Senior Program Manager, Operational Enablement and Governance, Google Search

Google LLC; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 188,000 - 274,000; Full time

Job summary

Google LLC is seeking a Senior Program Manager for Operational Enablement and Governance within Google Search. The role leads complex, cross-functional projects, coordinating requirements, schedules, risks, and executive communication across global teams.

You will drive portfolio activities, optimize resources, and implement end-to-end change management with a focus on scalable operational programs in a fast-paced, globally distributed environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent required.
• 8 years of program or project management experience.
• Experience managing extended workforce programs or vendor relationships.
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary engineering operations initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish with cross-functional partners.
• Plan requirements, manage project schedules, identify risks and communicate progress.
• Coordinate stakeholders across offices, time zones and hemispheres.
• Structure, scope and drive cross-organizational programs with change management.
• Align executive stakeholders to advance strategic program goals.

Skills

Program management

Vendor management

Cross-functional collaboration

Resource planning

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Senior Program Manager, Operational Enablement and Governance, Google Search

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• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in program or project management.
• Experience managing extended workforce programs or vendor relationships.
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary engineering operations initiatives, including resource management, planning, and programs.

Preferred qualifications:

• 8 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.

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 Search Engineering Operations team mission is to accelerate Search Engineering through effective outsourced programs.

As a Senior Program Manager (PgM) with Search Operations, you will lead complex, multi-disciplinary engineering operations initiatives, leveraging your functional expertise with a strong emphasis on resource optimization, strategic planning, and operational efficiency programs. You will proactively identify, organize, and guide portfolio activities and key stakeholders to deliver scalable operational solutions. You will scope, structure, and drive ambiguous cross-functional and cross-organizational programs, including executing end-to-end change management alongside cross-functional partners. Additionally, you will ensure alignment among executive stakeholders and bring deep domain expertise to advance strategic program goals.

In Google Search, we're reimagining what it means to search for information any way and anywhere. To do that, we need to solve complex engineering challenges and expand our infrastructure, while maintaining a universally accessible and useful experience that people around the world rely on. In joining the Search team, you'll have an opportunity to make an impact on billions of people globally.

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.

The Search Engineering Operations team mission is to accelerate Search Engineering through effective outsourced programs.

As a Senior Program Manager (PgM) with Search Operations, you will lead complex, multi-disciplinary engineering operations initiatives, leveraging your functional expertise with a strong emphasis on resource optimization, strategic planning, and operational efficiency programs. You will proactively identify, organize, and guide portfolio activities and key stakeholders to deliver scalable operational solutions. You will scope, structure, and drive ambiguous cross-functional and cross-organizational programs, including executing end-to-end change management alongside cross-functional partners. Additionally, you will ensure alignment among executive stakeholders and bring deep domain expertise to advance strategic program goals.

In Google Search, we’re reimagining what it means to search for information any way and anywhere. To do that, we need to solve complex engineering challenges and expand our infrastructure, while maintaining a universally accessible and useful experience that people around the world rely on. In joining the Search team, you’ll have an opportunity to make an impact on billions of people globally.

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

US: $188000 - $274000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google .

• Serve as a strategic thought partner to search operations leadership, advising on operational direction and leading supplier management.
• Engage and liaise with cross-functional senior leadership across Extended Workforce Solutions (xWS), Search Operations, GPO, Finance, and gTech to build alignment for strategic initiatives and serve as search operations.
• Drive operational excellence through regular reviews with product leadership, managing Search operations spend against budgets and identifying ongoing opportunities to support product area-wide priorities.
• Lead and enable vendor management teams with AI-first solutions to improve efficiency and effectiveness across core workstreams, including contracting lifecycles, purchase order and invoice management, and access management.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See also Google's EEO Policy , Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal , Belonging at Google , and How we hire .

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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