Technical Program Manager, AI Sovereign Cloud Expansion Leader

Google; Kirkland (WA); On-site; USD 240,000 - 333,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision, life insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off: 20 days/year

Sick time: 40 hours/year (Seattle: 69)

Maternity leave: 28-30 weeks

Baby bonding leave: 18 weeks

13 paid holidays

Job summary

Google is seeking a Technical Program Manager to lead AI Sovereign Cloud Expansion efforts from Kirkland, WA. You will own large, multi-team programs, plan requirements, identify risks, and communicate tradeoffs to executives and engineers.

This advanced role requires 10+ years in technical program management, experience with hyperscale cloud deployment, and strong data-driven business judgment to measure success and drive customer‑centric outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience in technical program management.
• 10 years of experience managing execution of programs that span across multiple engineering teams.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering, or a Master's degree or PhD.
• Sovereign cloud buildout and hyperscale data center deployment experience, leading programs for scaling cloud expansion while ensuring unparalleled customer experience.
• TPM people management skills and experience.
• Understanding of AI and Cloud infrastructure, platforms, services development, and experience with the latest AI chips and roadmaps.
• Strong business acumen using data modeling to construct analysis, identify business improvement opportunities, measure success, and communicate with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Drive a portfolio of large, complex AI and Cloud Expansion programs, identifying opportunities to increase expansion scale and speed by 10X while securing necessary investments.
• Coordinate a set of technical and non-technical stakeholders to streamline region buildouts, automate capacity delivery, and establish milestone reporting processes.
• Collaborate with product and engineering leaders to meet business objectives, effectively resolving or escalating issues to ensure on‑time program delivery.
• Maintain an up-to-date view of program health and implement systematic methods to track status, manage risks, and ensure overall success.
• Create and implement new processes and tooling designed specifically to reduce operational toil for both engineering teams and customers.

Skills

Program management

Stakeholder management

Ambiguity handling

Cross-team coordination

Decision making

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering

Master's degree or PhD

Job description

Technical Program Manager, AI Sovereign Cloud Expansion Leader

Location: Kirkland, WA, USA; Seattle, WA, USA; +2 more; +1 more.

Advanced

Experience owning outcomes and decision making, solving ambiguous problems and influencing stakeholders; deep expertise in domain.

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

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

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience in technical program management.
• 10 years of experience managing execution of programs that span across multiple engineering teams.

Preferred qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering, or a Master's degree or PhD.
• Sovereign cloud buildout and hyperscale data center deployment experience, leading programs for scaling cloud expansion while ensuring unparalleled customer experience.
• TPM people management skills and experience.
• Understanding of AI and Cloud infrastructure, platforms, services development, and experience with the latest AI chips and roadmaps.
• Strong business acumen using data modeling to construct analysis, identify business improvement opportunities, measure success, and communicate with stakeholders.

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 Technical Program Manager at Google, you'll use your technical expertise to lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish. You'll work with stakeholders to plan requirements, identify risks, manage project schedules, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company. You're equally comfortable explaining your team's analyses and recommendations to executives as you are discussing the technical tradeoffs in product development with engineers.

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is changing the way the world uses cloud computing by exposing our infrastructure and solutions to companies of all sizes, everywhere. The Cloud Foundations Organization (CF) is a GCP product area with a mission to delight customers through the world's most innovative and trusted cloud infrastructure and solutions, powered by AI.

This role is part of the AI and Cloud Expansion Technical Program Manager (TPM) team, a cross-functional team working closely with data center, capacity, services, and other product and engineering teams, as well as with customers and business teams to deliver and drive scale and efficiency of AI and Cloud expansion programs globally. We are looking for a TPM who has in-depth experience with hyperscale cloud regions, data centers, strategic cloud capacity, cloud customer requirements, and cloud infra technical program management.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting‑edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

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

US: $240000 - $333000 (USD) + 25% bonus target + equity + benefits

Responsibilities

• Drive a portfolio of large, complex AI and Cloud Expansion programs, identifying opportunities to increase expansion scale and speed by 10X while securing necessary investments.
• Coordinate a set of technical and non-technical stakeholders to streamline region buildouts, automate capacity delivery, and establish milestone reporting processes.
• Collaborate with product and engineering leaders to meet business objectives, effectively resolving or escalating issues to ensure on‑time program delivery.
• Maintain an up-to-date view of program health and implement systematic methods to track status, manage risks, and ensure overall success.
• Create and implement new processes and tooling designed specifically to reduce operational toil for both engineering teams and customers.

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