Technical Program Manager III, Mission Critical, Google Data Center

Google; Council Bluffs (IA); On-site; USD 163,000 - 236,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Technical Program Manager to lead the Data Center Incidents and Availability team. You will own end-to-end policy and program execution across electrical, mechanical, and controls domains, collaborating with global teams to prevent incidents and improve reliability.

You will design training curricula, manage postmortems, and translate trends into actionable improvements while communicating with executives and engineers alike.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in program management.
• Experience in critical data center operations or mission critical experience.
• Experience in human performance improvement.

Responsibilities

• Manage and evolve the global critical work process program and policy, ensuring alignment across all equipment domains including Electrical, Mechanical, and Controls.
• Field and prioritize program bugs, driving the development of tools and processes that optimize critical work execution.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive training curricula, including instructor-led materials and Learning Management System (LMS) modules. Coordinate and manage regional trainers to deliver training sessions to the global fleet, ensuring consistent adoption of program standards.
• Translate critical operation event trends and Data Center Facility Availability data into measurable reporting, scalable action items and policy updates to prevent incident recurrence.
• Consult with site teams during postmortem creation and Bug/Business Review Board closeout to investigate and properly assess operational errors and root causes. Review final postmortem documentation and key event root cause coding for accuracy.

Skills

Cross-functional project management

Global program management

Technical training design

Public speaking

Willingness to travel

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Tools

Learning Management System (LMS)

Job description

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in program management.
• Experience in critical data center operations or mission critical experience.
• Experience in human performance improvement.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in program management.
• Experience in critical data center operations or mission critical experience.
• Experience in human performance improvement.

Preferred qualifications

• 5 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
• Experience managing global programs and policy development within a technical environment.
• Proven track record of designing and delivering technical training programs to large audiences.
• Ability to travel 30% of the time.
• Public speaking skills and enthusiasm for teaching/leading multi-day training events.

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 Data Center Incidents and Availability (DCIA) Team maximizes post facility ready (FR) uptime by identifying risk proactively and preventing incidents before they happen, developing global standardized programs to provide all operational personnel the capability to reduce the impact of infrastructure events, delivering high-quality postmortems to minimize the chance of incident recurrence, and measuring performance and producing high-quality reports.

As the Critical Work Process (CWP) Technical Program Manager, you will serve as the global lead for program policy and execution across the data center fleet under the greater Operational Performance Framework and in collaboration with the Human Performance Fundamentals program. You will own the end-to-end policy framework, ensuring that electrical, mechanical, and controls domains remain aligned with critical work criteria while adapting to evolving operational needs. You will be responsible for managing program enhancements by fielding feature request bugs and translating postmortem trends into actionable program improvements that enhance reliability and safety.

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

Responsibilities

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• Manage and evolve the global critical work process program and policy, ensuring alignment across all equipment domains including Electrical, Mechanical, and Controls.
• Field and prioritize program bugs, driving the development of tools and processes that optimize critical work execution.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive training curricula, including instructor-led materials and Learning Management System (LMS) modules. Coordinate and manage regional trainers to deliver training sessions to the global fleet, ensuring consistent adoption of program standards.
• Translate critical operation event trends and Data Center Facility Availability data into measurable reporting, scalable action items and policy updates to prevent incident recurrence.
• Consult with site teams during postmortem creation and Bug/Business Review Board closeout to investigate and properly assess operational errors and root causes. Review final postmortem documentation and key event root cause coding for accuracy.

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