Technical Program Manager III, Optical Infrastructure, Google Networking

Google; Thornton (CO); On-site; USD 163,000 - 236,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Google is seeking a Technical Program Manager to lead multi-disciplinary projects, plan requirements, manage schedules, and communicate with cross-functional partners. The role focuses on Google's fiber optic network infrastructure and operations teams, aligning projects for IP and Optical infrastructure at scale.

You will collaborate with managers worldwide to drive improvements and automation. Responsibilities include coordinating day-to-day ops for apps engineering teams, ensuring code

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in program management.
• Experience with optical network infrastructure, transmission systems, layer 2 and 3 routers, and data services.
• Experience in systematic troubleshooting in IP and optical environments.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate day to day operations for the apps engineering teams including facilitating standups and iteration planning sessions and coordinating activities like releases and production bugs that span different sections of the team.
• Monitor the quality of the code base and establish policies and guidelines to improve its readability, extensibility and testability.
• Work with test engineers and QA people to improve the quality of our products to detect areas of trouble and plan for extra testing, refactorings or reimplementation.
• Recommend and help with the implementation of common good practices and methodologies that can help the apps teams become more effective.

Skills

Program management

IP networking

Optical networks

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Job description

The application window will be open until at least October 27, 2026. This opportunity will remain online based on business needs which may be before or after the specified date.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in program management.
• Experience with working with optical network infrastructure, transmission systems, layer 2 and 3 routers, and data services.
• Experience in systematic troubleshooting in IP and optical environments.

Preferred qualifications

• 5 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
• Experience with device repair, understanding of network topologies and global internet technologies.
• Experience in a NOC/TAC environment handling large scale IP networks.
• Knowledge of optical communications networking.

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 a Technical Program Manager, you will be responsible for Google's fiber optic network infrastructure.

This role is to help drive key outcomes inside of an operations team that supports both IP and Optical Infrastructure. As the network grows and evolves at unprecedented scale the overall alignment of projects are key. This role is a strategic part of the team partnering with managers and teams across the globe to drive process improvements and automation to ensure the team meets customer and business expectations.

Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We're proud to be our engineers' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.

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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• Coordinate day to day operations for the apps engineering teams including facilitating standups and iteration planning session and coordinating activities like releases and productions bugs that span different sections of the team.
• Monitor the quality of the code base and establish policies and guidelines to improve its readability, extensibility and testability.
• Work with test engineers and QA people to improve the quality of our products to detect areas of trouble and plan for extra testing, refactorings or reimplementation.
• Recommend and help with the implementation of common good practices and methodologies that can help the apps teams become more effective.

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 .