Program Manager III, Supply and Demand Planning, Infrastructure Supply Chain

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

Job summary

Google is seeking a Program Manager in Sunnyvale to lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects across the supply chain for AI infrastructure. You will plan requirements, manage schedules, identify risks, and coordinate cross-functional partners across the company.

Your role spans multiple offices and time zones, ensuring timely progress and deadlines. The Infrastructure Supply Chain and Manufacturing Operations Group drives material flow, supplier evaluations, sourcing negotiations, and global

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Track supply delivery schedules and mitigate supply risks.
• Create supply/demand models with what-if analysis capabilities.
• Align material supply with demand forecasts at component level.
• Design, build, and maintain automated data pipelines and dashboards for real-time insights.
• Use SQL and Python to model supply scenarios and optimize cost-to-serve.

Skills

Program management

Supply chain planning

Data analytics

Reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SQL

Scripting

BI dashboards

Job description

Minimum qualifications:

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

Preferred qualifications:

• Certification in Supply Chain (e.g., APICS CPIM or CSCP).
• 5 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
  
• Experience in materials management within a high-volume, global hardware, or cloud infrastructure environment.
• Sheets/spreadsheet, SQL and scripting experience.
• Advanced technical skills for dashboard automation, including experience designing and deploying business intelligence dashboards using tools.

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.

The Infrastructure Supply Chain and Manufacturing Operations Group (ISM) aims to establish Google as the undisputed leader in AI/ML infrastructure by building the highest performance, most cost-effective, and most reliable AI/ML infrastructure on the planet. The team has end to end accountability for ingesting demand signals from the product area and then outputting TPU, GPU, Compute, Storage and machines. We are responsible for supplier technology evaluation and selection, strategic investments, sourcing negotiations and commercial agreements, supply operations and assurance, silicon quality assurance and Global Manufacturing operations.
As a Supply Chain Program Manager, you will drive the operational excellence and strategic planning for material flow supporting Google's critical technical infrastructure supply chain. You will be instrumental in ensuring the right materials are in the right place at the right time to meet complex, global production demands. This role requires a blend of supply and demand tracking, deep analytical excellence, and process optimization through dashboard automation.

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
Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities:

• Track supply delivery schedules, identifying and mitigating supply risks (e.g., component shortages, lead time changes).
• Create supply/demand models with what-if scenario analysis capabilities for our technical infrastructure server and intra-DC networking component deliveries.
• Drive key processes to align material supply with demand forecasts at a component level.
• Design, build, and maintain automated data pipelines and interactive dashboards (e.g., in dashboards or similar BI tools) to provide real-time, actionable insights into material availability, consumption rates, and risk exposure.
• Utilize advanced analytics (SQL, Python) to model supply scenarios, analyze cost-to-serve, and identify opportunities for optimization.