QualificationsComputer networkingProgram managementBachelor’s degree
Preferred qualifications:
5 years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
Experience in cloud networking, Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM), fiber, interconnect, peering, IP network planning, and/or implementation role at an ISP, telecoms operator, carrier, or Content Delivery Network (CDN).
Experience managing large scale projects in a matrixed environment.
Familiarity with agreement structures for circuit types (Point-to-Point (PTP), IRU, etc.) including from a Finance and Legal standpoint.
Ability to be data-driven and collaborative.
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.
Our goal is to build a Google that looks like the world around us — and we want Googlers to stay and grow when they join us. As part of our efforts to build a Google for everyone, we build diversity, equity, and inclusion into our work and we aim to cultivate a sense of belonging throughout the company.
In this role, you will plan and coordinate transport networks, fiber, and co-location capacity for Google’s corporate enterprise network. You will also lead strategic discussions, technical creation, and infrastructure planning while managing relationships with executive technical and operational carriers, internet service providers (ISPs), and co-location providers.
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
Create metro- or region-level network strategies to provide resilient connectivity, meeting physical, and logical diversity requirements while balancing performance and cost.
Create and present business cases for long-term investments. Communicate and engage with internal teams.
Develop and maintain relationships to drive delivery with external vendors, engage on strategic initiatives, and create an understanding of market conditions for each region.
Manage complex projects and programs by applying proper change management, risk management, and stakeholder management practices. Initiate, develop, and drive adoption of improvement and efficiency processes across functional areas.
Manage projects of high complexity, risk, and scope. Discuss multiple circuits in a package or in constrained markets with vendors.
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.