Technical Program Manager III, Solution Delivery, Google Data Center

Socket.dev; Kirkland (WA); On-site; USD 163,000 - 236,000; Full time

Job summary

Google Data Centers (GDC) seeks a Technical Program Manager to lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish. You will plan requirements, identify risks, manage schedules, and communicate with cross-functional partners across the company.

You’ll explain analyses and tradeoffs to executives and engineers alike. As part of the Technology Optimization and Platform Solutions team, you’ll deliver tools and processes that improve efficiency and enable business users across global data

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in program management.
• Experience delivering software solutions for business problems and product implementation.
• Experience with software and product development.

Responsibilities

• Solve business problems by collaborating with stakeholders to optimize processes and design technical solutions.
• Lead development, implementation, and change management for tools across Google Data Center organizations.
• Gather, prioritize requirements, and manage scope, schedule, and delivery of technology solutions for cross-functional teams.
• Identify risks, bottlenecks, and optimize end-to-end processes.
• Create SDLC artifacts such as requirements, project charter, benefits, plan, risk assessment, scope, timeline, resourcing, budget, change management, and communications.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional collaboration

Software delivery

Software development

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 5 years of experience in program management.
  
• Experience delivering software solutions for business problems, third-party software solutions, third-party business tools or product implementation.
• Experience with software and product development.
  

Preferred qualifications:

• 8 years of experience leading complex software implementations across global and cross-functional teams, particularly around data center projects.
• 5 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
• Experience in process optimization techniques in large-scale organizations.
• Knowledge of data centers, cloud operations, facilities management, engineering and construction.
  
• Ability to work with engineering for product implementation to successfully deliver business tools and systems in a dynamic environment.
  

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.

Google Data Centers (GDC) is responsible for the construction, engineering, operations, environmental management, and sustainability of Google's data centers. The Technology Optimization and Platform Solutions team within GDC enables our business users with reliable systems, tools, and efficient business processes to improve overall efficiency of GDC.

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

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities:

• Solve business problems by collaborating with business stakeholders by optimizing and re-engineering the business process, and designing the technical solutions.
  
• Lead the development, implementation, and business change management for the tools launched for the global Google Data Center organization.
  
• Gather and prioritize requirements, manage scope, schedule, and delivery of technology solutions for functional teams to improve and optimize the business.
  
• Solve problems, manage risks, identify process bottlenecks and prioritize initiatives to optimize the critical path items within the end-to-end processes.
  
• Drive creation of artifacts for a typical Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) program such as requirement documents, project charter, business benefits, project plan, risk assessment, scope, timeline, resourcing, budget, change management, and communication plan.