Staff Technical Program Manager, GeminiApp, DeepMind

Socket.dev; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 256,000 - 278,000; Full time

Job summary

Google in Mountain View, CA seeks a Technical Program Manager to lead multi-disciplinary engineering projects and coordinate with internal customers from requirements to delivery. You will plan schedules, identify risks, and communicate trade-offs to executives and engineers alike.

Using your deep technical and leadership experience, you will manage projects of varying size, identify opportunities, and push for process improvements that steer the technical direction of programs across teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in program management.
• 3 years of experience leading cross-functional programs.

Responsibilities

• Guide Gemini feature launches from conception to delivery.
• Partner with PMs and engineering leads to define product strategy and ensure execution.
• Navigate and resolve complex dependencies across workstreams and orgs.
• Guide engineering teams to identify, prioritize, and track tasks to hit deadlines.
• Identify and mitigate risks to keep projects on velocity.

Skills

8 years PM experience

Cross-functional leadership

Startup experience (preferred)

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Job description

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in program management.
• 3 years of experience leading cross-functional programs.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience working in a startup environment.
• Demonstrated experience launching features to consumers through frontend software development or backend platform development.
• Track record of collaborating with and influencing stakeholders across various functions and sites, especially in situations with little authority and considerable ambiguity.

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.

Artificial intelligence will be one of humanity’s most transformative inventions. At DeepMind, we are a pioneering AI lab with exceptional interdisciplinary teams focused on advancing AI development to solve complex global challenges and accelerate high-quality product innovation for billions of users. We use our technologies for widespread public benefit and scientific discovery, ensuring safety and ethics are always our highest priority.

We are pushing the boundaries across multiple domains. Our global teams offer diverse learning opportunities and varied career pathways for those driven to achieve exceptional results through collective effort.

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

US: $256000 - $278000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google

https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Guide critical Gemini feature launches, driving progress from conception to delivery.
• Forge close partnerships with program manager and engineering leads to defining product strategy and ensuring precise execution.
• Navigate and resolve complex dependencies acrossworkstreams, functions, and organizations.
• Guide engineering teams in identifying, prioritizing, and tracking tasks to meet key deadlines.
• Identify and mitigate risks, implementing solutions to keep projects on velocity.