Technical Program Manager III, Infrastructure NPI, Google Cloud

Google; Kirkland (WA); On-site; USD 163,000 - 236,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) match

Paid time off

Sick time

Maternity leave

Baby bonding leave

Holidays

Job summary

Google in Kirkland, WA is seeking a Technical Program Manager to lead complex cross-functional projects across distributed infrastructure and AI infrastructure. You’ll partner with engineering leads to plan requirements, manage risks, and drive end-to-end product lifecycle from concept to production.

In this role you will align hardware/system roadmaps with business objectives, communicate tradeoffs to executives, and ensure delivery excellence for Google Cloud customers worldwide.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in program management.
• Experience with hardware (e.g., servers, switches, storage).
• Experience with AI Infrastructure (e.g., compute, storage, Cloud).
• 5 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
• Experience in advanced analytics and data engineering or systems management (e.g., data warehousing, data analytics, business intelligence, visualization, data governance, data architecture, and system integration).
• Experience working with data centers.

Responsibilities

• Partner with engineering leads to define program controls and governance for complex projects.
• Lead end-to-end development and landing of next-gen systems through PLC processes.
• Drive a portfolio of tracks to make direct and measurable impact on customer adoption.
• Prioritize, resource, and manage projects with organization-wide OKRs.
• Engage with executives to strategize hardware/system roadmaps.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Job description

In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
• Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
• Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
• Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
• Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
• Holidays: 13 paid days per year

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in program management.
• Experience with hardware (e.g., servers, switches, storage).
• Experience with AI Infrastructure (e.g., compute, storage, Cloud).

Preferred qualifications

• 5 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
• Experience in advanced analytics and data engineering or systems management (e.g., data warehousing, data analytics, business intelligence, visualization, data governance, data architecture, and system integration).
• Experience working with data centers.

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. As part of the Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) Technical Program Management (TPM) team, you will operate at the intersection of distributed infrastructure, AI-powered innovation, and complex sovereign cloud requirements. Our team serves as the single source of truth and the bridge between technical execution and strategic business outcomes. In this role, you won't just track schedules, you will orchestrate complex cross‑functional programs, shift risk left, and advocate execution excellence across the entire product lifecycle to deliver predictable, high-quality solutions for our most critical global partners. Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting‑edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve our most critical business problems.

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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• Partner with key engineering leads/stakeholders, contribute to ML system roadmap by program managing complex projects, organizing cross-project work within the program, and defining program controls, governance, or standards.
• Lead end-to-end development and landing of next‑gen systems through NPI Product Life Cycle (PLC) process from concept to production and sustaining.
• Drive a portfolio of tracks to make direct and measurable impact on customer adoption.
• Partner with engineering leads and cross-functional teams to ensure that organization‑wide Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) are set and reflect strategy as well as ensure projects are effectively prioritized, resourced, and managed.
• Engage with executives and cross‑functional leaders to strategize and drive hardware/system roadmap.

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.