Senior Technical Program Manager, Cloud AI, Security and Compliance

Google Inc.; Kirkland (WA); Hybrid; USD 192,000 - 278,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision plan

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Sick time

Maternity Leave

Baby Bonding Leave

13 paid holidays

Job summary

Google seeks a Senior Technical Program Manager for Cloud AI Security and Compliance. You will own security programs across AI releases, define roadmaps, and partner with product, engineering, and legal teams to deliver compliant GenAI features.

We're seeking deep technical depth, strong program management, and the ability to influence stakeholders without direct authority. This role emphasizes risk mitigation, data privacy, and regulatory alignment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in program management.
• Experience with AI/Cloud security principles, compliance frameworks (e.g., SOC 2, ISO 27001, FedRAMP, GDPR), data protection, and security architecture in Large Language Models (LLMs) and Generative AI release cycles.
• Experience establishing and tracking KPIs for security posture, audit readiness, compliance coverage, and risk mitigation effectiveness.
• Experience with AI principles and translating security policy, legal, and regulatory requirements into technical strategies and engineering solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex, multi-disciplinary engineering projects from planning to release.
• Define security roadmaps, prioritize compliance features, and drive AI security initiatives.
• Partner with product, engineering, legal/compliance, and leadership to align workstreams and milestones.
• Provide clear status updates to leadership and stakeholders and advocate for security practices and KPIs.
• Navigate evolving regulatory landscapes and drive risk mitigation across GenAI security programs.

Skills

AI security

Cloud security

Compliance frameworks

Data protection

Security architecture

Governance & risk

Threat modeling

Regulatory knowledge

Stakeholder management

Job description

Senior Technical Program Manager, Cloud AI, Security and Compliance

Advanced

Experience owning outcomes and decision making, solving ambiguous problems and influencing stakeholders;deep expertise in domain.

In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
• Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
• Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
• Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
• Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
• Holidays: 13 paid days per year

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Sunnyvale, CA, USA; Kirkland, WA, USA.

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in program management.
• Experience with AI/Cloud security principles, compliance frameworks (e.g., SOC 2, ISO 27001, FedRAMP, GDPR), data protection, and security architecture in Large Language Models (LLMs) and Generative AI release cycles.
• Experience establishing and tracking KPIs for security posture, audit readiness, compliance coverage, and risk mitigation effectiveness.
• Experience with AI principles and translating security policy, legal, and regulatory requirements into technical strategies and engineering solutions.

Preferred qualifications:

• 8 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
• Experience managing enterprise customer security and compliance expectations and establishing best practices for secure AI deployment in enterprise environments.
• Experience working with AI security posture management, data privacy controls, threat modeling, vulnerability assessments, and AI regulatory compliance frameworks.
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional engineering, policy, and research teams without direct authority.
• Demonstrated track record of managing security and compliance work streams, mitigating emerging AI risks, and driving alignment across rapidly evolving regulatory landscapes.

About the job

Google's projects, like our users, span the globe and require managers to keep the big picture in focus while being able to dive into the unique engineering challenges we face daily. As a Technical Program Manager at Google, you lead complex, multi-disciplinary engineering projects using your engineering expertise. You plan requirements with internal customers and usher projects through the entire project lifecycle. This includes managing project schedules, identifying risks and clearly communicating them to project stakeholders. You're equally at home explaining your team's analyses and recommendations to executives as you are discussing the technical trade-offs in product development with engineers.

Using your extensive technical and leadership expertise, you manage projects of various size and scope, identifying future opportunities, improving processes and driving the technical directions of your programs.

Join our Cloud AI team and shape the future of AI development.

As a Technical Program Manager (TPM) for Security and Compliance, you will guide the delivery of AI security, compliance, data privacy, and regulatory initiatives for Generative AI products. You will partner with product managers, engineers, legal/compliance teams, and leadership to define security roadmaps, prioritize compliance features, implement regulatory controls, and drive complex AI security projects to successful release.

In this role, you will navigate a changing environment where your technical depth, security expertise, and program management directly influence Google’s AI security and compliance strategy. If you are passionate about data privacy and compliance in AI, skilled at managing complex security programs, and ready to go deep technically on threat modeling, regulatory frameworks, and risk mitigation, we want to hear from you.

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

US: $192000 - $278000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google .

• Navigate organizational complexity as an innovative thinker with exceptional problem-solving skills and deep domain knowledge to lead GenAI security and compliance efforts, spanning data privacy, regulatory frameworks, security standards, and risk management.
• Manage security and compliance programs with technical and product understanding, applying program management expertise to GenAI contexts while providing thought leadership on Artificial Intelligence (AI) security standards and risk management.
• Manage end-to-end life cycles of AI security and compliance initiatives, from requirement gathering, threat modeling to risk assessment, audit readiness, and security control.
• Partner with engineering, compliance, legal, and product teams to define workstreams, risk mitigation plans, and compliance certification milestones. Drive alignment on industry standards across all stakeholders.
• Provide clear project status updates to leadership and partners. Advocate for security practices, compliance evaluation methodologies, and KPIs for risk mitigation and regulatory readiness.

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