Senior Technical Program Manager, Edge Technologies

Socket.dev; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 192,000 - 278,000; Full time

Job summary

Google’s Technical Program Manager role in Sunnyvale leads complex, multi-disciplinary initiatives from concept to delivery. You’ll plan requirements, identify risks, manage schedules, and communicate across executives and engineers in a fast-paced AI and Infrastructure team.

The role emphasizes collaboration with Networking Technologies and Edge engineering to craft long-term strategy, drive NPIs, and ensure reliable, scalable infrastructure for global services across Google Cloud and beyond.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in program management.
• Experience managing the delivery of network technologies or services within network environments (e.g., service provider, enterprise, or cloud networks).

Responsibilities

• Identify and initiate New Product Introductions (NPIs) in response to opportunities and needs, acting as the catalyst for gaining support and driving them to completion.
• Collaborate with Google Networking Technologies (GNT) and Edge engineering teams to develop and articulate long-term strategy and short-term plans, creating roadmaps, engaging teams and engineers, and setting the development pace for software systems and infrastructure.
• Drive project delivery, technology reviews, guide technical proposals, and build consensus across cross-functional teams.
• Design and implement new process improvements and facilitate scaling for program teams. Contribute to improving Google's ability to deliver network capacity on time and with availability.
• Deliver cross-functional projects/programs, ensuring customer value and managing Edge programs that include new NPIs, Edge architecture, and features/functions to deliver new services.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional leadership

Strategic roadmapping

New Product Introductions (NPIs)

Network infrastructure knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent

Job description

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in program management.
• Experience managing the delivery of network technologies or services within network environments (e.g., service provider, enterprise, or cloud networks).

Preferred qualifications

• 8 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
• Experience with New Product Introductions (NPIs).
• Experience developing and influencing long-term strategy and product roadmaps for network infrastructure or software systems.
• Experience with network protocols and technologies common in service providers or enterprise edge networks (e.g., Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), Segment Routing, Software Defined Networking).

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 Technical Program Manager at Google, you’ll use your technical expertise to lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish. You’ll work with stakeholders to plan requirements, identify risks, manage project schedules, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company. You're equally comfortable explaining your team's analyses and recommendations to executives as you are discussing the technical tradeoffs in product development with engineers.

The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what’s possible. We empower Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users worldwide.

We're the driving force behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our cutting-edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more.

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.

Responsibilities

• Identify and initiate New Product Introductions (NPIs) in response to opportunities and needs, acting as the catalyst for gaining support and driving them to completion.
• Collaborate with Google Networking Technologies (GNT) and Edge engineering teams to develop and articulate long-term strategy and short-term plans, creating roadmaps, engaging teams and engineers, and setting the development pace for software systems and infrastructure.
• Drive project delivery, technology reviews, guide technical proposals, and build consensus across cross-functional teams.
• Design and implement new process improvements and facilitate scaling for program teams. Contribute to improving Google's ability to deliver network capacity on time and with availability.
• Deliver cross-functional projects/programs, ensuring customer value and managing Edge programs that include new NPIs, Edge architecture, and features/functions to deliver new services.