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Technical Program Manager, Data Discovery and Protection

Technical Program Manager, Data Discovery and Protection

1 Month ago • 2 Years + • Product Management

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Job Description

As a Technical Program Manager, Data Discovery and Protection at Google, you'll lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish. You'll collaborate with stakeholders to define requirements, manage risks, and schedules, and communicate effectively with cross-functional teams. You'll present analyses and recommendations to executives and discuss technical trade-offs with engineers. Responsibilities include coordinating cross-functional projects, managing high-complexity projects, fostering partnerships with leadership and engineering teams, communicating program status, and introducing continuous improvement processes. The role focuses on building the technical foundation for Google's products and impacting important technical decisions across the company.

Must have:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
2 years software development experience
Lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects
Manage high-complexity, high-risk projects
Excellent problem-solving skills
Coordinate cross-functional projects

Good to have:

Knowledge of software development life-cycle challenges
Ability to manage multiple priorities
Strong communication skills (executive and technical)

Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
2 years of experience in software development.

Preferred qualifications:

Knowledge of technical and process challenges associated with the software development life-cycle.
Ability to manage multiple priorities in an ambiguous operations environment, as well as deliver results in a timely manner.
Excellent problem-solving skills.

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.

As a Technical Program Manager, you will lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish. You will work with stakeholders to plan requirements, identify risks, manage project schedules, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company. You will explain the team's analyses and recommendations to executives and discuss the technical tradeoffs in product development with engineers.

The Core team builds the technical foundation behind Google’s flagship products. We are owners and advocates for the underlying design elements, developer platforms, product components, and infrastructure at Google. These are the essential building blocks for excellent, safe, and coherent experiences for our users and drive the pace of innovation for every developer. We look across Google’s products to build central solutions, break down technical barriers and strengthen existing systems. As the Core team, we have a mandate and a unique opportunity to impact important technical decisions across the company.

Responsibilities

Coordinate cross-functional or cross-pillar projects together with local engineer leaders and Technical Program Manager (TPM) partners.
Manage projects of high complexity, high risk, and scope and critical customer landscape.
Foster partnerships with leadership, engineering, and product managers to ensure initiatives align with overall engineering and product priorities.
Communicate program status to various audiences, including cross-functional and executive leadership.
Introduce continuous improvement processes.

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A problem isn't truly solved until it's solved for all. Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe. Bring your insight, imagination and a healthy disregard for the impossible. Bring everything that makes you unique. Together, we can build for everyone.