Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 5 years of experience in program or project management.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience with increasing levels of responsibility and independence.
- Ability to communicate with technical management teams.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, negotiation, and organizational skills.
- Excellent project management and communication skills, with attention to detail and tactical execution.
- Passion for functioning in an ambiguous and evolving engineering operations 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 Program Manager at Google, you'll lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish — working with stakeholders to plan requirements, manage project schedules, identify risks, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company. Your projects will often span offices, time zones, and hemispheres. It's your job to coordinate the players and keep them up to date on progress and deadlines.
Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) is a fully managed software and hardware solution for data centers and edge locations to address regulatory, local data processing, survivability, and low-latency needs.
Google Cloud accelerates every organization's ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google's cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.
Responsibilities
- Lead program teams across external partners and cross-functional organizations including legal, product, and engineering.
- Identify and resolve organizational and administrative blockers to deliver GDC to end customers quickly and reliably.
- Facilitate regular reviews to maintain momentum and ensure all partners are accountable for their respective deliverables.
- Implement process improvements to reduce cycle times and improve the efficiency of the delivery model between planning signals and execution response.
- Manage the requirements for global markets where lead times and regulatory environments lack established precedents.
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 .
