Senior Technical Program Manager, Trust Portfolio Lead, Search Intelligence

Google; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 192,000 - 278,000; Full time

Job summary

Google’s Search Intelligence (SI) team seeks a strategic Technical Program Manager (TPM) Portfolio Lead to advocate trust, safety, and neutrality for core Search and AI experiences. You will partner with a global TPM team and ~150 engineers, guiding four pillars from frontier AI to scalable, neutral feature rollouts.

You will drive ambitious goals, automate processes with AI tools, and enable tenfold velocity while safeguarding billions of user queries.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of program management experience.
• Experience managing technical programs in trust, safety, or security domains.
• Experience in horizontal portfolio management, including governing multiple program pillars.

Responsibilities

• Lead trust initiatives with ambitious, measurable goals and navigate ambiguity to deliver secure user experiences.
• Oversee and align the scope of several TPMs driving Trust priorities for cohesive execution.
• Partner with DeepMind, Platforms, and Verticals to scale compliance and Generative AI protections.
• Operationalize critical program execution while adapting priorities for rapid product velocity.
• Manage escalations with long-term preventative systems and workflows.

Skills

8 years PM exp

Trust/Safety/Security PM

Horizontal portfolio mgmt

Education

Bachelor's degree in technical field

Job description

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in program management.
• Experience managing technical programs in trust, safety, or security domains.
• Experience in horizontal portfolio management, including governing multiple program pillars.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in program management.
• Experience managing technical programs in trust, safety, or security domains.
• Experience in horizontal portfolio management, including governing multiple program pillars.

Preferred qualifications

• 8 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
• Experience with advanced stakeholder management especially quality and AI engineers.
• In depth quality experience (e.g., evaluations, prompting, AI stack) and has a deep understanding of GenAI modeling space.

About The Job

Google’s Search Intelligence (SI) team is seeking a strategic Technical Program Manager (TPM) Portfolio Lead to advocate trust, safety, and neutrality for our core Search and AI experiences. In this highly collaborative role, you will act as a thought partner and strategic program lead, setting ambitious, measurable goals and driving the execution of critical initiatives. Leveraging advanced AI tools and agentic solutions, you will automate processes and accelerate engineering velocity, transforming how we protect billions of daily user queries.

As the Portfolio Lead, you will oversee the Search Intelligence Trust portfolio, collaborating with a global team of TPMs across Zurich, Cambridge, and Mountain View, and partnering with an engineering organization of approximately 150 members alongside multiple Product Managers. Your responsibilities will span four key pillars: aligning trust requirements for frontier AI innovations, building scaled compliance protections in partnership with DeepMind, scaling operations for rapid and neutral feature rollouts, and managing critical escalations with long-term preventative strategies.

Additionally, you will identify opportunities to implement system-wide changes in collaboration with Search Platforms, Verticals, Core, and Trust and Safety. By transforming our horizontal capabilities, you will enable Google to launch Generative AI features with ten times the velocity and volume, securely protecting users while scaling product delivery. If you are a critical thinker and natural connector who thrives in a fast‑paced environment and is passionate about shaping the future of trusted information journeys, we invite you to help us deliver user experiences.

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

Responsibilities

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• Lead Search-wide trust initiatives by setting ambitious, measurable goals and navigating ambiguity to deliver secure user experiences.
• Oversee and align the scope of several specialized TPMs driving key Trust priorities to ensure cohesive execution.
• Partner cross-functionally with DeepMind, Platforms, and Verticals to scale compliance and Generative AI protections.
• Operationalize critical program execution while dynamically pivoting priorities to support rapid product velocity.
• Manage high-stakes escalations and incidents, implementing robust, long-term preventative systems and operational workflows.

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