Technical Program Manager II, Compute Resource Planning, Google Research

Google Inc.; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 138,000 - 197,000; Full time

Job summary

Google Inc. Research in Mountain View is seeking a Technical Program Manager II to lead compute resource planning and quota allocation across research verticals. You will partner with researchers, engineers, and PARMs to plan requirements, identify risks, and maintain schedules.

The role requires a technical degree and PM experience; you will develop data-backed forecasts, dashboards, and automation to optimize compute ROI.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience in program management.
• Experience with capacity planning.
• Experience with Data Analysis.

Responsibilities

• Run recurring compute planning and quota cycles for Research verticals, aligning with milestones.
• Collect and analyze compute demand signals from Research and Engineering teams.
• Design and maintain SQL dashboards to track pool utilization and capacity.
• Collaborate with SRE and Software Eng to automate resource management tooling.
• Serve as liaison between Researchers, PARMs, and infra partners on capacity and maintenance.

Skills

Capacity planning

Data Analysis

Cross-functional project management

SQL

Dashboard development

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Tools

Kubernetes

Dashboard tooling

Job description

Technical Program Manager II, Compute Resource Planning, Google Research

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

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• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience in program management.
• Experience with capacity planning.
• Experience with Data Analysis.

Preferred qualifications:

• 2 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
• Experience querying structured datasets using SQL and developing operational dashboards for reporting and metrics tracking.
• Experience with compute resource provisioning, capacity allocation, or job scheduling/queueing systems.
• Experience working with large-scale distributed computing systems, container orchestration, or cluster scheduling environments (e.g., Kubernetes).
• Experience translating ambiguous stakeholder capacity requests into structured allocation models and data-backed forecasts.
• Experience driving process improvements and workflow automation across technical and research engineering teams.

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 Research advances the state-of-the-art in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence to power Google's current and future products. Within Research, the Compute Planning Strategy & Operations (CPSO) team enables seamless scientific discovery and high-performance computing by delivering scalable compute resource infrastructure, automated allocation platforms, and capacity planning frameworks for researchers across Alphabet.

CPSO is Google Research’s compute resource management team. We drive research forward through automated, friction-free compute stewardship, ensuring resources are collaboratively planned, equitably allocated, and efficiently run. By pairing data-driven planning with operational and infrastructure optimizations, we maximize compute Return on Investment (ROI) and accelerate research velocity.

As a Technical Program Manager within the Research CPSO team, you will independently manage compute demand signaling, quota allocation cycles, and resource utilization for assigned Research verticals. Operating with minimal day-to-day supervision on a 1–2 quarter horizon, you will bridge the gap between Research Scientists, Engineering Leads, Product Area Resource Managers (PARMs), and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE).

Google Research addresses challenges that define the technology of today and tomorrow. From conducting fundamental research to influencing product development, our research teams have the opportunity to impact technology used by billions of people every day.

Our teams aspire to make discoveries that impact everyone, and core to our approach is sharing our research and tools to fuel progress in the field -- we publish regularly in academic journals, release projects as open source, and apply research to Google products. 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

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• Run recurring compute resource planning and quota allocation cycles for assigned Research verticals, aligning capacity with research project milestones.
• Gather and analyze inorganic and organic compute demand signals from Research and Engineering teams, establishing data-backed growth forecasts and resource prioritization models.
• Design, automate, and maintain SQL-based dashboards and alerting systems (e.g., Plx/Dashboards) to track pool utilization, quota headroom, and capacity efficiency.
• Leverage AI and partner with Software Engineer and SRE teams to set up and enhance automated resource management tooling, optimizing scheduler queues to eliminate manual allocation workflows.
• Act as the primary operational liaison between Research Scientists, PARMs, and infrastructure partners, facilitating proactive communication on capacity availability and maintenance schedules.

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