing issue tracking or task management software (e.g., Jira, Asana, Trello, or equivalent tools).

Responsibilities

• Drive the end-to-end definition, creation, and execution of strategic and feature planning, collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders to prioritize initiatives and ensure unified planning.
• Analyze product and engineering inputs during project scoping to understand broader implications, uncover dependencies, and drive shared OKRs across partners (e.g., legal, privacy, UX, sales, and engineering productivity).
• Represent the technical aspects of the program, solution implications, and execution sequencing to leadership and executive audiences through clear roadmaps, program plans, and scaled communications.
• Establish and execute necessary programs, strategic one-off projects, and internal operational processes at scale to enable team success and ensure seamless intersection with overall program leadership.
• Develop dashboards and reporting mechanisms that deliver actionable insights, providing strategic oversight and accelerating decision velocity for the team.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder negotiation

Jira/Asana/Trello usage

Communication

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Jira

Asana

Trello

Job description

Google Ads Program Manager leads complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish, coordinating with engineering, product, UX, gTech and Sales to plan requirements, manage schedules, identify risks and communicate progress across offices and time zones.

You will drive key business outcomes, partner with cross-functional leaders to manage dependencies and build executive-level dashboards that accelerate decision velocity. Individual pay is determined by experience and education.