Program Manager II, Industrial Design, Platforms and Devices

1 Month ago • 2-4 Years • Product Design • Product Management • $117,000 PA - $172,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Program Manager II at Google, you'll lead complex, multi-disciplinary industrial design projects for platforms and devices. You'll collaborate with Industrial Designers, CMF Designers, UX Designers, Researchers, and Engineers, shepherding projects through the design process from inception to completion. Responsibilities include managing project schedules and budgets, coordinating teams, identifying risks, and ensuring efficient workflows. You'll act as a liaison between the design team and other stakeholders (engineering, manufacturing), handling vendor relations and communications. The role requires strong cross-functional collaboration and experience managing creative projects within consumer electronics.
Must have:
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • 2+ years program/project management experience
  • Experience managing industrial design projects
  • Cross-functional project management
  • Project scheduling and budgeting
Good to have:
  • Experience in consumer electronics
  • Familiarity with design tools and prototyping
  • Knowledge of user-centered design
  • Iterative development process experience
Perks:
  • Bonus
  • Equity
  • Benefits

Job Details

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 2 years of experience in program or project management.
  • Experience managing industrial design, color/material/finish or creative projects.

Preferred qualifications:

  • 2 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
  • Experience working in consumer electronics.
  • Experience with design tools, software, and prototyping methods at varied fidelity.
  • Knowledge of user centered design processes and iterative development processes.

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.

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.

A Design Program Manager at Google is responsible for shepherding projects through the design process by coordinating the work of Industrial Designers, CMF Designers, UX Designers, Researchers, and Engineers. In this role, you will work cross-functionally and collaborate with executives, managers, designers, and engineering teams to plan projects, define milestones, assign resources, assess risks, and help projects meet deadlines. As a Design Program Manager, you will also manage all project-related communications to team members, leaders, and other stakeholders.

Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Our Devices & Services team combines the best of Google AI, Software, and Hardware to create radically helpful experiences for users. We research, design, and develop new technologies and hardware to make our user's interaction with computing faster, seamless, and more powerful. Whether finding new ways to capture and sense the world around us, advancing form factors, or improving interaction methods, the Devices & Services team is making people's lives better through technology.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $117,000-$172,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. 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 .

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate and support design team leads in delivering trust-building, strategic counsel through all project interactions, act as a bridge between the ID Team and CMF, UX, Engineering, and Manufacturing teams, connecting all groups and making sure inter-dependencies are understood and planned for.
  • Identify team and project needs with regards to process, tools, documentation, asset management, and implement or drive required changes to make sure design team members are working at optimum efficiency.
  • Collaborate with ID team leadership in key project decision-making, including requirements gathering, scheduling, resource allocation, coordination of teams and approval processes.
  • Define and manage project schedules and budgets from inception to completion, represent the team in critical meetings to track actions, milestones, and deliverables. 
  • Vendor liaison administration duties such as budget, SOW, PO management, and vendor enrollment.

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