Global Hardware and Quality Program Manager

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in program or project management.
• 8 years of experience in Operations, Strategy, or Product Operations roles.
• 8 years of experience in a high-tech Industry with a focus in Manufacturing, Operations, Development or equivalent.
• Experience managing programs and processes across distributed systems.

Preferred qualifications:

• 8 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
• Experience in a fast-moving hardware development environment.
• Experience in stakeholder management, with the ability to create effective relationships, influence, and collaborate at all organizational levels and with cross-functional partners (e.g., Finance, HR, etc.) without direct authority.
• Ability to deliver presentations of findings and recommendations to multiple levels of stakeholders, with excellent communication skills, including with executive-level stakeholders.
• Excellent problem-solving, strategic, and investigative skills, with effective business acumen, and ability to perform initial analysis with limited direction (e.g., spreadsheet modeling).
• Excellent in data analysis and visualization.

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 Program Manager at Google, you’ll lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish — working with stakeholders to plan requirements, manage project schedules, identify risks, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company. Your projects will often span offices, time zones, and hemispheres. It's your job to coordinate the players and keep them up to date on progress and deadlines.

The team's mission is to deliver quality products to allow Google to grow and deliver differentiated value to users. Behind everything Google's 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 keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.

As a Program Manager, you will lead the Quality and Reliability business process and initiatives for our AI infrastructure. You will ensure the flawless operation of Google's AI infrastructure.

The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what’s possible. We empower Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users worldwide.

We're the driving force behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our cutting-edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $174,000-$258,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Support executive leadership in driving company level, cross-functional Hardware and Quality projects, structuring presentations, and developing recommendations.
• Establish and lead operating business processes for effectively managing the organization including process optimization and improvement through digitization or tool as solution.
• Partner closely across many functions, both within the organization and within other parts of Google. Use cross-functional knowledge to understand issues, trends and perspectives that may influence our partners and our work.
• Deliver a strategic narrative across all components of the business through scaled communications (e.g., Product Hardware and Quality Meeting, QBR, MOR), organization-wide executive communication (strategy review).
• Influence and enable global staffing strategies for Global Hardware Quality organization through balancing Technology and product Hardware requirements.