Senior TPM, Cloud & Storage Partnerships

NetApp, Inc.; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

NetApp, a leader in data storage and cloud solutions, seeks a Senior Technical Program Manager to orchestrate Google Distributed Cloud partnership efforts. You will translate partner priorities into executable engineering plans, manage cross-team delivery, and drive resolution for customer-impacting cases.

You will serve as a critical bridge between Google and NetApp engineering, aligning priorities with product management and ensuring clear ownership and accountability across infrastructure,

Qualifications

• 10–12+ years in technical program management or equivalent leadership of complex cross-organizational software programs.
• Serve as the primary liaison between Google and NetApp engineering, ensuring clear communication and follow-through on commitments.
• Own partner-facing program delivery for Google deliverables across NetApp products including infrastructure, Kubernetes/container storage, and object storage.
• Apply cloud and storage platform expertise to understand architecture, dependencies, and tradeoffs; facilitate discussions with architects and engineers.
• Track and manage incoming asks through the Product Variance Request (PVR) process with clear ownership and status.
• Drive prioritization with Google and NetApp counterparts balancing urgency, impact, capacity, and alignment.
• Partner with Product Management to translate partner asks into well-defined requirements and secure commitments.
• Build and maintain integrated program plans with milestones, dependencies, owners, and risks.
• Provide stakeholder tracking and executive-ready status reports on priorities and delivery timelines.
• Support cases and escalations affecting Google environments; coordinate cross-team resolution and root-cause analysis.
• Operate independently in a matrixed, partner-facing environment; escalate when decisions require leadership input.
• Adapt planning and rhythms to Agile, waterfall, or hybrid models as appropriate.
• Influence without direct authority across engineering, product, and support teams.

Responsibilities

• Translate partner priorities into actionable engineering plans and drive delivery to resolution.
• Triaging and tracking incoming asks through the PVR process from intake to release or resolution.
• Drive prioritization and align commitments across Google and NetApp counterparts.
• Collaborate with Product Management to translate partner asks into clear requirements and traceability.
• Build integrated program plans with milestones, owners, and risk mitigation.
• Provide updates to Google leadership and internal partners with status, risks, and timelines.
• Triage and resolve customer-impacting cases with cross-team coordination.
• Operate with strong judgment in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.

Skills

Partner liaison

Program delivery

Cloud storage

Stakeholder mgmt

Roadmap planning

Agile/Hybrid

Jira dashboards

Cross-org leadership

Escalation handling

Independent judgment

Education

BS/MS in CS/Engineering or related field

Tools

Jira

Job description

NetApp, a leader in data storage and cloud solutions, seeks a Senior Technical Program Manager to orchestrate Google Distributed Cloud partnership efforts. You will translate partner priorities into executable engineering plans, manage cross-team delivery, and drive resolution for customer-impacting cases.

You will serve as a critical bridge between Google and NetApp engineering, aligning priorities with product management and ensuring clear ownership and accountability across infrastructure,