Strategy and Operations Program Manager, Data Center and Delivery Engineering

Google; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 132,000 - 189,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonus target 15%

Benefits

Job summary

Google’s Data Center and Delivery Engineering StratOps team in San Francisco is seeking a Program Manager to lead complex, multi-disciplinary initiatives from start to finish, coordinating with stakeholders, planning requirements, managing schedules, and communicating progress across offices and time zones.

You will own analytical programs such as headcount modeling and capacity planning, collaborating with Finance, HR, and DCDE leadership; travel up to 30% may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of program or project management experience.
• 2 years in management consulting, construction management, operations, business analytics, or related function.
• 2 years of experience with SQL, spreadsheet modeling, and data visualization tools (Looker/Tableau) for business planning/forecasting.

Responsibilities

• Identify and structure critical business problems and deliver high-impact recommendations.
• Own the DCDE Headcount Model and align forecasting with Finance, HR, and DCDE leadership.
• Coordinate data pipelines, model enhancements, and automated reporting with central teams.
• Deliver capacity reporting, org health metrics, and executive dashboards.
• Manage planning syncs and cross-pillar communications to improve workforce planning.

Skills

Program/Project management

Cross-functional experience

SQL

BI tools (Looker/Tableau)

Experience in consulting/analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

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: Sunnyvale, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience in program or project management.
• 2 years of experience in management consulting, construction management, operations, business analytics, or a related function.
• 2 years of experience with SQL (querying structured datasets), spreadsheet-based modeling (e.g., Sheets), data visualization tools (e.g., Looker, Tableau, or similar BI platforms) for business planning, forecasting, or financial analysis.

Preferred qualifications

• MBA, Master's degree or PhD in a Management field with an emphasis on Construction, Business Operations, and Strategy.
• 2 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
• Data driven problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify key challenges, gather and analyze large complex data sets to support hypotheses and develop actionable recommendations.

About The Job

A problem isn't truly solved until it's solved for all. That's why Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe. As a Program Manager at Google, you'll lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish - working with stakeholders to plan requirements, manage project schedules, identify risks, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company. Your projects will often span offices, time zones, and hemispheres. It's your job to coordinate the players and keep them up to date on progress and deadlines.

Reporting to Data Center and Delivery Engineering (DCDE) StratOps Lead, you will own analytical programs including headcount modeling, capacity planning, and organizational analytics.

Your projects often span offices, time zones, and hemispheres, and it is your job to keep all active players coordinated on progress, schedules, risks, and deadlines.

In this role, you will engage with leaders to design well-constructed analyses, developing decision support models (such as resource and headcount modeling, growth analysis, and metrics) that unlock strategic and tactical insights through key performance indicators and targets. Working cross-functionally with Analysts, Operations, Engineers, and Team Leaders, you will deliver innovative, actionable recommendations.

You will have five or more years of relevant experience, is comfortable operating in a high-paced, changing environment, and can navigate ambiguity while managing multiple functions efficiently. This position requires strong communication, analytics, and organization skills to build partnerships across Google Data Centers (GDC) and Technical Infrastructure (TI), and includes travel up to thirty percent of the time as required.

The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what's possible. We empower Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users worldwide.

We're the driving force behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our cutting-edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more.

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

US: $132000 - $189000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

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Responsibilities

• Identify and structure critical business problems, distilling complex data into core issues and actionable, high-impact recommendations.
• Own the DCDE Headcount Model, aligning staffing ratios and Annual Operating Plan (AOP) forecasting methodologies with Finance, HR, and DCDE leadership.
• Partner with central DCData-AI to coordinate data pipelines, model enhancements, and automated reporting infrastructure.
• Deliver capacity reporting, organizational health metrics, and executive operational dashboards to translate complex data into actionable insight.
• Manage recurring planning syncs and cross-pillar communications to maintain accurate resource plans through organizational changes and implement process improvements to reduce reporting toil, enhance data quality, and accelerate workforce planning cycles.

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.