Technical Program Manager, Assurance, Risk, and Compliance

Google; Germany (OH); On-site; USD 120,000 - 123,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is hiring a Technical Program Manager for Assurance, Risk, and Compliance. You will lead cross-functional programs, coordinate audits, and translate global risk controls into local execution across Germany. Strong communication and stakeholder management are essential for success in a fast-paced environment.

Experience with government/regulatory interactions, risk management, and audit is required. The role offers market-competitive compensation and a path to impact at a global tech

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience in program or project management.
• Experience interacting with government and regulatory bodies.
• Experience in compliance, risk management, audit, and communication strategy.
• Experience managing multiple workstreams.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate proactive assurance programs, manage localized external audits, and translate global risk/compliance frameworks into localized execution.
• Coordinate the regional assurance calendar; facilitate testing by 1LoD to validate control effectiveness outside audits.
• Manage specialized risk and compliance programs for country-level mandates with precise local execution.
• Partner with 1LoD site leads to address control gaps before audit findings occur.
• Translate master policies into actionable steps ensuring site-level testing is practical.

Skills

Program/Project management

Government/regulatory engagement

Compliance

Risk management

Audit

Communication strategy

Managing multiple workstreams

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Technical Program Manager, Assurance, Risk, and Compliance

Mid

Experience driving progress, solving problems, and mentoring more junior team members; deeper expertise and applied knowledge within relevant area.

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Hanau, Germany.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience in program or project management.
• Experience interacting with various government and regulatory bodies.
• Experience in areas such as compliance, risk management, audit, communication strategy.
• Experience managing multiple workstreams.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in areas like large scale program management, compliance, assurance, risk management, audit, communication strategy, and PgM generalist work.
• Experience and confidence in interacting with various government and regulatory bodies.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and workstreams in a fast paced environment.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills, with the ability to construct, articulate and defend simple and impactful messages/insights from complex analysis.

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.

Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We're proud to be our engineers' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.

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

Germany: €104000 - €106000 (EUR) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate proactive assurance programs, manage localized external audits, and translate global risk/compliance frameworks into localized execution.
• Coordinate the regional assurance calendar. Facilitate proactive testing by the 1LoD to validate control effectiveness outside of formal audit cycles.
• Manage and drive specialized risk and compliance programs dedicated to highly specific country-level mandates, ensuring precise local execution.
• When localized assurance testing reveals a control gap or an unmitigated risk, partner directly with 1LoD site leads to flag and implement a practical fix before it becomes an audit finding.
• Translate master global policies into actionable steps for the 1LoD, ensuring testing rubrics are physically executable for sites facing bespoke local mandates.

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