Technical Program Manager III, Change Governance, Google Data Centers

Google; New York (NY); On-site; USD 163,000 - 236,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus target 15%

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Google is seeking a Technical Program Manager to lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects across data centers. You will work with stakeholders to plan requirements, identify risks, manage schedules, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company.

You’ll explain analyses and recommendations to executives as you discuss technical tradeoffs with engineers, helping scale change governance globally and drive high-quality decisions at speed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of program management experience.
• Experience with change governance including workflows, processes, documentation, and mapping.
• Experience using data analytics to quantify program performance.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish.
• Plan requirements, identify risks, and manage project schedules.
• Communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company.
• Explain analyses and recommendations to executives; discuss tradeoffs with engineers.
• Drive global change governance initiatives and ensure timely, high-quality decisions.

Skills

Program management

Data analytics

Stakeholder communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

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 Data Center team designs and operates some of the most sophisticated electrical and HVAC systems in the world. We are an upbeat, creative, team-oriented group of engineers committed to building and operating powerful data centers.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $163000 - $236000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/).

Minimum qualifications:

• - Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• - 5 years of experience in program management.
• - Experience with change governance including workflows, processes, documentation, and mapping.
• - Experience using data analytics to quantify program performance.

Preferred qualifications:

• - 5 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
• - Experience with change governance in data centers, manufacturing, oil and gas, aerospace, or power utilities.
• - Experience with change governance software tools for intake, review, approval, documentation, communication, and metrics.
• - Experience expanding localized workflows into global standardized processes that can handle significant increases in volume.
• - Lead the global change governance program for Google’s Data Center fleet.
• - Facilitate data driven and consensus based decision making by ensuring topics are well prepared ahead of time, ensuring key stakeholders are engaged early/often, and fostering a respectful and collaborative culture across the globe.
• - Work closely with key stakeholders to integrate our change governance program with their change control board processes tightly and efficiently.
• - Monitor the overall performance and health of the process to illuminate gaps, drive improvements to close those gaps, and optimize for high quality decisions at speed and scale.
• - Improve awareness by developing and executing updated communications, training, and outreach plans.