Technical Program Manager III, Data Center Infrastructure 3PDC Quality

Google; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 163,000 - 236,000; Full time

Job summary

Google Data Centers (GDC) End-to-End Quality team seeks an Infrastructure Third-Party Data Centers (3PDC) Quality Technical Program Manager to drive site/equipment/construction quality. You will collaborate with designers, developers, manufacturers, engineers, and operations, leading quality escalations and corrective actions.

You will extract and analyze facility data to verify performance, develop 3PDC quality programs, and drive scalable improvements for long-term success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of program management experience.
• 4 years of experience constructing data centers, semiconductors, or other 24/7 mission-critical facilities.

Responsibilities

• Work with developers and internal partners managing site-level quality, equipment, and construction quality and commissioning escalations.
• Identify root causes and implement systemic corrective actions to prevent recurrences.
• Validate developers' build/test/quality/commissioning processes against Google requirements.
• Assess developer projects, inspect sites, and drive quality improvement activities to reduce variability and improve lead times.
• Manage third-party developer quality assurance programs and KPIs.

Skills

Program management

Data center operations

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Six Sigma Black Belt

Quality certifications (CSQP, CQE, CQM, CRE, CQA)

PMI-CP or equivalent

Tools

Statistical analysis

Forecasting

Job description

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: New York, NY, USA; Atlanta, GA, USA; Dallas, TX, USA; Reston, VA, USA.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in program management.
• 4 years of experience constructing data centers, semiconductors, industrial, automotive, power, nuclear, or other 24/7 mission-critical facilities.

Preferred qualifications

• Six Sigma Blackbelt, Auditor Certifications, American Society for Quality certification (CSQP, CQE, CQM, CRE, or CQA) or equivalent certification/experience such as CCP, CBCP, QCxP, CxA, or PMI-CP.
• 4 years of work experience analyzing data and creating reports with strong statistical, quantitative modeling, and forecasting skills.
• Experience managing construction projects/product life cycles (process developments, implementation, and improvement).
• Knowledge of Infrastructure design, bid, build, and deployment of data centers or other mission-critical operations. Infrastructure Standards applied to mission critical operations (ANSI, ASME, APQP, NFPA/NEC, UL, etc.).
• Ability to travel 20% of the time as needed.

About The Job

Google Data Centers (GDC) make up one of the planet's largest and most powerful computing infrastructures. The GDC End-to-End Quality team delivers physical plant infrastructure with predictable quality.

As an Infrastructure Third-Party Data Centers (3PDC) Quality Technical Program Manager, you work directly with developers, managing critical aspects of sites/equipment/construction quality. You collaborate with data center designers, developers, manufacturers, engineers, and operations, and drive quality escalations and failure analysis. You establish actual root causes and drive systemic corrective actions with demonstrated preventative solutions. You extract and analyze data from developers facilities readiness and our data centers to verify performance and drive improvements. You will develop and manage 3PDC quality programs and services for assigned projects and developers. You will lead teams to drive transformational capabilities for scalability and support organizational long-term strategies. 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

Responsibilities

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• Work directly with developers and internal partners managing critical aspects of infrastructure data center constructions from design, bid, build, to operations support. Collaborate with designers, developers, and engineers and manage site-level quality, equipment, and construction quality and commissioning escalations.
• Establish actual root causes, and systemic corrective actions with demonstrated preventative solutions for significant quality events and non-conformance reports.
• Manage validation of developers build/test/quality/commissioning processes and ensure they meet Google requirements.
• Conduct developer assessment, internal project health assessments, inspect construction sites, articulate quality improvement activities to reduce variability, improve predictability, streamline lead time, improve output quality, factory witness and acceptance testing. Partner with developers to solve complex construction, equipment, and commissioning quality and process issues.
• Manage third party developer quality assurance and control programs performance and KPIs.

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