Technical Program Manager, Real-Time Platform

Google; Kirkland (WA); On-site; USD 192,000 - 278,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off 20 days

Sick leave 40 hours/year (69 Seattle)

Maternity leave

Baby bonding leave

Paid holidays 13 days

Job summary

Google in Kirkland, WA seeks a Technical Program Manager to lead multi-disciplinary tech initiatives from inception to deployment. You will plan requirements, identify risks, manage schedules, and communicate across engineers and executives, shaping real-time telemetry and system-level decisions.

The role emphasizes data pipelines, scalable architectures, and seamless integrations across logistics, hardware, and software domains, partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver value.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years in technical program management or related field, shipping distributed systems or data platforms.
• Experience with high-throughput data pipelines and APIs (Kafka, BigQuery, MapReduce).
• Experience managing system integrations and multi-quarter initiatives across engineering organizations.

Responsibilities

• Co-author the roadmap and establish telemetry models for real-time execution vs capacity.
• Standardize operational frameworks and lead cross-domain integrations (logistics, supply chain).
• Serve as primary technical interface for partners; align schemas with downstream dependencies.
• Decompose problems into crawl-walk-run phases; align telemetry with legacy systems.
• Advance program alignment; mentor peers and introduce agile practices.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Theory of constraints

Queuing theory

Industrial engineering

Data center operations

Hardware systems

Executive presence

Trade-off communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Tools

Kafka

BigQuery

MapReduce

Job description

Google in Kirkland, WA seeks a Technical Program Manager to lead multi-disciplinary tech initiatives from inception to deployment. You will plan requirements, identify risks, manage schedules, and communicate across engineers and executives, shaping real-time telemetry and system-level decisions.

The role emphasizes data pipelines, scalable architectures, and seamless integrations across logistics, hardware, and software domains, partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver value.