Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 1 year of experience in technical program management.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience in project management, including 1 year of experience in a job specialty relevant to the technical program managers role.
- Ability to be an influential member of a highly integrated team composed of both technical and non-technical members.
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.
In this role, you are responsible for driving the execution of well-defined software development programs and projects. Operating with minimal guidance from executive Technical Program Managers (TPgMs), engineering, and product leads, execute on established processes and manages projects with defined scope and complexity.
At Corp Eng, we build world-leading business solutions that scale a more helpful Google for everyone. As Google's IT organization, we provide end-to-end solutions for organizations across Google. We deliver the right tools, platforms, and experiences for all Googlers as they create more helpful products and services for everyone. In the simplest terms, we are Google for Googlers.
Responsibilities
- Execute established processes, drive projects with defined scope and complexity, and require minimal guidance from higher-level program managers, engineering, or product leads.
- Exercise discretion and separate judgment, complete tasks outside of established processes when necessary, and demonstrate traits of a program manager, including organization, attention to detail, and strong communication skills.
- Maintain basic project management skills such as project planning, status reporting, timeline estimation, issue tracking, meeting facilitation, and process documentation.
- Understand technical concepts, system architectures, and engineering workflows. Engage in technical discussions with engineers and understand technical trade-offs. Identify and manage inter-team technical dependencies.
- Collaborate effectively with cross-functional stakeholders (e.g., engineering, product, UX, etc.). Maintain strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and excellent communication to keep teams aligned and informed on project status, risks, and decisions.
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 .
