Google Looking For Program Manager Lead, Strategic Initiatives, Global Server Operations at Atlanta, GA Full Time

Minimum qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience

10 years of experience in Project Management or Program Management

5 years of people management experience

Experience working across multiple teams, including remote or international teams

Preferred qualifications:
MBA or other advanced degree

Certifications in Project Management (PMP)

Certification in Process Improvement (Six Sigma, etc.)

10 years of Strategy Consulting experience

10 years of people management experience

Experience in supply chain or in a data center environment

About the job

The Server Operations team monitors the physical and network infrastructure behind Google’s technology and holds responsibility for keeping the servers, networks, and logistics processes in Google’s global fleet of data centers running smoothly and efficiently. We strive to be diverse, creative, team-oriented technicians and managers working daily to operate systems in Google’s data centers, enhancing the face of contemporary computing.

The Strategy and Operations team within Server Operations leads the vision, strategy, and multi-year transformation of the strategic enablers for Global Server Operations across multiple supply chain and data center infrastructure teams.

As a Program Manager Lead of Strategic Initiatives within Global Service Operations, you will be responsible for a portfolio of projects/initiatives and programs. You will execute directly while also leading a cross-functional team of Strategic Initiative owners. You will be responsible for strategic initiatives across all of Server Operations which ultimately enables our multi-year transformation. You and your team will serve as a single point of contact for the assigned efforts. You will bring data based insights, strategic project management, and thorough communications to help steer these initiatives to successful completion. Projects and programs can range broadly from those focused on internal team effectiveness, to process excellence in data centers, to business case development for new initiatives.

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.

Responsibilities

Partner with process owners, regional leads, process engineering, systems teams, and other cross-functional partners (up and down stream) to enable the larger team to stay organized and autonomously execute.

Provide leadership and strategy required to enhance program management, cross-functional coordination, and inter/intra team communications to deliver outstanding program and initiative outcomes.

Be accountable for updating, communicating, and overall management of assigned strategic initiatives.

Set vision for initiative direction, and execute broad, cross-organization projects affecting Global Server Operations, and ensure overall alignment with all Server Operations priorities.

Streamline processes, simplify execution, and establish and track objective and key results (OKRs).

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