Technical Program Manager II, Network Demand Planning, Cloud Infrastructure

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

Job summary

Google is seeking a Technical Program Manager in Sunnyvale, CA to lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish. You’ll plan requirements, identify risks, manage schedules, and communicate with cross-functional partners across the company.

You are equally comfortable explaining analyses to executives as discussing tradeoffs with engineers. The Supply Chain Planning (SCP) organization enables Google’s data center growth through AI-powered planning, driving forecasting and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience in program management.
• Experience with supply or demand planning (e.g., forecasting, inventory management).
• Experience with data center or networking infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Lead the monthly S&OP process to define and publish data center network hardware requirements, ensuring global demand is met for our machine learning deployments. Leverage upstream signals and engineering inputs to generate precise short- and long-term demand plans for networking infrastructure.
• Optimize inventory health balancing safety stock, costs, and product lifecycle transitions to maximize delivery reliability while minimizing E&O exposure.
• Work with partner teams in supply chain and procurement to track supply commits and provide supply response to upstream deployment teams and assess business impact.
• Facilitate cross-functional reviews to analyze supply-demand scenarios, driving critical prioritization and allocation decisions during supply constraints to minimize business impact.
• Drive business impact by improving forecast accuracy, inventory health, and E&O management. Optimize material spend, Cost of goods sold (COGS), and gross margins to ensure product success and operational efficiency.

Skills

Program management experience

Supply/demand planning

Data center networking infrastructure

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.
• Experience with supply or demand planning (e.g., demand forecasting, inventory management, resource allocation, etc.).
• Experience with data center or networking infrastructure.

Preferred qualifications:

• 5 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
• 5 years of experience with supply/demand planning, material planning, data center infrastructure, or capital investment decision making.
• Ability to collaborate and influence across multiple levels of an organization with experience leading cross-functional process improvements.

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.

The Supply Chain Planning (SCP) organization is responsible for enabling and accelerating Google's data center infrastructure growth and delivery through AI-Powered supply chain planning for all google product areas, drive planning decisions for new technology, and supply capability across data centers, networking, and machines. Within SCP, the Network Planning team focuses on driving the forecasting, demand and supply planning, execution capability/feasibility management of data center networking infrastructure products!

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:

• Lead the monthly S&OP process to define and publish data center network hardware requirements, ensuring global demand is met for our machine learning deployments. Leverage upstream signals and engineering inputs to generate precise short- and long-term demand plans for networking infrastructure.
• Optimize inventory health balancing safety stock, costs, and product lifecycle transitions to maximize delivery reliability while minimizing E&O exposure.
• Work with partner teams in supply chain and procurement to track supply commits and provide supply response to upstream deployment teams and assess business impact.
• Facilitate cross-functional reviews to analyze supply-demand scenarios, driving critical prioritization and allocation decisions during supply constraints to minimize business impact.
• Drive business impact by improving forecast accuracy, inventory health, and E&O management. Optimize material spend, Cost of goods sold (COGS), and gross margins to ensure product success and operational efficiency.