Staff Technical Program Manager, Release Operations Manager, Google Beam

Google; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 192,000 - 278,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) match

Paid time off

Sick time

Maternity leave

Baby bonding leave

Paid holidays

Job summary

Google Beam is seeking a Stability and Release Manager to drive software maturation and ensure high-quality releases across multiple stacks and form factors.

You will oversee testing, validation, and delivery, balancing quality with costs while coordinating with external OEMs and co-development partners to enable seamless product development.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in program management.
• 5 years in a leadership role (with or without reports).
• Experience testing software on custom hardware.
• Experience releasing OS and applications software.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality software to customers and partners.
• Maintain external relationships with key partners (OEMs, co-development).
• Enact a testing strategy balancing quality with resources.
• Optimize software delivery across locations and stacks.
• Lead a TPM team focused on release, testing, and fleet operations.

Skills

Program management

Leadership

Release management

Testing software

OS & application software

Vendor relations

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Tools

None

Job description

In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
• Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
• Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
• Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
• Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
• Holidays: 13 paid days per year

Applicants in San Francisco: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Mountain View, CA, USA; Seattle, WA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in program management.
• 5 years of experience in a leadership role with or without direct reports.
• Experience testing software on custom hardware.
• Experience with OS and applications software release management.

Preferred qualifications:

• 8 years of experience managing cross-functional or team projects.
• Experience scaling a custom hardware and software integrated product.
• Experience managing vendors and individuals who manage vendors.
• Experience maintaining working relationships with external partners (e.g., OEMs, software co-development).
• Experience with quality assurance (QA) and automated testing.

About The Job

As the Stability and Release Manager for Beam, you will drive the maturation of our product’s software, ensuring a high-quality experience before it reaches our end users. Leveraging your expertise in both OS and applications software, you will oversee timely, consistent releases across multiple software stacks and form factors. You will be responsible for the validation and testing of our software experience, maintaining our rigorous quality bar while effectively balancing resourcing costs. Your scope will include optimizing our on-the-ground fleet efforts and owning critical software delivery relationships with external OEMs and co-development partners to unlock seamless product development and delivery.

Google Beam is a true-to-life new communication technology from Google that allows people to feel like they’re having real face-to-face conversations, no matter the distance. Powered by realistic state-of-the-art 3D imaging and spatial audio and integrated with today’s leading remote video platforms, Google Beam enables you to be immersed in the moment, together. As a part of the Google Beam team, you'll work with incredible teammates across all major functions in a fast-paced product-oriented environment. Your contributions will have an impact on the future of communications with Google products. You will apply technology to solve that really important problem that we often want to be together and we can’t.

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

• Deliver software to customers and partners consistently and of high quality.
• Maintain and cultivate external relationships with key partners, owning software delivery and quality (e.g., OEMs, co-development partners).
• Enact a testing strategy across our software development process that maintains the highest quality bar while balancing resourcing costs.
• Optimize on-the-ground efforts across Google and partner locations to unlock software development and delivery.
• Manage a team of Technical Program Managers leading our release, testing, and fleet operations areas, cultivating this team to maximize their impact on the product.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.