Senior Technical Program Manager, Partners and Content Verticals, Search

Google; New York (NY); On-site; USD 192,000 - 278,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager for the Search Verticals Partners and Content team. You will drive cross-functional delivery across engineering, product, gTech, and business development to scale content acquisition, integration, and partner enablement.

You will lead multi-quarter initiatives powering verticals such as Travel and Local, ensuring high-quality data and timely delivery. The role requires ownership, ambiguity resolution, and stakeholder influence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in program management.
• Experience managing cross-functional projects.

Responsibilities

• Direct end-to-end portfolio execution and metrics alignment with priorities.
• Translate high-level vision into scalable delivery frameworks with predictable timelines.
• Identify dependencies, regulatory constraints, and bottlenecks with escalation paths.
• Refine go-to-market strategies and cultivate a high-impact partner pipeline.
• Drive cross-functional consensus while leveraging AI to accelerate workflows.

Skills

Outcomes ownership

Decision making

Stakeholder influence

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Tools

AI tools

Job description

Senior Technical Program Manager, Partners and Content Verticals, Search

Advanced

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

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Cambridge, MA, USA; New York, NY, USA.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in program management.

Preferred qualifications:

• 8 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
• Experience leveraging AI tools and technologies strategically to transform program workflows.

About the job

The Search Verticals (Known as the Real-world Journeys team internally) team's vision is to help people have more meaningful real world experiences. The partners and content team powers these experiences to help users decide what to do and how to do it from a wide variety of unstructured data sources and our deep vertical partner ecosystems. Content is a core differentiator for these experiences and is one of the main reasons that users love coming to Google to make their decisions about the real world.

Our content vision is to create a living mirror of the real world. Achieving this vision means users will share their deeper needs because they trust us to deliver on them and we can serve unspoken needs with something unexpected and delightful.

As a Technical Program Manager on Search Verticals Partners and Content, you will drive cross-functional delivery across engineering, product management, gTech, and business development to scale content acquisition, integration, usage and partner enablement.

You will lead multi-quarter initiatives ensuring high-quality, fresh partner and web data powers critical Search verticals including Travel and Local (e.g., Events, Things to Do, Local Services, Food).

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

• Direct end-to-end portfolio execution and standardize metrics (KPIs/OKRs), aligning team roadmaps and resource allocation directly with product area-level priorities.
• Translate high-level vision and ambiguous business challenges into structured, scalable frameworks with predictable delivery timelines.
• Identify systemic dependencies, regulatory constraints, and operational bottlenecks, establishing robust escalation pathways to safeguard milestones.
• Refine go-to-market strategies using execution feedback while actively identifying, qualifying, and cultivating a high-impact partner pipeline.
• Drive cross-functional consensus across matrixed teams while strategically leveraging AI tools to accelerate workflows in compliance with Google's AI principles.

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