Technical Program Manager, Field Integration and Assembly, Data Center Operations

Socket.dev; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 138,000 - 197,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Technical Program Manager to lead complex, multi-disciplinary data center construction projects from start to finish. You will plan requirements, identify risks, manage schedules, and communicate clearly with executives and engineers across teams.

Using extensive technical and leadership expertise, you will develop prefabrication execution strategies and work packages for North American data centers, aligning internal teams and external vendors to scale repeatable processes

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in a technical field.
• 2 years of experience in program management.
• 2 years of experience managing multi-group, multi-disciplinary construction projects and designs.
• Experience creating prefabrication work packages for construction.

Responsibilities

• Provide oversight and support of team initiatives and goals. Develop charters, work with internal stakeholders on strategies and objectives, establish success criteria, and align resources and schedules to achieve the objectives.
• Support the development of prefabrication execution strategies and advanced work packaging initiatives for North American data center construction, partnering with internal teams and external vendors to scale consistent, repeatable processes.
• Manage project progress, risks, and mitigations throughout development and execution, independently analyzing complex construction challenges and communicating timely updates to leadership.
• Gather internal requirements and deliver end-to-end customer solutions from construction to deployment, while engaging with supply chain partners to resolve challenges and scale industry best practices across the data center portfolio.
• Resolve critical issues to protect project timelines and costs, driving consensus and compromise across matrixed partner organizations.

Skills

Program management

Construction project management

Prefabrication work packages

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Job description

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience in program management.
• 2 years of experience managing multi-group, multi-disciplinary construction projects and designs.
• Experience creating prefabrication work packages for construction.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience working with electrical and mechanical infrastructure systems or large-scale mission critical facilities.
• Experience with productivity tracking, budget and schedule management, and earned value reporting.
• Experience breaking down electrical and mechanical design into work packages.
• Experience constructing technical facilities.

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.

Using your extensive technical and leadership expertise, you will manage projects of various size and scope, identifying future opportunities, improving processes and driving the technical directions of your programs.

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.

US: $138000 - $197000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities:

• Provide oversight and support of team initiatives and goals. Develop charters, work with internal stakeholders on strategies and objectives, establish success criteria, and align resources and schedules to achieve the objectives.
• Support the development of prefabrication execution strategies and advanced work packaging initiatives for North American data center construction, partnering with internal teams and external vendors to scale consistent, repeatable processes.
• Manage project progress, risks, and mitigations throughout development and execution, independently analyzing complex construction challenges and communicating timely updates to leadership.
• Gather internal requirements and deliver end-to-end customer solutions from construction to deployment, while engaging with supply chain partners to resolve challenges and scale industry best practices across the data center portfolio.
• Resolve critical issues to protect project timelines and costs, driving consensus and compromise across matrixed partner organizations.