Program Manager III, Infrastructure Engineering, Google Cloud

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Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 5 years of experience in program management.
  
• Experience managing programs and processes across distributed systems.
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Master’s degree, PhD, further education or equivalent experience in Engineering, Computer Science, or other technical related field.
  
• 5 years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
  
• Experience problem-solving across distributed, fast-paced and constantly changing environments.
  
• Experience communicating technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
  

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.

Using your extensive program management and leadership expertise, you'll manage projects of various size and scope, identifying future opportunities, improving processes, and driving the delivery of your programs.Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

Responsibilities

• Provide software development and project management, coordination, and inter/intra team communications to deliver outstanding program outcomes.
  
• Work closely with Software Engineers, QA, Product Managers and other engineering teams to get high-quality products and features through the software project lifecycle (build, test and release on time).
  
• Manage project schedules, identify possible issues and clearly communicate them to project stakeholders.
  
• Take responsibility for release schedules and milestones, keeping up a high velocity in a fast-paced environment.
  
• Lead several programs for Google Cloud, setting priorities for products and engineering, leading teams to take products to market, assuring success metrics are informing future efforts, and quickly fine tuning the program as needed.