Senior Technical Program Manager I, Data Center NPI, Cloud Infrastructure

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.

As a Data Center NPI Technical Program Manager, you will lead the introduction of new hardware and infrastructure products into Google's data centers. You will own the operational workstreams within the product lifecycle, ensuring new technologies can be deployed, operated, and serviced efficiently, safely, and at scale. You will have a blend of strong program management expertise, technical acumen related to data center technologies, and the ability to lead large, complex cross-functional teams.

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.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $192,000-$278,000 + 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

• Lead and drive complex and often ambiguous NPI programs for new servers, storage, networking, power, cooling, and ML hardware from concepts through full production.
• Define and drive requirements for serviceability, deployability, and maintainability of new products in the data center environment while acting as the primary liaison between engineering design teams and data center operations teams.
• Understand product designs, assess risks, and contribute to technical problem-solving including resolving hardware/software issues during new product introduction phases.
• Build and lead cross-functional program teams, ensuring alignment on goals and responsibilities.
• Identify potential risks to program success (e.g., technical, schedule, operational), as well as drive root cause analysis and corrective actions for issues arising during new product introduction (NPI).

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 8 years of experience in program management.
  
• Experience with product life-cycle in the data center hardware space.
• Experience supporting data centers and system-level new product introductions (NPI).

Preferred qualifications:

• 8 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
• Experience in data center operations, infrastructure management, or a similar technical domain.
• Experience with hybrid cloud architectures and public cloud providers.
• Knowledge of data center infrastructure components (e.g., servers, machine learning, storage, power, cooling) and their interdependencies in the context of new technology integration.

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Sunnyvale, CA, USA; Kirkland, WA, USA.

In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
• Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
• Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
• Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
• Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
• Holidays: 13 paid days per year