The role
From Google's own posting.
Google's projects, like our users, span the globe and require managers to keep the big picture in focus while being able to dive into the unique engineering challenges we face daily. As a Technical Program Manager at Google, you lead complex, multi-disciplinary engineering projects using your engineering expertise. You plan requirements with internal customers and usher projects through the entire project lifecycle. This includes managing project schedules, identifying risks and clearly communicating them to project stakeholders. You're equally at home explaining your team's analyses and recommendations to executives as you are discussing the technical trade-offs in product development with engineers.
Using your extensive technical and leadership expertise, you manage various Engineering-specific programs and teams.
Network Infrastructure Engineering is responsible for the fiber design and capacity planning in data centers across the globe. As a Senior Technical Program Manager leader, you will help us continue to improve the global fiber designs and capacity planning.
You will rely on the fiber design engineering and capacity management expertise they have in the data center industry to provide mentorship and leadership to the overall Network Infrastructure Engineering team, and larger Google Global Infrastructure team.
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.
Manage technical review of electrical and mechanical designs of network space in Google owned facilities.
Mentor team members globally.
Manage rack space, power capacity and reporting.
Build standards and global design of google owned spaces.
Manage overall team reporting of projects and team resource planning.
Minimum qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, Mathematics, related fields, or equivalent practical experience.
RCDD or similar industry certifications.
8 years of experience in fiber construction, installation and testing.
8 years of experience in people management.
Experience leading cross-functional reporting and insights across capacity management and reporting.
Preferred qualifications:
Experience working on gathering customer or product requirements for data center builds.
Strong leadership, organizational, stakeholder management and ability to grow in a fast-moving, cross-functional, global team environment.
Strong organizational, multitasking and prioritization abilities with excellent attention to detail.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and a data-driven investigative approach to solving complex challenges, and financial skills.
Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, Mathematics, related fields, or equivalent practical experience.
RCDD or similar industry certifications.
8 years of experience in fiber construction, installation and testing.
8 years of experience in people management.
Experience leading cross-functional reporting and insights across capacity management and reporting.