Senior Manager, Technical Program Management, Platforms and Devices

Google's projects, like our users, span the globe and require managers to keep the big picture in focus while being able to dive into the unique engineering challenges we face daily. As a Technical Program Manager at Google, you lead complex, multi-disciplinary engineering projects using your engineering expertise. You plan requirements with internal customers and usher projects through the entire project lifecycle. This includes managing project schedules, identifying risks and clearly communicating them to project stakeholders. You're equally at home explaining your team's analyses and recommendations to executives as you are discussing the technical trade-offs in product development with engineers.

Using your extensive technical and leadership expertise, you manage various Engineering-specific programs and teams.

The team develops all the hardware for Google's Home and Trackers business, under the Google Home and Fitbit brands. Hardware is developed using the JDM Lite methodology, in close cooperation with the manufacturing partner (JDM), and other internal cross-functional teams, such as ProdOps, embedded software, algorithms, and various TechEng groups.

The team is composed of very senior engineers and EPMs, which reflects the essential leadership and cross-functional requirements of the team members.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 10 years of engineering program management experience in leading complex hardware development projects in partnership with contract manufacturers, both in ODM and JDM engagements.
• 7 years of experience in leadership role(s) with/without direct reports.
  

Preferred qualifications:

• 10 years of experience managing cross-functional/team projects.
  
• Experience managing in diversity of people's origins and backgrounds.
• Experience with the development of consumer and mobile (wearable) products.
• Track record growing and leading large EPM teams to success.