Lead Technical Program Manager, Data Center Design

Lead Technical Program Manager, Data Center Design

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.

As a Technical Program Manager, you will provide leadership for data center projects that will include facility implementation planning, development and documentation of deployment standards, detailed data analysis, and corresponding recommendations. You will have subject matter expertise relevant to data center technologies and the technical judgment necessary to drive engineering decisions resulting in significant, positive business impact. You will have the opportunity to use your technical and people leadership skills to have a direct impact on improving data center design and ensuring our users have the networking capacity they need.

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.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of infrastructure work experience with data centers.
• 5 years of technical management experience, with or without direct reports, leading teams in the delivery of technical programs or initiatives.
• 4 years of experience managing projects in data center technology, network architecture, or network capacity planning.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 8 years of experience managing cross-functional/team projects in technical program management.
• 5 years of experience with data center design.
• 5 years of experience with network planning and architecture.

Responsibilities:

• Lead a team of Technical Program Managers responsible for designing Google data center server floors and planning network capacity. Provide technical leadership and establish the team's direction, focusing on speed of design, planning, and scaling through automation and tooling.
• Manage a program portfolio that delivers business impact, establishing a clear cadence for program reviews and prioritization to drive efficiency and utilization gains.
• Develop technical roadmaps and analysis to scope and plan programs. Improve processes and tooling to increase the team's efficiency and program velocity, and identify change management opportunities.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure the timely delivery of data center server floor designs and network capacity.
• Establish a governance structure that drives executive decision-making and ensures dependencies are exposed and mitigated. Implement communication standards across all programs, including executive and key partner communications.