Technical Program Manager II, Search and Shared Features, Consumer Shopping

Google; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 118,000 - 197,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Technical Program Manager to lead AI-driven shopping projects in the Consumer Shopping team. You will coordinate cross-functional groups, plan requirements, identify risks, and communicate with executives and engineers about tradeoffs and execution.

In this role, you will help shift from traditional search results to proactive, AI-powered shopping experiences, acting as the operational linchpin for ambitious bets across Google surfaces and Merchant Shopping ecosystems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience in program management.
• Experience with software feature launches.
• Experience using AI for features and process improvement.

Responsibilities

• Drive multiple cross-organization workstreams across, managing high complexity projects including full project management, creation and maintenance of documentation, and tracking timelines and deliverables.
• Manage goal setting and execution with lead stakeholders, as well as drive development and execution of new feature planning and prioritization.
• Own communication of overall program progress and necessary decision-making with relevant internal team and leadership stakeholders.
• Develop, improve, and execute internal operational processes to optimize team delivery speed and quality.
• Ensure post-launch impact measurement and help the team track and address key metrics trends.

Skills

Program management

AI for features

Software feature launches

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Job description

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Mountain View, CA, USA; Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience in program management.
• Experience with software feature launches.
• Experience using AI for features and process improvement.

Preferred qualifications

• 2 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
• Experience in the search and commerce technologies.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills with experience communicating to broad sets of stakeholders and executives.
• Strong communication skills with high attention to detail and firm sense of accountability, ownership for an end-to-end project lifecycle.

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 Consumer Shopping team is leading a massive transformation to enable Agentic Commerce shifting from traditional search results to proactive, AI-driven shopping experiences across Google surfaces.

As a Program Manager for Shopping on Search and Shared Features, you will sit at the critical intersection of the Consumer Shopping experience and the Merchant Shopping ecosystem. You will be the operational linchpin driving the execution of Google’s most ambitious AI shopping bets.

Users come first at Google. Nowhere is this more important than on our Advertising and Commerce team: we believe that ads and commercial information can be highly useful to our users if that information is relevant to what our users wish to find or do. Advertisers worldwide use Google Ads to promote their products; publishers use AdSense to serve relevant ads on their website; and business around the world use our products (like Google Shopping, and Google Wallet) to support their online businesses and bring users into their offline stores. We are constantly innovating to deliver the most effective advertising and commerce opportunities of tomorrow.

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

Responsibilities

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• Drive multiple cross-organization workstreams across, managing high complexity projects including full project management, creation and maintenance of documentation, and tracking timelines and deliverables.
• Manage goal setting and execution with lead stakeholders, as well as drive development and execution of new feature planning and prioritization.
• Own communication of overall program progress and necessary decision-making with relevant internal team and leadership stakeholders.
• Develop, improve, and execute internal operational processes to optimize team delivery speed and quality.
• Ensure post-launch impact measurement and help the team track and address key metrics trends.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .