Senior Technical Program Manager II, Foundational Enterprise Architecture Capabilities

Google Inc.; Austin, New York (TX, NY); On-site; USD 240,000 - 333,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager II to lead foundational EA capabilities within the Enterprise Product Strategy and Architecture team. You will co-author blueprints, drive standard architectures, and align systems with corporate standards while managing complex, multi-disciplinary projects.

You will own the establishing of foundational architectural capabilities, guide portfolio rationalization, and support strategic decision-making across all pillars, influencing executives

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience in program management.
• 8 years of experience leading cross-functional architectural initiatives.
• Experience designing and establishing an Enterprise Architecture Repository (e.g., LeanIX).

Responsibilities

• Serve as the dedicated primary architecture contact for one or more corporate engineering pillars.
• Establish a dynamic, centralized architecture repository and unify current/future state architectures.
• Lead application rationalization and portfolio strategies; identify duplicate systems and dependencies.
• Define and drive the Enterprise Architecture Toolkit and support the Enterprise Architecture Board.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

Program management

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder management

Architecture governance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

LeanIX

Job description

Senior Technical Program Manager II, Foundational Enterprise Architecture Capabilities

Advanced

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

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience in program management.
• 8 years of experience leading cross-functional architectural initiatives, managing technical communities, or aligning multiple business pillars.
• Experience designing and establishing an Enterprise Architecture Repository (e.g., LeanIX), and defining current state and future state architectures to serve as a unified technical baseline.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience designing, establishing, or contributing to an Enterprise Architecture Toolkit (standards, design patterns, approved technologies) that successfully balances robust governance with developer velocity and engineering freedom.
• Demonstrated experience with driving portfolio rationalization strategies across business units, including identifying redundant applications, mapping complex cross-pillar dependencies, and planning legacy asset decommissioning.
• Demonstrated history of influencing without authority, utilizing exceptional stakeholder management, active listening, and technical storytelling to align highly executive-level technical leaders toward shared standards.

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.

We are seeking a visionary, high-visibility Enterprise Architect to join the Enterprise Product Strategy and Architecture (EPA) team within Corporate Engineering, with a primary focus on owning and scaling our Foundational EA Capabilities. Operating as a strategic player-coach, you will own the establishing of foundational architectural capabilities, application portfolio strategies, supporting strategic decision making and driving the rationalization of Corporate Engineering's software landscape across all functional pillars.

At Corp Eng, we build world-leading business solutions that scale a more helpful Google for everyone. As Google’s IT organization, we provide end-to-end solutions for organizations across Google. We deliver the right tools, platforms, and experiences for all Googlers as they create more helpful products and services for everyone. In the simplest terms, we are Google for Googlers.

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

X Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Austin, TX, USA; New York, NY, USA; San Jose, CA, USA.

US: $240000 - $333000 (USD) + 25% bonus target + equity + benefits

• Serve as the dedicated primary architecture contact for one or more corporate engineering pillars. By partnering closely with pillar technical and engineering leaders, co-author technical blueprints, drive standard reference architectures across domains, and ensure their systems are aligned with broader corporate standards.
• Establish a dynamic, centralized architecture repository to map, maintain, and govern corporate engineering's technology landscape. Consolidate our current state and future state architectures into a unified technical baseline.
• Lead and drive application rationalization and application portfolio strategies. Leverage repository data to proactively identify duplicate systems, manage complex cross-pillar dependencies, and systematically eliminate legacy technical debt.
• Define, establish, and drive the adoption of the Enterprise Architecture Toolkit including core standards, reusable design patterns, approved technologies, and modern blueprints. Support the Enterprise Architecture Board (EAB) in strategic decision-making.

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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