Program Manager, Spend Management, Infrastructure Supply Chain and Manufacturing Operations

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.

In this role, you will have an opportunity to be a strategic orchestrator within Infrastructure Supply Chain and Manufacturing Operations (ISM), focusing on the critical area of spend management.

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 team 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.

Responsibilities

• Drive strategic ISM spend efficiency by evaluating investments, analyzing cost drivers, pinpointing savings opportunities, and maintaining precise expenditure tracking.
• Establish processes to manage supplier agreement financials, optimize cash outlays through payment terms, and embed long-term agreements into strategic planning.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives to modernize ISM financial operations, balancing innovative problem-solving with robust, scalable system implementations.
• Build and maintain detailed roadmaps for spend management initiatives, aligning cross-functional resources and managing stakeholder deliverables.
• Partner with Finance, Sourcing, and Operations as the spend domain expert, ensuring strategic alignment and driving adoption of enhanced financial practices.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 5 years of experience in program or project management.
• 5 years of experience in financial analysis, spend management, or supply chain finance, including capital expenditure (CapEx) tracking, cost-driver analysis, and budget optimization.

Preferred qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience in process design and operationalization for complex business models, particularly within a supply chain or manufacturing context.
• Deep domain expertise in financial processes related to cost of sales, supply chain expenditures, or long-term supplier agreements.
• Proven ability to lead multiple, cross-functional projects with engaged priorities, specifically focused on financial processes or supply chain operations.
• Exceptional ability to interact with both technical and non-technical groups across all organizational levels, managing ambiguity effectively in a rapidly changing environment.

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