Program Manager III, Network Planning, Cloud Infrastructure

Google LLC; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 159,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Google LLC in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking a Program Manager III for Network Planning within Cloud Infrastructure. You will lead complex, multi-disciplinary programs spanning requirements, schedules, risks, and cross-functional coordination across offices and time zones.

The role emphasizes ownership of end-to-end lifecycle, data-center deployment planning, and strong communication, with a focus on delivering scalable network solutions and improving deployment velocity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in program or project management.
• Experience with supply or demand planning.
• Experience with data analytics tools and reporting platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex, multi-disciplinary programs from start to finish with cross-functional partners.
• Plan requirements, manage project schedules, identify risks, and communicate progress.
• Coordinate across offices/time zones to ensure on-time delivery.
• Connect demand, supply, inventory, and deployment planning to drive program outcomes.
• Develop metrics and reports to track program success.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional collaboration

Planning experience

Data analytics familiarity

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Program Manager III, Network Planning, Cloud Infrastructure

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• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 5 years of experience in program or project management.
• Experience with supply or demand planning (e.g., demand forecasting, inventory management, resource allocation, etc.).
• Experience working with data analytics tools and reporting platforms.

Preferred qualifications:

• 5 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
  
• Experience with supply/demand planning, material planning, data center infrastructure, or capital investment decision making.
• Experience in managing technical programs with hardware teams.
• Ability to take accountability and ownership for end-to-end project lifecycle.

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 Program Manager at Google, you’ll lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish — working with stakeholders to plan requirements, manage project schedules, identify risks, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company. Your projects will often span offices, time zones, and hemispheres. It's your job to coordinate the players and keep them up to date on progress and deadlines.

As part of the Network Planning team, you will be responsible for enabling various data center networking deployments by working with cross functional teams to develop end to end strategies that connect our demand, supply, inventory, data center labor and deployment planning. Your role will directly enable improving effectiveness of network planning team and overall network domain.

This role requires an individual to leverage strategic and end to end thinking. Successful individuals in this role have strong planning backgrounds with an engineering mindset, while being expert communicators and leaders. They are comfortable with ambiguity and complexity, yet strive to increase maturity in processes. They also have the ability to handle multiple programs at the same time while being highly customer focused.

Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We're proud to be our engineers' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.

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

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 Program Manager at Google, you’ll lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish — working with stakeholders to plan requirements, manage project schedules, identify risks, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company. Your projects will often span offices, time zones, and hemispheres. It's your job to coordinate the players and keep them up to date on progress and deadlines.

As part of the Network Planning team, you will be responsible for enabling various data center networking deployments by working with cross functional teams to develop end to end strategies that connect our demand, supply, inventory, data center labor and deployment planning. Your role will directly enable improving effectiveness of network planning team and overall network domain.

This role requires an individual to leverage strategic and end to end thinking. Successful individuals in this role have strong planning backgrounds with an engineering mindset, while being expert communicators and leaders. They are comfortable with ambiguity and complexity, yet strive to increase maturity in processes. They also have the ability to handle multiple programs at the same time while being highly customer focuse

Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We're proud to be our engineers' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.

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

US: $159000 - $230000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

• Identify changes introduced by large scale business initiatives, drive business requirements and lead development/implementation with engineering teams to successfully land the programs.
• Partner with cross functional teams in deployments, supply chain planning, operations and engineering to identify, develop and lead large scale programs that improve our deployment velocity, inventory efficiency and supply resiliency.
• Develop and lead new forums, reports with key stakeholders and leaders to identify and flag risks, delivery challenges that need escalation, and highlight achievement of key milestones throughout the planning and execution cycles.
• Define, track and report on key performance metrics and raise issues proactively to ensure on-time follow-through.
• Define continuous improvement areas based upon metrics and work with engineering/systems team to establish program roadmaps to deliver the improvements.

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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.

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