Technical Program Manager II, AI Tools and Design, Android Auto

Google; Kirkland (AL); On-site; USD 138,000 - 197,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Job summary

Google's Android Auto team seeks a Technical Program Manager to lead complex, multi-disciplinary initiatives from requirements to release. You will partner with engineers, product stakeholders, and automotive partners to plan, schedule, and communicate tradeoffs across the organization.

This role focuses on driving AI process innovation in engineering workflows, deploying AI tools, prompts, and telemetry to scale triage and improve release readiness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience in program management.
• Experience integrating generative AI tools or designing LLM interfaces into workflows.
• Experience with software engineering.

Responsibilities

• Establish new programs and investigate problems that may require complex solutions.
• Provide leadership and partnership with technical leads to deliver related projects.
• Establish new processes, identify systemic problems and recommend solutions.
• Provide reporting and KPIs.

Skills

Program management

AI/LLM integration

Software engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Tools

SQL

Data Visualization

Job description

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 2 years of experience in program management.
  
• Experience integrating generative AI tools or designing Large Language Model (LLM) interfaces into workflows.
• Experience with software engineering.

Preferred qualifications:

• 2 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
• Experience writing SQL queries and utilizing data visualization tools to monitor system-wide performance.
• Experience with large-scale system architecture and hardware-software ecosystem management.
• Experience with automotive product life-cycle.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

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.

Android Auto is bringing the magic of Google into automotive. We are available in cars worldwide and projecting to grow by leaps and bounds this year in terms of features and user base. This role is at the center of the ecosystem of Android, phone manufacturers, automakers, and partners. If you like interesting problems in the growing connected mobile ecosystem and being empowered to fix them while improving the lives and safety of millions of users, this is the role for you.

In this role, you will be responsible for driving operational excellence, and ensuring our technical products adhere to the highest standards of quality and system performance. You will guide AI process innovation across our engineering workflows, advocating and deploying AI-driven tools, prompts, and automated telemetry systems to scale triage, accelerate root-cause resolution, and build the next generation of release readiness operations.

Automotive industry executives say there will be more change in their business in the next 5 years than they have seen in the last 50 years. The Android Auto team collaborates with vehicle manufacturers to develop and deliver on this massive opportunity, building on a proven embedded platform to create a leading Assistant-powered, navigation, entertainment, and communication vehicle system, which will be delivered to specialized people-moving devices.

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.

Android Auto is bringing the magic of Google into automotive. We are available in cars worldwide and projecting to grow by leaps and bounds this year in terms of features and user base. This role is at the center of the ecosystem of Android, phone manufacturers, automakers, and partners. If you like interesting problems in the growing connected mobile ecosystem and being empowered to fix them while improving the lives and safety of millions of users, this is the role for you.

In this role, you will be responsible for driving operational excellence, and ensuring our technical products adhere to the highest standards of quality and system performance. You will guide AI process innovation across our engineering workflows, advocating and deploying AI-driven tools, prompts, and automated telemetry systems to scale triage, accelerate root-cause resolution, and build the next generation of release readiness operations.

Responsibilities

• Establish new programs and be able to in depth search into problems that may require complex solutions.
• Provide visible leadership and partnership with technical leads in order to deliver a family of related projects.
• Establish new processes, identify systemic problems and recommend solutions.
• Provide reporting and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).