Senior Technical Program Manager Lead, Google Enterprise Network

$168,000 - $252,000/Yr

Google - Austin, TX

Full-time - Senior

Austin, TX

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About the position

As a Senior Technical Program Manager Lead at Google, you will oversee complex, multi-disciplinary engineering projects within the Enterprise Network Engineering team. Your role involves managing project schedules, identifying risks, and ensuring effective communication with stakeholders. You will collaborate with various teams to maintain the security, reliability, scalability, and automation of Google's enterprise network, driving product development and lifecycle decisions based on strategic objectives.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee a team of technical program managers.
• Develop comprehensive reports to track scope, schedule, budget, risks, and overall project status.
• Direct and facilitate the development and delivery of enterprise network engineering products through the strategic utilization of automation and software programs.
• Collaborate with global delivery teams across the organization to ensure the efficient provision of network services to customers.
• Manage third-party vendors contracted for the monitoring and troubleshooting of network services.
• Facilitate the escalation of issues requiring engineering assistance with the vendors.
• Design and implement new delivery processes, enact process improvement measures, and ensure efficient and reliable achievement of process objectives.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to monitor and address project issues to ensure timely delivery.
• Drive engineering coordination and execution to launch and evolve/iterate various network products through Product Life Cycle (PLC) process.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in program management.
• 5 years of experience in a leadership role with direct reports.

Nice-to-haves

• PMP, Scrum, Agile project management certification, CCNA, CCNP, and/or other certifications in network technologies or similar.
• Experience in planning, designing and implementation change or transformational programs.
• Experience in data analytics and presentation.
• Experience managing technical vendors and leading quarterly business reviews.
• Experience with operations/SRE methodologies, focused on defect free delivery.
• Ability to work as a member of a highly integrated cross-functional team composed of both technical and non-technical members.
• Ability to understand technical subjects and emerging technologies and success in leading large programs at a global level.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• 401k
• Paid holidays
• Flexible scheduling
• Professional development
• Employee stock purchase plan