Technical Program Manager III, NPI Product Operations, Google Cloud

Google LLC; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 163,000 - 236,000; Full time

Job summary

Google LLC in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking a Technical Program Manager III for NPI Product Operations within Google Cloud. You will lead complex hardware-focused programs across supply chain, manufacturing, and engineering, translating requirements into actionable roadmaps and managing schedules, risks, and stakeholder communications.

You will partner with engineering and product teams to drive AI-enabled workflows for next-generation hardware, guiding cross-functional teams from concept to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent experience.
• 5 years of program management experience.
• Experience with new product introduction (NPI) and hardware operations.
• Experience in supply planning, forecasting, and hardware manufacturing operations including BOM and assembly/test processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex, multi-disciplinary engineering projects across Infrastructure Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Engineering.
• Plan requirements with internal customers and manage project schedules, risks, and stakeholder communications.
• Translate objectives into measurable outcomes and drive the technical directions of programs.

Skills

Bachelor's degree

5 years program management

NPI experience

hardware operations

product development lifecycle

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Job description

Technical Program Manager III, NPI Product Operations, Google Cloud

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• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 5 years of experience in program management.
  
• Experience with new product introduction (NPI), hardware product operations, and product development lifecycles.
• Experience in supply planning, forecasting, and hardware manufacturing operations, including hardware bill of materials (BOM) and assembly and test processes.

Preferred qualifications:

• 5 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
• Experience in project management to launch new hardware products for complex electronics (PCBA, Server, racks, L6,L10 and L11 manufacturing).
• Prior direct engagement in end to end supply chain, material management, planning, and supply chain design.
• Knowledge of typical Hardware BOM, Manufacturing Assembly and Test Processes, product development lifecycles.

About the job

Google's projects, like our users, span the globe and require managers to keep the big picture in focus while being able to dive into the unique engineering challenges we face daily. As a Technical Program Manager at Google, you lead complex, multi-disciplinary engineering projects using your engineering expertise. You plan requirements with internal customers and usher projects through the entire project lifecycle. This includes managing project schedules, identifying risks and clearly communicating them to project stakeholders. You're equally at home explaining your team's analyses and recommendations to executives as you are discussing the technical trade-offs in product development with engineers.
Using your extensive technical and leadership expertise, you manage projects of various size and scope, identifying future opportunities, improving processes and driving the technical directions of your programs.

Google’s global infrastructure is the foundation for our AI innovation, powering the world’s most advanced computing services at scale.

As a Technical Program Manager in Central Product Operations, you will bridge our AI strategic goals with hardware development and supply chain execution. You will drive cross-organizational programs, providing strategic guidance and integrating AI-driven workflows to enhance efficiency and scale. By partnering closely with engineering and product teams, you will translate ambiguous objectives into measurable outcomes, ensuring the successful delivery of next-generation AI hardware.

Our Platforms Infrastructure Engineering team designs and builds the
hardware and software technologies that power all of Google's services. Our computational challenges are complex and unique, enabled by cutting-edge custom hardware designed and made in-house. As a hardware engineer, you will design and build the systems that are the heart of the world's largest and most powerful computing infrastructure. You will see those systems from concept all the way through to high-volume manufacturing. Your work has the potential to shape the machinery that goes into our cutting-edge data centers, affecting millions of Google users.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

About the job

Google's projects, like our users, span the globe and require managers to keep the big picture in focus while being able to dive into the unique engineering challenges we face daily. As a Technical Program Manager at Google, you lead complex, multi-disciplinary engineering projects using your engineering expertise. You plan requirements with internal customers and usher projects through the entire project lifecycle. This includes managing project schedules, identifying risks and clearly communicating them to project stakeholders. You're equally at home explaining your team's analyses and recommendations to executives as you are discussing the technical trade-offs in product development with engineers.
Using your extensive technical and leadership expertise, you manage projects of various size and scope, identifying future opportunities, improving processes and driving the technical directions of your programs.

Google’s global infrastructure is the foundation for our AI innovation, powering the world’s most advanced computing services at scale.

As a Technical Program Manager in Central Product Operations, you will bridge our AI strategic goals with hardware development and supply chain execution. You will drive cross-organizational programs, providing strategic guidance and integrating AI-driven workflows to enhance efficiency and scale. By partnering closely with engineering and product teams, you will translate ambiguous objectives into measurable outcomes, ensuring the successful delivery of next-generation AI hardware.

Our Platforms Infrastructure Engineering team designs and builds the
hardware and software technologies that power all of Google's services. Our computational challenges are complex and unique, enabled by cutting-edge custom hardware designed and made in-house. As a hardware engineer, you will design and build the systems that are the heart of the world's largest and most powerful computing infrastructure. You will see those systems from concept all the way through to high-volume manufacturing. Your work has the potential to shape the machinery that goes into our cutting-edge data centers, affecting millions of Google users.

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

• Scope and lead top-level OKRs in ambiguous environments by translating complex objectives into clear, actionable roadmaps and milestones across Infrastructure Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Engineering teams.
• Identify key areas of friction within the end-to-end supply chain and design scalable frameworks or AI-assisted workflows such as for capacity planning or risk mitigation to boost operational efficiency and decision velocity.
• Build deep partnerships across various teams, serving as a central point of influence to remove barriers, mobilize resources, and drive consensus on critical technical decisions.
• Act as a subject matter expert and mentor for junior program managers, fostering an AI-First problem-solving culture and sharing best practices in prompt engineering to elevate the team's technical capabilities.
• Advocate for and adopt AI-driven tools designed to automate end-to-end processes, streamline project coordination, and accelerate overall program execution.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See also Google's EEO Policy , Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal , Belonging at Google , and How we hire .

Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.

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