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.
The Core team builds the technical foundation behind Google’s flagship products. We are owners and advocates for the underlying design elements, developer platforms, product components, and infrastructure at Google. These are the essential building blocks for excellent, safe, and coherent experiences for our users and drive the pace of innovation for every developer. We look across Google’s products to build central solutions, break down technical barriers and strengthen existing systems. As the Core team, we have a mandate and a unique opportunity to impact important technical decisions across the company.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
US: $240000 - $333000 (USD) + 25% bonus target + equity + benefits
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Serve as a dedicated coach and mentor to a high-performing, senior team of technical program managers to nurture career growth.
Formulate clear structures to inform and influence decision-making for organizations, ensuring infrastructure and platform offerings meet AI demands.
Oversee large-scale infrastructure scaling programs and manage multiple horizontal requirements across ISP and AIF domains while mitigating risks.
Communicate program status, strategic roadmaps, resource constraints, and technical risks effectively to senior engineering and product leadership.
Define clear metrics, delivery frameworks, and portfolio-level reporting mechanisms to maintain high standards of execution and accountability.
Minimum qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
10 years of experience in technical program management.
Experience driving technical programs in cloud infrastructure or software engineering domains.
Experience managing technical projects within the infrastructure or cloud domain.
Experience in technical leadership.
Experience managing people or teams.
Preferred qualifications:
Experience leading programs involving AI-assisted development pipelines, machine learning infrastructure, or agentic automation.
Experience cultivating psychologically safe team cultures and focusing on the continuous growth and enablement of direct reports.
Experience managing software infrastructure, capability planning, and dependency management across organizational frameworks.
Experience engaging with engineering leads at an architectural level to evaluate technical trade-offs and drive prioritization.
Experience reshaping processes, foundational platform layers, and operational models within an organization.
Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
10 years of experience in technical program management.
Experience driving technical programs in cloud infrastructure or software engineering domains.
Experience managing technical projects within the infrastructure or cloud domain.
Experience in technical leadership.
Experience managing people or teams.